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Obit for Harold B. "Doc" Hamilton

TEXHOMA, Okla. - Harold B. "Doc" Hamilton, 80, died Sunday, April 21,
2002, in Amarillo, Texas.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Texhoma St. Paul Lutheran Church with the
Rev. Paul Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Texhoma Cemetery by
Dawson-Welch Funeral Home.

Mr. Hamilton was born Dec. 30, 1921, in Nixa, Mo., to Charles and Virginia
Maybry Hamilton. He served in the Army from Nov. 17, 1942, to Sept. 27,
1945.

During his service he received the Good Conduct Medal, European African
Middle Eastern Service Medal and the Purple Heart for wounds received in the
European Theater, Nov. 19, 1944.

He moved to Texhoma from Pierce City, Mo., in 1972. He married Audrey
Lindorfer Hackler on Aug. 19, 1983, in Raton, N.M. He worked as a
myologist and reflexologist and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and
American Massage Therapist Association.

Pallbearers will be Jess Smith, Mertis Vail, Mike Tanquary, Jerry Harland,
Randy Alexander and Raymond Tanquary.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; and a sister.

Survivors include his wife; a son, G.E. Hamilton of Grand Rapids, Mich.; two
stepsons, Tom Hackler of Texhoma and Michael Hackler of Enid; two
stepdaughters, Lanetta Montgomery of Texhoma and Barbara Matthews of
Stratford, Texas; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and numerous
nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family suggests memorials be to St. Paul Lutheran Church; Texhoma
Cemetery; or a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe-News, April 25, 2002