Obit of Lax, Allen M - Kay County, Oklahoma

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::Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum--Amarillo TX


Allen M. Lax

Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home, 
Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Wendell 
Taylor, chaplain of Veterans Administration Medical Center, 
officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery East 
Mausoleum with military honors rendered by Disabled American Veterans 
Chapter 26.

Mr. Lax was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Grainville, Okla., to Henry 
Raymond and Bertha Esther Mead Lax. An Army veteran of World War II, 
he served under General George "blood and guts" Patton.

He participated in the D-Day landing at Normandy and he fought in the 
Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of the forces that engaged in 
the occupation of Germany.

Not only did he serve as an infantryman, but also as a halftrack 
driver and mechanic. Upon being discharged from the Army in November 
1945, he moved to Amarillo.

On Dec. 22, 1946, he married Geneva Overton and they had resided in 
Amarillo since that time. Until being disabled, he was a welder at 
American Trailer and Equipment.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Tommie Gay Lax, in 1968.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Shirley J. Clemishire, 
Kathy L. Lax, Lynette Boswell and Renea Craig, all of Amarillo; a 
brother, Loren "Jack" Lax of Clarksville, Ark.; three sisters, Lola 
Bell Weiss of Paris, Elva Hendricks of Lincoln, Neb., and Sue Chisum 
of Vega; two grandsons, Terry Allen Montgomery and Cody Roark; and 
four granddaughters, Lisa Termain, Brandy Termain, Jessica Termain 
and Amber Craig.

Amarillo Globe-News, March 25, 2002
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