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Amarillo Globe News 16 Oct 1997

Harold Edwin Colgin

GUYMON, Okla. - Harold Edwin Colgin, 83, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Victory Memorial United Methodist 
Church with the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor, and the Rev. Shannon Davis, 
associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by 
Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.

Mr. Colgin was born in Walnut, Kan. He began his career in the grocery 
business soon after graduating from high school. He moved to Guymon in 
1933 and worked at the Blakemore Ideal Food Store, where he was manager 
for more than 48 years.

After retiring from the grocery business in 1978, he founded Ideal Real 
Estate, which he operated until 1996.

Mr. Colgin was the oldest serving member of the Guymon Lions Club, where 
he served as Boss Lion and was the first honoree of the Melvin Jones 
Fellowship Award. He was instrumental in the development of Sunset Lake 
and in the restoration of the Lions Park Chimes Tower in Elmhurst 
Cemetery.

He was an active member of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church. He 
served on the Dunaway Manor Board and the Pioneer Day Old Timers Committee 
for many years. He was a member of Guymon Lodge No. 335 AF&AM and Guymon 
Chapter No. 419 of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Mr. Colgin married Ina Pauline Laney in 1936 at Hooker.

He was preceded in death by a son, Harold E. "Sonny'' Colgin Jr.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Rasonya Pruitt of Edmond; a 
sister, Evelyn Watson of Mimbres, N.M.; and three grandchildren.

A Harold Colgin memorial has been established for the Panhandle Area 
Sheltered Workshop. Memorials will be accepted at Henson-Novak Funeral 
Home, Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942.
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