Funeral Services for H. Rodman Annable, 87, of Temple, will be held at 11:00 AM Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Temple. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 AM Sunday prior to the service. He passed away on July 25, 2018 in Temple.
Rodman was born May 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Herbert Cecil and Catherine Louise Shattuck Annable. He was raised and attended school in Brooklyn and was voted MVP of his high school football team. Rodman attended 1 year of college at Lehigh University. He met and married the love of his life, Ethel Drutjons, on September 26, 1954 at the St. Stephens Church in Brooklyn. They enjoyed 63 wonderful years together before her passing October 14, 2017.
Rodman proudly served in the US Army from 1950 to 1953 and obtained the rank of Sergeant before his honorable discharge. He was a member of the Lions Club and the Rotary Club. Rodman was a Home Contractor and loved home building, photography, painting landscapes and making model airplanes.
Left to cherish his memories is his sister, Evelyn Morris of South Yarmouth, MA; his son, Rodman J. Annable of Temple; his daughters, Victoria Louise Samadi of New Windsor, NY and Constance Annable Jacklet of Carnation, WA; grandchildren, Stacy Ellington of Round Lake, IL, David Annable of Los Angeles, CA, and Rebecca Lyon of Little River Academy, TX; great grandchildren, Ryan Topper, Lillian Ellington, Isabelle Ellington and Luka Ellington all of Round Lake, IL, Emma Lyon, Rose Lyon and Aubrey Lyon all of Little River Academy, TX, and Charlie Mae Annable of Los Angeles, CA.
Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Temple is in charge of the arrangements.
