Bennie Wayne Tschoerner

Bennie W. Tschoerner passed away November 2, 2014 at home with his family and his two dogs, Roxie and Izzy, beside him. A Mass of Christian burial is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church with Father Anthony Stoeppel officiating. Cremation and service arrangements were entrusted to Bright-Holland Funeral Home. He was born in Taylor, Texas to Ben and Marie Tschoerner on June 18, 1941. Bennie was a 1959 graduate of Temple High School and received his B.S. and M.S. with honors in Physics and Math degrees from West Texas State University. He received his certification in Engineering Technology from the University of Illinois and did post graduate work at the University of Wyoming, Bucknell University, Trinity University, and East Texas State University. Bennie was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and Sigma Pi Sigma and recipient of the EPDA Grant Award for the State of Texas and Summit Award for Outstanding Commitment to Excellence in Videoconferencing. For those of you old enough to know what a slide rule is, Bennie was also World Slide Rule Champion for many years. Bennie's profession in life was a teacher. He taught physics, math, and electronics to those wanting to learn or those having to take his class to graduate. He was also a Product Engineer for Texas Instruments, Senior Electronics System Engineer for E-Systems, and Technology Director for PISD in Paris. Currently, he was self-titled Chief Geek for Conconnect.Net and very active in the Texas Distance Learning Association. Bennie married Ann Deiterman of Temple on January 26.1962. Together they had two children. Bennie loved to ride dirt bikes with his son David at Beavers Bend State Park. In his later years, Bennie enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and giving them ice cream anytime they requested. He learned to play the fiddle and made summer trips with his grandkids to Nebraska for fiddle camp; taking them to Port Aransas to eat at Snoopys and Scoopys; taking them to Branson, Mo to see the shows; taking them tubing on Broken Bow Lake. Bennie also loved gardening, making salsa- each batch hotter than the last, spending time in his fiddle shop with his cat Calico, and listening to bluegrass music. Bennie is survived by his wife, Ann; his daughter Carol and husband Tim; his son David and wife Julie; his five grandchildren Caroline, Abbie, Camille, Alex, and Ben; his brother Kenneth James Tschoerner and niece Chelsea; Ginny Brown (who he thought of as a daughter). Memorial donations can be made to the Paris Animal Shelter.