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Todd, Sybil Rowena

Todd, Sybil Rowena

Female 1940 - 2007  (66 years)

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  • Name Todd, Sybil Rowena 
    Born 8 Apr 1940  Potter County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Feb 2007  Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Cremated Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3182  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Father Todd, Thomas Clifton Sr.,   b. 11 May 1903, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1963, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Sansing, Rowena Penelope,   b. 24 Sep 1898, Delta County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1971, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F1466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Sybil Rowena Todd    		Sybil Rowena Todd

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    • Obituary


       


      DALLAS - Sybil R. Todd, 66, died Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.
      ign="justify">Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Believers Chapel. Arrangements are by Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home.
      tify">Sybil R. Todd was born April 8, 1940, in Amarillo. She succumbed to complications from pancreatic cancer on Feb. 13, 2007.
      y">Sybil was a lifelong educator. She secured her undergraduate degree at West Texas State University, and received her master's degree and doctorate from Arizona State University. Sybil taught in public school prior to serving at the University of Virginia for 23 years. While there she was a member of the teaching faculty, assistant and associate dean. Dr. Todd also served as vice president at the University of Utah, University of Houston and the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa. In 1988-90 Sybil was selected as an American Council Education Fellow. She spent the year at Rhodes College and National Collegiate Athletic Association. She retired from higher education in 2003 and worked with Wisteria Catalog Co. until just recently.
      ign="justify">Sybil was preceded in death by her parents, T.C. and Rowena Todd; a sister, Mary Ann Palmer and Hoyte Palmer.
      pan class="size10 Arial10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Survivors include her siblings, Clif Todd, Gordon Todd and Norma Lockett; seven nieces, Pam Redus, Paula Black, Teri Carter, Lark Cooper, April Harwood, Tracy Winters and Alicia Long; a nephew, Todd Palmer; 12 great-nieces; three great-nephews; a great-great-niece; and a great-great-nephew. Sybil adored her family friends including Andrew and Shannon Newsom of Dallas, Keith Lee of Baltimore, Mary Huey of Charlottesville, Va., and Gracie Graves of Bryan.
      lass="size10 Arial10" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> s-serif; color: #000000;">The family suggests memorials be to West Texas A&M University, Mary Todd Palmer Endowment, WTAMU Box 60766, Canyon, TX 79016-0001 or the University of Virginia, Note Sybil Todd Endowment, Scott Norrison Business Manger VP, UVA P.O. Box 400303, Charlottesville, VA 22904.
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      Published in the Amarillo Globe-New (Amarillo, TX) on February 15, 2007.