Washington Co OK - Obit for Wilma Oliver

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Services set for saddle shop co-owner Oliver
Wilma  Oliver,  known  in  Amarillo  as  the longtime co-owner of Bill
Oliver Saddle Shop, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. She was 87.
   
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with
Dr.  Murray  Gossett officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m.
Saturday  in  Wilbarger Memorial Park Cemetery in Vernon. Arrangements
are by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.
   
Mrs.  Oliver  was  born  in  Bartlesville, Okla., and raised in Vernon
where she graduated from Vernon High School. She was a longtime member
of  First  Presbyterian  Church  in Vernon. She married Bill Oliver on
Oct.  31,  1933,  in  Altus, Okla. They moved to Amarillo in 1960 from
Vernon.
   
She  and  her  husband  owned  and operated Bill Oliver Saddle Shop in
Amarillo  for  many  years.  She  continued to work in the saddle shop
until  the  time  of her death. She was a member of First Presbyterian
Church. She was a founding member of Working Ranch Cowboy Association.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1976.
   
Survivors  include  a  daughter,  Janice Oliver of Amarillo; two sons,
Richard Oliver and wife, Sharon, and Billy Oliver and wife, Donna, all
of   Amarillo;   a   brother,   George   Kneedler   of  Rowlett;  four
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

   
The  family  suggests  memorials be to Presbyterian Childrenıs Home or
Baptist St. Anthonyıs Hospice.
   
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 18, 2002
   
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