Cecil Fred Culverhouse

What is the measure of a man? Fred Culverhouse was born on January 26th, 1935, in Pampa, TX. He died on June 4th, 2026, in San Antonio, TX. Beginning and ending life in Texas fitting bookends to a full and joyful life.

Although proud of his Texas roots, he was hardly provincial. Growing up in Washington state and California’s central valley, he spent most of his life overseas, teaching for the Department of Defense in Germany and Italy. He was an avid sportsman—he skied every season even into his early 80s and coached soccer and golf—and directed and acted in many plays while loving Shakespeare. His life was characterized by a love of family, teaching, sports, and the arts.

He was a son, a brother, an uncle, a husband, a father, a teacher, a coach, and a grandfather. He loved every one of these roles and played them all well. He died as he lived, with his collar turned up. Upon his death, his family recited over him these words from Hamlet: “Now breaks a noble heart. Goodnight, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”