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Mr. Robert George Nuss passed from this life Friday, December 1, 2006, in Galveston.

Born June 7,1922 in South Lebanon, Ohio, Mr. Nuss had been a resident of Hitchcock since 1956. He had served in United States Air Force during WWII and had been employed with Santa Fe Railroad for 45 years as a clerk, retiring in 1986. A member of First United Methodist Church in Hitchcock, Mr. Nuss was a former Hitchcock ISD school board member, school aid and volunteer, former past local president of the Railroad Clerks Union, a Lay speaker at the Moody House in Galveston and an avid reader. He will be lovingly remembered as a devoted husband, father and son.

He was preceded in death by his son, Robert David Nuss; parents, David Hess and Lilly Arlette (McLean) Nuss and a sister, Juanita Duytschaever.

Survivors include his beloved wife of over 53 years, Joyce Nuss; daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Kenneth Guindon of Texas City; brother, Jack D. Nuss of Hitchcock and sisters-in-law, Martha Tyner of Overton and Barbara Dickerson of Kilgore.

Graveside services will be conducted 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 4, 2006, at Grace Memorial Park with Reverend Howard Bruce officiating. Entombment will follow under the direction of Hayes Funeral Home.

Those who wish may make memorials in the form of donations in lieu of flowers to the Robert David Nuss Scholarship Fund c/o First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 14, Hitchcock, TX 77563. www.hayesfuneralhome.com