Elias A. Awwad

May 25th, 1927 – June 29th, 2019

Elias Abdulnour Awwad was born May 25, 1927 in Jifna, Palestine. He immigrated to the United States on Valentine’s Day, 1948 and soon enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin to study Engineering and Physics. It was here that he met his future wife, Mary Sue Havins of Abilene, Texas. They married on September 1st 1949 in Austin Texas and he became a full US citizen on November 11, 1954. They were to have four children while working in electrical engineering, television repair and teaching secondary mathematics, living at various times in Eunice New Mexico, Seattle Washington, Weatherford and Houston Texas. He retired in 1978 while teaching math at Pasadena High School.

He lost his Mary Sue in 2003 and soon sold his house and took up residence with his children, primarily in Castroville Texas, where he enjoyed gardening, auto mechanics, carpentry, hunting, genealogy, and visits from children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His spiritual family was at Northwest Church of Christ in San Antonio where he ‘adopted’ and was loved by several additional grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at Sunset Northwest Funeral Home, 6321 Bandera Road on Sunday, July 14 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a tribute donation to the Parkinson’s Foundation.

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