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All rights reserved ============================================================================= Saturday, June 22, 2002 Pat Armstrong Jr. TISHOMINGO, Okla. - Pat "Butch" Armstrong Jr., 59, of San Angelo, a truck driver, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at his residence. Services were at 2 p.m. Friday at Clark Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mary Ewing officiating. Burial was at Condon Grove Cemetery in Milburn, Okla. Arrangements by Clark Funeral Service. He was born in Ardmore, Okla., and had been a resident of Odessa and Fort Stockton. SURVIVORS: Sons, Daryl Armstrong of San Angelo and Craig Armstrong of Dallas; father, Pat Armstrong Sr. of Midland; sisters, Virginia Earhart and Beverly Bristow, both of Midland; and two grandchildren. Robert Fitzgerald LEAGUE CITY - Robert Shannon "Bobby" Fitzgerald, 44, of San Leon, a welding inspector, died Sunday, June 16, 2002, at his residence. Services were at 4 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arrangements by Claire Brothers Funeral Home. He was born in Henderson and had been a resident of Odessa. SURVIVORS: Wife, Vicki Fitzgerald of Salt Lake City; daughters, Katja Garcia of Anson and Shauna Thompson of Salt Lake City; son, Kelly Fitzgerald of Salt Lake City; stepfather, James Russell of San Leon; sister, Sharron Fitzgerald McCulley of League City; grandmother, Evelyn Fitzgerald of Tyler; and two grandchildren. Jack Hardin ODESSA - Jack C. Hardin, 76, of Odessa, a retired Odessa police officer, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Sherwood Baptist Church with the Rev. Tom Hiser officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was born in Crawford, Okla. He was a Navy veteran. He was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Son, Leslie Hardin of Rockford, Ill.; daughters, Jackie Leftwich of Odessa and Shirley Gawlik of Fort Worth; brother, Travis Hardin of Canadian; sister, Wanzell Davis of Elk City, Okla.; and five grandchildren. Lois Mills ANDREWS - Lois B. Mills, 79, of Ardmore, Okla., a former dispatcher for the Andrews Sheriff's Department, died Friday, June 21, 2002, in Ardmore. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at McNett Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ted Short officiating. Burial will follow at the Andrews West Cemetery. Arrangements by McNett Funeral Home. She was born in Big Cedar, Okla., and had been a resident of Andrews from 1955 to 2000. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS: Husband, Jim C. Mills of Ardmore; son, Steve Bradley Mills Sr. of Andrews; sisters, Clara Martin and Emogene Thomison, both of Ardmore; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter. Elida Orona KERMIT - Elida Orona, 63, of Odessa, a homemaker, died Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at her residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Grace Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Clydell Chapman officiating. Burial will be at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Del Rio and had been a lifelong resident of Kermit. She was a Jehovah's Witness. SURVIVORS: Husband, Petronilo Orona of Kermit; sons, Ruben Orona of Flagstaff, Ariz., Pete Orona, Mauricio Orona and Martin Orona, all of Kermit, and Javier Orona of Odessa; daughter, Romelia Flores of Midland; brother, Augustin Bill of Kermit; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Maria Vargas MONAHANS - Maria H. Vargas, 86, of Monahans, a homemaker, died Thursday, June 20, 2002, at Monahans Managed Care Center. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today at St. John's Catholic Church with the Rev. John Lucido officiating. Burial will be at Monahans Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home. She was born in Marfa and was a resident of Monahans for 29 years. She was Catholic. SURVIVORS: Sons, Baltazar Vargas Jr. of Crane, Able Vargas, Andres Vargas and Joe Vargas, all of Monahans; daughters, Maria Luisa Sanchez, Thersa Tavarez, Antonia Tavarez, Viviana Portillo and Manuela Leyva, all of Monahans, and Enedina Gonzales of Big Lake; brother, Guillermo Hoyer of Presidio; sisters, Lidia Gutierrez and Emilia Gardea, both of Fabens, and Petra Hoyer of Odessa; 47 grandchildren; 95 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Marianne Ingram ODESSA - Marianne Ingram, 69, of Toyah died Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at Medical Center Hospital. Services are pending with Pecos Funeral Home. Copyright © 1999-2002 Odessa American. All rights reserved.