WILLIAM OWEN COSTELLO, JR. (CO192008)
William Owen Costello, Jr. was born in Forney, Texas on August 11, 1920, and baptized at St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty. He attended the Lone Elm school, St. Martin Academy at Talty and graduated from Forney High School, Forney, Texas, in 1939. He was engaged in the farming business with his family until being inducted in the U.S. Army in 1942. He was stationed in Texas and Pomona, California until being sent overseas with the Quartermaster Corps in 1943. He served in the North Africa campaign during the war, attaining the rank of Sergeant. He returned home to the U.S. and Forney in 1944, after the death of his father, William Owen Costello. He was married to Ruth Maxine Crawford of Rockwall, Texas, at Fate, Texas on June 3, 1945. Father Francis Brady of St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty, Texas was the officiant. The Bill Costello's purchased the old Costello homestead farm around 1947, which he continued to farm during his lifetime. Bill was employed with the U.S. Post Office in Forney for a number of years and later became a rural mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. William Owen Costello, Jr. died in Veterans Hospital, Dallas, Texas, on February 6, 1968. He was buried from St. Martin Catholic Church in Hillcrest Cemetery, Forney, Texas. Jump up to parent
THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM OWEN COSTELLO, JR. (CO192008) AND RUTH MAXINE CRAWFORD
(CO194805) WILLIAM OWEN COSTELLO, JR. (III), b. May 29, 1948 in Dallas, Texas. He attended the Forney schools and graduated from Forney High School in 1966. He graduated from East Texas State University around 1970 and was employed by Redman Industries in Texas and Pennsylvania. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona in the early 1980's, m. Raeann M. Skinner on October 1, 1983 in Phoenix. Billy Owen Costello and family moved to Austin, Texas in early 1984, where they presently reside.
(CO195202) DR. DAVID THOMAS COSTELLO, DVM, b. February 13, 1952 in Dallas, Texas. Attended the Forney Schools and graduated from Forney High School in 1970. Attended Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, graduating with a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1974. m. Colleen Manor of Eldorado, Arkansas on August 11, 1972 at St. Martin Catholic Church at Talty, Texas. Upon graduation from Texas A & M University, Dr. Costello became associated with the Kaufman Veterinary Clinic at Kaufman, Texas, with whom he has been associated with for the past ten years. Present address is on Rand Road, Kaufman, Texas. Jump down to biography and offspring
(CO195608) JANE ELIZABETH COSTELLO, b. August 7, 1956 in Dallas, Texas. Attended the Forney Schools and graduated from Forney High School in 1974. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University of Fort Worth, Texas in 1978. Jane Elizabeth Costello entered into business in Dallas, Texas upon graduation and later taught in the Arlington, Texas school system. She is presently in the real estate business in Dallas, Texas, where she presently resides.