Memorials
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ROBERT E. WADE
Wade, 87, of Mesquite, died April 28,
2016. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1959. Wade received his
law degree from the University of Texas School of Law; was a member of
the California, Pennsylvania, and Great Britain bars; and was admitted
to the Texas Bar in 1962, having received the highest score on the March
Texas Bar Exam that year. He was an associate of Atlantic Richfield
Company, ARCO, in Dallas from 1962 to 1971; an associate of Texas Oil
& Gas in Dallas from 1971 to 1986; and a private practitioner in
Dallas from 1986 to 2012. Wade was a Bible study teacher at First
Baptist Church in Dallas for many years and is remembered for being
loving, successful, and devoted. He is survived by his wife of over 64
years, Myra Boltin Wade; son, Robert E. Wade Jr.; three grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.
CHARLES D.
BOSTON
Boston, 88, of Boerne, died March 10,
2017. He served as a military training officer in the U.S. Air Force
Officer Training School during the Korean War. Boston received his law
degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to
the Texas Bar in 1955. He practiced law with Fulbright & Jaworski,
now Norton Rose Fulbright, in Houston for his entire career, ultimately
becoming a senior partner and mentoring many lawyers, including past
State Bar President Terry O. Tottenham. Boston was a member of the Texas
Association of Defense Counsel, the Association of Insurance Attorneys,
and a charter member of the Champions Golf Club in Houston. He also
served on the boards of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the southeast
Texas region chapter of the American Lung Association. Boston is
remembered for his deep religious faith and his love of golf and Texas
Longhorns football. He is survived by his wife of over 65 years, June;
son, Donn Boston; daughter, Wimberly Boston Grove; one grandson; and two
great-granddaughters.
JAMES SAMUEL MOORE JR.
Moore, 86, of El Paso, died March
14, 2017. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1952 to
1954. Moore received his law degree from the University of Texas School
of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1956. He was an attorney
with Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond, now
ScottHulse, from 1957 until his retirement in 1994. Moore was previously
on the board of the Texas Law Review Association; chair of the Texas
Council for the Humanities, now Humanities Texas; president of the
Friends of the University Library for the University of Texas at El Paso
and the Philosophical Society of Texas; and a member of the El Paso
Museum of Art Foundation and El Paso Museum of History Foundation boards
of directors. He also received the Jo Stewart Randel Outstanding Trustee
Award from the Texas Association of Museums in 2009. Moore is survived
by his son, Samuel Adams Moore, and one granddaughter.
ABRAHAM "ABE" P. FRIEDMAN
Friedman, 85, of Houston, died
October 20, 2015. He served in the 3rd Medical Battalion of the 3rd
Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Korea during the Korean War from
1953 to 1954, having been awarded the Bronze Star Medal, and continued
his service in the Army Reserve, retiring with the rank of major.
Friedman received his law degree from Tulane University Law School, was
a member of the Louisiana Bar, and was admitted to the Texas Bar in
1964. He was a partner in Dow, Cogburn & Friedman in Houston from
1964 to 2001 and of counsel to the firm from 2001 to 2007 after it
merged with Winstead Sechrest & Minick, now Winstead. Friedman is
remembered for being an avid reader, having a keen interest in history,
and for maintaining an extensive stamp collection. He is survived by his
wife of 53 years, Fran Dow Friedman; sons, David, attorney Paul, and
Randy; and six grandchildren.
WILLIAM L. OTTEN JR.
Otten, 91, of San Antonio, died
February 15, 2017. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S.
Marine Corps in 1943 during World War II, where he served in the 8th and
2nd Marine Divisions. Otten received a Bachelor of Laws from Dickinson
School of Law, became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar in 1951, and was
admitted to the Texas Bar in 1974. He litigated several trials in the
Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division, leaving as a captain. Following a
short stint as a lawyer for the U.S. Forest Service, Otten joined the
U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he served from 1958
to 1974 at posts in the Middle East, Caribbean, and throughout the U.S.
While in the Air Force, he received a J.D. and Master of Laws from
Georgetown University Law Center. Otten was an attorney in Wichita Falls
from 1974 to 1981 and practiced in Port Aransas from 1981 to 1996.
Maintaining a deep fascination with early American history, he wrote two
books about Col. J.F. Hamtramck, an American Revolutionary War officer.
Otten is remembered for his love of hunting, saltwater fishing, hiking,
and taking trips in RVs. He is survived by his sons, Matthew and
Jeffrey; five grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.TBJ
