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Charline Lake
Bell, Sherrill Sue
Sherrill Sue Bell, 71, died peacefully on October 21, 2015 in Ft. Worth, Texas after a struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Sherrill was born March 15, 1944 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Pauline and John H. Trigg. She graduated from Roswell High School in 1962, and attended Arizona State University, Muscatine Community College (Iowa) and The University of Iowa.
In 1968, she married the love of her life, Don C. Bell II of Des Moines, Iowa. Sherrill devoted herself to raising their only child, Don Carlos Bell III, and to his education, culminating in the family's first Ivy-league graduate degree. In describing her character, Don noted that he cannot recall a single time when his mother denigrated another person -- she seemed to effortlessly live by the example of her beloved Jesus, as if being Christ-like were her true nature.
Sherrill was a passionate collector of children's books, southwestern art and handcrafted furnishings. Her two grandchildren were the highlight of her last several years. She loved sharing her children's book collection with them, having tea parties with her granddaughter, and following whatever elaborate experiments or ideas her grandson envisioned. They affectionately called her "Gooseberry". She also loved music and dancing, using living room pillars as dance partners to the delight of her spying little boy. She was a soprano in the Contemporary Chorale of Richardson, Resounding Harmony of Dallas, Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church (Dallas), and Santa Maria de la Paz (Santa Fe, NM).
She is preceded in death by her sister, Tracy Trigg.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Don C. Bell II; her son, Don Carlos Bell III; daughter-in-law Amsler Priddy Bell; grandchildren Jackson and Eleanor Bell; sister Lynn Waggoner and brother-in-law Richard Waggoner; her niece Jolene Lilley; nephew Will Waggoner; her sister Patsy Huegler; nephew Larry Huegler; nephews Chris and Gabriel Gose; and extended family.
The family will have a private memorial.
Published in ABQjournal.com on Oct. 23, 2015- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/abqjournal/obituary.aspx?n=sherrill-sue-bell&pid=176201023#sthash.Q34mIpVA.dpuf
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