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Lloyd Dose, 76 entered eternal rest on May 16, 2005 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Lloyd is more commonly known as PaPa to his family and Skip to his friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bert and Jessie Dose, brothers, Rex and Bob Dose, and Bailey Cox, sisters, Myrle Cauble, Harriet Smith, and Olivette Tuttie Tittle. He is survived by his wife of 43 ½ years, Audrey Nanny, daughters, Susan Dilling Tom who reside in LaVernia, and Sharon Dose, who resides in Dallas, and his son and best friend, Robert Betsy of San Antonio. He is the loving PaPa of Gary JR Greenwood, Shelby Greenwood, Annie Dilling and Tommy Dilling of LaVernia and Aaron Dose and Lindsey Boyd of San Antonio. He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins, not to mention the many friends who he considered his family. Skip, was a veteran of the Korean War, and spent his career as a lather in the construction industry carrying on a family tradition. He had a hand in working on many Texas hospitals, schools, shopping centers, convention centers, churches, civic buildings, landmarks, and many of the buildings that are a part of our everyday lives. He was meticulous and a perfectionist in all of his work, and he took such great pride in his craft. Skip was the neighborhood mechanic and fixer-upper and taught all the children how to ride their bicycles. As their kids were growing up, he and Audrey volunteered for the Highland Hills Little League and Highland Hawks associations, along with many of their friends for the kids of the Highland Hills community. His support and dedication to youths sports and activities continued as he watched his grandson Gary play football for the LaVernia Bears, Annie at her volleyball games, and Shelbys musical endeavors. Skip was an avid hunter, and passed this tradition on to his son and grandsons. But his true passion was cars. Skip loved cars and loved racing, in particular, Nascar and sprints. Throughout his life, he developed some lifelong friends and he looked so forward to getting together with his racing comrades. He was the crew chief, engineer, coach and brains behind his son, Roberts racing D&D Racing. They spent exhaustive hours in their shop building and perfecting their race cars as they traveled to area tracks in San Antonio, Goliad, Kerrville, Killeen, Waco, Pleasanton, Dallas, and Corpus Christi to name a few. If you knew our dad, then you also knew that he had a keen sense of humor. He loved to laugh and make others laugh. He had a silly side that was often shared with his family. He was always there to lend that helping hand, dole out advice, nurture us when we needed it, and support us as we strived to accomplish our goals. While we are all saddened to know that you are no longer with us on this earth, it brings us such peace to know that you have rejoined your parents and siblings in heaven. Your role as our guardian angel continues on. Skip loved and cherished his family and friends. We send special thanks to his medical team, Dr. Joseph McCracken and his staff at the Cancer Care Center of San Antonio, as well as the staff at Trisun Nursing Home in Windcrest, who made it possible for our Mom and Dad to be together his last few days. We also send a special thanks to the law firm of Williams & Baily Houston, TX in their relentless pursuant in the fight against asbestos. His friends, Bill White, Robert McCall, Wayne Cordaway, Brian Mater, Paul White, and Gary Geroianni will serve as his pallbearers, with Bubba Cowan as his honorary pallbearer. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, May 18, 2005 from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels South with Pastor David Dave Gale officiating. Interment to follow at Mission Burial Park South. The family welcomes you to join them at his home following the services. In lieu of flowers, Dad has requested that donations be made to the American Cancer Association or the Cancer Care Center of San Antonio. The family is accepting blanket donations at the visitation and funeral service, and will deliver them to the Cancer Care Center to assist other patients at Dads request.

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Lloyd Dose

February 13, 1929 - May 16, 2005