Obit of Atkinson, Gertrude - Canadian County, Oklahoma

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Gertrude Atkinson

Gertrude "Trudy'' Atkinson, 79, of Amarillo and formerly of Littlefield, 
died Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997.

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church of 
Canyon with Chester O'Brien, retired Baptist minister, and Dr. Charles 
Price, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Graveside services 
will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Littlefield Cemetery with the Rev. Dale 
Cain, her son-in-law, officiating. Arrangements are by Hammons Funeral 
Home in Littlefield.

Mrs. Atkinson was born in Littlefield. She graduated from high school at 
Glendale, Calif., and received a degree from Glendale Junior College. She 
married Dr. H. Strauss Atkinson in 1936 at El Reno, Okla.

She was a homemaker and a Baptist.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Lynn Caine of Albuquerque, 
N.M., and Mayla Ward of Dumas; a sister, Kathryn Pierce of Olton; two 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.


The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today in the parlor 
of First Baptist Church of Canyon, and at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hammons 
Funeral Home in Littlefield.

The family requests memorials be to a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe News 02 Sep 1997
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