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Travis Monroe Hausler

August 1, 1930 — April 10, 2020

Travis was born August 1, 1930 at 103 Austin Street, Mason, Mason Co., Texas to Monroe Lee and Bessie Louise (Leifeste) Hausler. Monroe had opened a general merchandise store on the square in downtown Mason. Times were hard and money short so the new family didn’t get to spend much time in Mason. The family soon moved to Corpus Christi. Travis spent time in the summers peppering his grandfather Leifeste with hundreds of questions. Hunting for arrow heads and rock hunting for Topaz were some of the pastimes Travis enjoyed on the ranch with his grandfather Leifeste in Mason, TX. “I’ll give you the little pig if you can catch it” his Great-uncle Albert Kothmann told Travis one summer and he ran all day trying to catch that pig. Finally, Uncle Albert took pity on him and the pig was caught. (Only it never did grow up to be very big.) Melvin and Paul Leifeste taught their little city cousin, Travis, to ride a horse on their ranch by tying his hands behind his back so he wouldn’t hold on to the saddle horn or reins and sent the horse running. Fortunately, a low hanging branch kept Travis from going too far. The family moved to Tarply. Travis had 680 acres to roam and a dog named Ranger. There were caves in the hill sides and Indian arrow heads to hunt, squirrels to shoot for dinner. Travis even got the opportunity to learn to pick cotton. The family moved to San Antonio. Monroe Hausler, Travis’ dad helped to build Aldersgate Methodist Church that the family attended. He also was headmaster of the Boy Scout troops that took Travis from Cub Scout to Eagle Scout. Travis attended and graduated from Trinity University, then the University of Texas at Houston, Dental Branch, before enlisting as a Captain in U.S. Air force, stationed at Biggs Air force Base, El Paso, Texas. In 1955 he bought a 4-bedroom house on the corner of Guadalupe and Sierra Madre streets across the street from Sunrise Shopping Center and began at night and on weekends remodeling to start his dental practice. In true entrepreneurial spirit Travis invested in silver & turquoise mines in Mexico. Travis visited the winners’ circle many times with Heather Wheat and his other racehorses at Ruidoso Downs and Sunland Park, New Mexico. He has grubbed staked gold miners for part ownership in gold mines. Owned a Post Pole and Timber business in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Built and owned a Country Club, 18 holes golf course with Olympic sized pool, fed by an artesian well, putt-putt miniature golf, miniature zoo and a frog farm in El Paso. Literally designed, built and owned “The Barn” dancehall and restaurant in Ruidoso, New Mexico. As a Land Developer he has planned the roadways then felled the trees and driven the dozers to clear the roads. Travis once traveled to Greece and found a human tooth at the Acropolis. He saw lions and hippos in Kenya. Travis has been a life-long hunter and fisherman. His hunting has included elk, bear, mountain lion, Oryx, antelope, white tail deer, mountain goat, boar, rattlesnakes, turkeys, dove, squirrels and has taken him from Texas to New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. He has fished Texas, New Mexico for 100-pound catfish, Colorado for perch, off of Baja California for sword fish. His favorite fishing is Alaska for halibut, wild salmon, and others. He has even taken his daughters frog gigging in the dark of night. Travis’ first crush was the daughter of a well-known shopping mall developer in San Antonio. His first wife, Virginia Ruth Moede, provided him with three children. The second wife brought with her 2 daughters and a baby grand piano. Wife three was the heiress of a steel mill, teacher and artist who provided a stepdaughter, Moiselle, who would grow up, become a nurse and help save his life one day. Wife four was the other steel mill heiress in old El Paso town and an artist. Number five is an anesthesiologist and family doctor who would research and administer lifesaving treatment to him. Six kept his home clean and organized; they shared stories about family, friends and customers with each other nightly; and one night would help save his life. Number seven, Karin, saw him through the end of life and cooked, fed and visited him every day for six years. Travis joined Rotary Club International in 1958 and is past president of the Northeast El Paso club. He has kept a perfect attendance record of 58 years, even through a stroke in August of 2005. Travis has been recognized over the years for donating services to the City of El Paso, Goodwill Industries, Boy Scouts, Rotary and other civic organizations.
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