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                           OA Online Obituaries. 
                                      
                             February 12, 2000
                                      
                          Permian Basin Obituaries
                                      
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   ODESSA — Dale Purdy, 56, of Odessa died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000,
                        at Medical Center Hospital.
                                      
   Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel
                with the Rev. Craig Martindale officiating.
                                      
    He was born March 6, 1943, in Lubbock. He married Arnella Yoder Vest
                    on Jan. 28, 1996, in Durango, Colo.
                                      
     Mr. Purdy moved to Odessa in 1999 from Durango, Colo. He owned and
   operated Midwest Machine for 20 years and then worked for Durango Air
    Services for more than 11 years building aircraft engines. He was a
   lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. He was a member of
       the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and a member of the
                           Shortwing Piper Club.
                                      
   Survivors include his wife, Arnella Purdy of Odessa; daughters, Rachel
     Vest of Odessa and Lori Purdy Fowler of Bayfield, Colo.; brothers,
    Allan Purdy of El Paso, Joe Purdy of Tulsa, Okla., Raymond Purdy of
    Odessa and Bob Purdy of Dallas; sisters, Pat Kesey of Pecos, Shirley
   Nowell of Granbury, Betty Lou Griffin of Midland and Lorraine Simpson
       of Grand Prairie; one granddaughter, Samantha Nicole Fowler of
               Bayfield, Colo.; numerous nieces and nephews.
                                      
          Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel.
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                              Ruth E. Chewning
                                      
   ODESSA — Ruth E. Chewning, 94, of Odessa died Wednesday, Feb. 9,
                      2000, at Deerings Nursing Home.
                                      
      Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
    Chapel with the Rev. Robert Scofield officiating. Burial will be at
                          Sunset Memorial Gardens.
                                      
   She was born April 9, 1905, in Indian Territory, Okla., to Phillip and
    Iva Raymer. She married William H. Chewning in 1931 in Duncan, Okla.
                                      
   Mrs. Chewning was a resident of Odessa for 55 years. She retired from
    Vance Oil Supply after 25 years of service. She was a 50-year member
                      of the Eastern Star Chapter 447.
                                      
     She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Louise
      Wilmont and Estella Hughes of Oklahoma City and Evelyn Foster of
                 Odessa; and brother, Ben of Oklahoma City.
                                      
    Survivors include her sister, Helen Booth of Oklahoma City; several
                 nieces and nephews, all of Oklahoma City.
                                      
          Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel.
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