Arch McNamara dies at age 80

Arch McNamara, 80, of Temple died March 30 at a Temple nursing Home.
Services were held April 3 in Salado Cemetery with Dr. Jerry Bawcom officiat­ing.

He was born Aug. 29, 1919 in Palenas Orientes, Cuba on a sugar plantation to Ambrose and Imogene Gamel McNamara. He mar­ried Dorothy Delaney in Laredo on Jan. 27, 1962. He was the great-grandson of Col. E.S.C. Robertson, founder of Salado. He served in the 5th Air Force in World War II in the south Pacific. He was an independent insurance bro­ker for many years. He at­tended the University of New Mexico, University of Miami and was a graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown. He was a lifetime member of The Sons of Confederate Veter­ans and a lifetime member of Disabled American Vet­erans. He was a past president of the Board of Trust­ees of the Central Texas Area Museum.

He is survived by his wife Dorothy McNamara of Temple and step-sister, Daisy Dickson of Norfolk, VA.

Memorials may be made to Central Texas Area Mu­seum of Salado, One North Main Street, Salado, TX 76571

Scanio-Harper Funeral Home was in charge of ar­rangements.