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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
July 31, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   Maryellen Lorton
   
   ODESSA -- Maryellen Lorton, 76, of Odessa, died Friday, July 30, 1999,
   at her residence.
   
   Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
   with  the  Rev.  Jimmy Braswell officiating. Entombment will be at the
   Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif.
   
   She was born Nov. 12, 1922, in Lincoln, Neb. She married Robert Lorton
   April 4, 1944, in Lincoln, Neb.
   
   Mrs.  Lorton  moved  to Odessa in 1995 from San Diego. In 1953 she was
   the  first woman commander of American Legion Post #3 in Lincoln, Neb.
   She was a member of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif., the
   V.F.W.,  the  Eastern Star, Job Daughters and the Chamber of Commerce.
   She served in the U.S. Navy Waves.
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lorton.
   
   Survivors include her daughter, Jane Lorton Meisinger and her husband,
   Phil, of Odessa; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
   
   Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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