Avent - Person Sheet
Avent - Person Sheet
NameAVENT, Madeline 
, GGGG Granddaughter
, GGGG GranddaughterBirth Date25 Aug 1916
Birth PlaceBuffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas
Death Date11 Feb 2011 Age: 94
Death PlaceHutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
FatherAVENT, Julius Tobler (1877-1960)
MotherMcELROY, Mary Eula (1882-1969)
Misc. Notes
Madeline was born Aug. 25, 1916, in Buffalo Gap, near Abilene to Julius and Eula Avent.
Madeline graduated from Tulia High School in May 1933, and attended West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon. In the summer of 1937, she spent the summer living in Palo Duro Canyon attending an art school. Although she always denied it, Georgia O'Keeffe was supposedly at the school.
However, she did enjoy talking about the boys who constructed houses in the canyon. The houses had wooden floors and roofs with screens all around. The walls were made of canvas.
After graduating, Madeline took a teaching position in Claude, where she taught third-graders. It was in Palo Duro Canyon where Sam Reck asked her to marry him, and they were married on July 7, 1940, in Kilgore.
After two wonderful years of following a construction company through East Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, they moved to Phillips in 1942.
They raised three sons in Phillips, and lived there for 34 years until Sam retired from Phillips Petroleum. During that time, Madeline was active in the Methodist church and the PTA. She was involved in the community and still found time to create many wonderful paintings.
In 1976, Sam and Madeline moved to Claude, where they already had many friends. They had many happy years in Claude working in the community and traveled over much of North America.
After Sam's death, Madeline moved to San Angelo, and later to Austin where she lived near her two sons. She always hoped a bridge game would break out and she could be involved.
Survivors include two sons, Dwight Avent Reck and wife Victoria, Clinton Edwin Reck and wife Gayle; three grandchildren, David Reck and wife Jennifer, Jennifer Reck and husband Olivier te Boekhorst and Mica Wilson and husband Charlie; and six great-grandchildren, Kathryn and Dennis Reck, Daphne and Stephanie te Boekhorst, and Chase and Graham Wilson.
Madeline graduated from Tulia High School in May 1933, and attended West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon. In the summer of 1937, she spent the summer living in Palo Duro Canyon attending an art school. Although she always denied it, Georgia O'Keeffe was supposedly at the school.
However, she did enjoy talking about the boys who constructed houses in the canyon. The houses had wooden floors and roofs with screens all around. The walls were made of canvas.
After graduating, Madeline took a teaching position in Claude, where she taught third-graders. It was in Palo Duro Canyon where Sam Reck asked her to marry him, and they were married on July 7, 1940, in Kilgore.
After two wonderful years of following a construction company through East Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, they moved to Phillips in 1942.
They raised three sons in Phillips, and lived there for 34 years until Sam retired from Phillips Petroleum. During that time, Madeline was active in the Methodist church and the PTA. She was involved in the community and still found time to create many wonderful paintings.
In 1976, Sam and Madeline moved to Claude, where they already had many friends. They had many happy years in Claude working in the community and traveled over much of North America.
After Sam's death, Madeline moved to San Angelo, and later to Austin where she lived near her two sons. She always hoped a bridge game would break out and she could be involved.
Survivors include two sons, Dwight Avent Reck and wife Victoria, Clinton Edwin Reck and wife Gayle; three grandchildren, David Reck and wife Jennifer, Jennifer Reck and husband Olivier te Boekhorst and Mica Wilson and husband Charlie; and six great-grandchildren, Kathryn and Dennis Reck, Daphne and Stephanie te Boekhorst, and Chase and Graham Wilson.