Nora K. Teague
Nora Katharine Teague went to be with the Lord Friday, June 21, 2024.
A graveside service will be held at IOOF Cemetery in Hamilton on Friday, June 28, at 10 a.m.
Nora Katharine was born to Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Henderson on April 27, 1922. She grew up in Hamilton attending West Ward Elementary School and graduating from Hamilton High School in 1939. She attended Texas Tech and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1943. In 1954 she received a Master’s Degree in Education from Baylor University in Waco. She taught school for 36 years, starting in Sonora, then San Antonio, Hamilton and Chickesten Private School in Alexandria, Virginia.
She was very active with memberships in Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Bita Chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, Hamilton Retired Teachers Association and Hamilton’s 20th Century Study Club.
She was a 70-plusyear member of St. Mary’s Church, serving as yard manager, altar guild, Sunday school teacher and treasurer.
She was the first woman to solo from the Hamilton Airport in 1944.
Nora married John Keith James in Hamilton on Dec. 31, 1943. They had a son, Cecil Dow James. Both preceded her in death, John Keith on April 9, 1962, and Cecil Dow on June 11, 2011.
She married Abner Franklin Teague on June 26, 1971, gaining three stepchildren, Jan, Julia and James.
In their retirement years they took great pleasure traveling the globe together for 30 years before Ab died on Aug. 23, 2017.
Surviving family members include daughter-in-law Tanys Munn and husband Joe; grandchildren Phyllis Bradley and husband Bryan and Matthew C. James and wife Misty; two great-grandsons, Kelton and Kollin James; step-daughter Julia Younggren; grandsons Kevin and Ryan Younggren; three great-grandchildren, Chloe, Aiden and Jaxson Younggren; grandchildren Michael Holloman and husband Juan and great-granddaughter Nora Holloman and Sarah Tobola and husband Gary and great-grandson Lance Tobola.
Memorial donations can be made to the Hamilton Public Library or the Hamilton Historical Museum.
