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    Steve Young 11:24 AM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

    In Memory and Honor of a most wonderful Lady-A woman of distinction 

    There wasn’t a day we didn’t talk multiple times; most of every weekend was spent together, & we went on some great trips. She could fix anything, Charles Stokley & I often said, if you can’t figure out how to do it, call Donna. She took wonderful care of her mom, loved all her family, & she took good care of me through some illness, surgeries, & a few injuries, and a super #70 birthday celebration! Donna loved playing bridge, bunco & she was so thankful for her wonderful neighbors. Loved her dogs, & her immaculately kept yard.

    But I felt the highest & best way to honor her was through God’s Word, & I hope you will see Donna’s attributes, as I do, in these verses I picked out.

    Proverbs 31:10, Who can find a virtuous woman. A woman with strength, valiant, strong, and courageous, efficient, and I submit, demonstrates the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22,23… For her worth is far above rubies or precious stones.

    V. 13 She willingly works with her hands. Donna was one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever known. Her comment many times during the week to me was..are you going to sell something today? Laziness was not part of her spirit!

    V. 16 She considers a field-“I added investment properties”-and buys them, & from the fruit of her profits she plants a vineyard. In the Word of God, the harvest time was a period of hard work and great rejoicing. The enjoyment of the “vineyard” was a blessing of God: When we understand the vineyard and what it symbolizes in God’s Word, we can see it even more in Donna’s life.

    V. 17 She girds & clothes herself with strength, and she strengthens her arms. Donna was one of the strongest people I’ve known, and that was in spirit, soul, & mind.

    V. 20 She extends her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. Just a few-Mission Arl. Various Church outreach programs, and many other individuals whom Donna helped. Key word-GENEROUS

    V. 25 Strength, honor, glory, and dignity are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come. I submit that even though Donna lived and exhibited this here on earth, her fullness of rejoicing came when she was ushered into the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus!

    V. 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, & on her tongue is the law of kindness or, “strength,” “steadfastness,” and “love.”

    V. 27 She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. David Stout said about Donna regarding how she was never idle, she’s my hero!

    V. 30 Charm is deceitful, & beauty passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

    V. 31 Give her the fruit of her hands & let her own works praise her in the gates.

    Donna prayed, of course, for her family, but also for her many friends, that you all would come to know Jesus as your Lord and savior & that you would come to have a “personal relationship” with Jesus. I hope that you do!

    I was always glad Donna and Cara got to know each other before Cara passed away, but now I know they have eternity to know each other. I miss them so much & I look forward to seeing them both again. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

     

     

     
    • Jody Kautz's avatar

      Jody Kautz 12:04 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      Steve, I shared this on our Connect the Dots. I wish there was more I could say or do to help you through this difficult time. I pray for you – for healing, peace and comfort. I have been where you are and I understand the hole this leaves in your heart. Trust God, Steve, he’s got this.

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        Steve Young 12:08 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you so much. Been through this with all my family, Cara being the last, but this one has been very hard in many different ways. As you mentioned, you sure have been there and we must fill any and all holes in oour heart with Jesus, the living and abiding Word of God!

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        Steve Young 12:10 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

        Took me a little to find the picture of us with the Rigby’s in Coloradr but found! One of my favorite pics!

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      Dan Stafford 3:15 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      So glad for your time together Stevie Dog. And so glad that Becky and I can call you friend, my friend. That was redundant, huh?? Oh well….

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        Steve Young 3:38 PM on February 24, 2026 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you Dan, I’ll take “redundant”. I know it’s using more words than needed but I like what Websters 1828 says-In music, a redundant chord is one which contains a greater number of tones, semitones or lesser intervals, than it does in its natural state, or me playing drums!

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          Dan Stafford 9:34 AM on February 25, 2026 Permalink

          The more tones the better!!

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      Sharon Carman 11:42 AM on February 26, 2026 Permalink | Reply

      I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. The hole our loved ones leave when they go, never quite heals, but it reminds us of the love we shared. I hope you’re feeling love surround you by friends you hold dear. You will be in my prayers.

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        Steve Young 11:52 AM on February 26, 2026 Permalink | Reply

        Hi Sharon and thank you so much. Have felt much love and support and I am very thankful for all! Good to hear from you.

        Steve

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    Steve Young 8:47 AM on February 12, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

    Looking Forward to Seeing This… 

    UTA exhibit displays Bob Schieffer’s photos from time as ‘Our Man in Viet Nam’.

    by McKinnon Rice, Fort Worth Report
    February 11, 2026

    In a black-and-white photograph, a young man wears a steel pot helmet with looped string tucked into a band wrapped around the shell. He gazes past the camera with a grin on his face.

    The year is 1966. The young man is Cpl. Joe Beaver Jr., United States Marine Corps. He is about 19 or 20 years old and fighting a war in Vietnam.

    The photograph was taken by Bob Schieffer, then a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. One of the first Texan journalists to do boots-on-the-ground reporting in Vietnam, Schieffer’s mission was to find, interview and photograph locals fighting in the war.

    Marine Corps and Army veteran Joe Beaver Jr. stands for applause at the “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibition Feb. 7 in the Central Library at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections. Beaver was one of the soldiers photographed by Bob Schieffer, former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)

    That picture, along with other photos, paintings and letters, is on display at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections in an exhibition of Schieffer’s work titled “Our Man in Viet Nam.”

    The exhibit has a special significance to the community and to a journalist who went on to have a storied career that included anchoring a national television news show and moderating presidential debates.

    “I covered a lot of stories, but I never felt the way I did — I never got the response that I got — when I would ask kids, ‘Hi. I’m Bob Schieffer from the Star-Telegram, and your mother asked me to find out how you’re doing.’” Schieffer said at an opening dinner Saturday night. “I remember kids, they would absolutely break into sobbing tears.”

    Bob Schieffer, former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter, holds the “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibition pamphlet Feb. 7 in the Central Library at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections. Schieffer’s photographs, paintings and artifacts are on display. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)

    The collection began when Schieffer reached out to university archivist Sarah Pezzoni. 

    He wanted to know if the UTA library, which holds the Star-Telegram’s entire photo collection, had the negatives of the photographs he took in Vietnam. 

    The library didn’t, but the two started talking. Schieffer ended up donating letters, notebooks, prints and negatives he’d held on to all those years.

    Bob Schieffer, former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter, right, and his wife, Pat, center, talk to Walter Clerihew’s son James at the “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibition Feb. 7 in the Central Library at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections. Schieffer photographed U.S. Air Force Capt. Walter Clerihew in 1937 during the Vietnam War. James said Schieffer and his father made big impressions on each other. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)

    “From there, Bob proposed an exhibit of his photographs, naturally, and at this point, I was kind of pinching myself on a regular basis,” Pezzoni said. “I could not have been more excited by this idea.”

    Schieffer proposed that he paint portraits of a few of the men as a gift to their families. Those paintings are included in the exhibit, hung side by side with the men’s photographs.

    In the center of the wall, a painting by Schieffer uses brushstrokes of black, white and shades of gray to form an oil paint facsimile of the photo he took of Beaver. 

    During the planning of the exhibition, Pezzoni reached out to Beaver’s wife, Dee, and shared some of the photographs, including the one of a grinning young man with string in his helmet.

    “Is this you?” Dee asked him. 

    It was. Beaver had never seen the photograph before.

    Paintings line the wall during the “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibition Feb. 7 in the Central Library at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections. Bob Schieffer, former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter, proposed painting portraits of a few of the men as a gift to their families.

    Beaver, who was wounded three times in Vietnam, joined his family during Saturday night’s events. He shared a detail from nearly 60 years earlier.

    He recalled that the string tucked into his helmet was used to rig booby traps from hand grenades.

    “I hadn’t ever noticed it, until tonight,” Beaver said. “It brings back memories.”

    For those too young to remember Vietnam or who learned about it through textbooks and films, the exhibit offers a more personal look into history and the people who lived it, said John Wang, dean of UTA Libraries.

    Bob Schieffer, former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter, right, and his wife, Pat, explore his “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibition Feb. 7 in the Central Library at University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections. Schieffer hopes that visitors to the exhibit will understand the sacrifice made by those portrayed. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)

    Instead of focusing on politics or a national perspective, it focuses on individuals, he said.

    “This is not about dogma,” Wang told attendees. “It is about humanity.”

    Schieffer hopes visitors to the exhibit will understand the sacrifice made by those portrayed. Knowing them changed him and made him proud to know them, he said. 

    His time in Vietnam was also the beginning of a philosophy he would carry with him in how he approached journalism, and one he insisted be reflected in the exhibit.

    It’s not about him — it’s about them.

    If you go

    What: “Our Man in Viet Nam” exhibit

    When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through April 4

    Location: University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections, Central Library, 6th floor

    Admission: Free. Parking at the nearest garage, the Maverick Parking Garage, is $4 per hour.

    McKinnon Rice is the higher education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at mckinnon.rice@fortworthreport.org. 

    The Fort Worth Report partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage.

    At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

    This article first appeared on Fort Worth Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

    Fort Worth Report

    Steve Young RE/MAX 817-276-5149. steve@steveyoung.pro

     
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    Steve Young 12:30 PM on February 6, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

    Just Listed for Sale in Shorewood Hills 

    See More at: 6314 Brookgate Dr

    To get prequalified for this home, call April Smith at (210) 412-0142 or email april.smith@nafinc.com

     
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    Steve Young 8:00 AM on February 2, 2026 Permalink | Reply  

    Brazos Chamber Orchestra Winter Concerts-February 2026 

    The BCO Winter Concert Series Schedule Below:

    Monday, February 16 @ 7:30 pm – Field Street Baptist Church, Cleburne, Texas

    Sunday, February 22 @ 7:30 pm – The Center @ Pathway Church, Burleson, Texas

    Monday, February 23 @ 7:30 pm – Granbury First United Methodist Church, Granbury 

    Brazos Chamber Orchestra

     

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