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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Thanks to the Amarillo Newspapers for allowing us to place their online obits in the USGenWeb Archives ==================================================================== Last updated; Thursday, November 25, 1999, 6:20 AM Area Ollie Bernice White PAMPA - Ollie Bernice White, 82, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1999, in Amarillo. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Derrell Monday, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mrs. White was born in Fannin County and had been a resident of Pampa since 1937. She was a homemaker and a member of Central Baptist Church. She married Maxwell Paul White in 1940 in Pampa. He died in 1995. Survivors include a sister, Della Crump of Pampa; a brother, Sam Keel of Amarillo; six nieces; and eight nephews. The family requests memorials be to Central Baptist Church, 512 E. Francis, Pampa, TX 79065; or BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Lillie O. Rigdon BORGER - Lillie O. Rigdon, 90, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Westlawn Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger. Mrs. Rigdon was born in Cumby and had lived in Borger for 50 years. She was a homemaker and member of Fairlanes Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.B. Rigdon, in 1988. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Lucille Skeeter Willis FLOYDADA - Lucille Skeeter Willis, 68, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in MooreRose-White Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Farril De Foor, pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Lockney, officiating. Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery. Mrs. Willis was born in Meadow and moved to Floydada from Aspermont as a child. She attended high school in Floydada. A homemaker, she was a former member of the Nazarene Church of Floydada. She married Emett Willis in 1951 at Clovis, N.M. He died in 1997. Survivors include four daughters, Joy Scott of Amarillo, Sherry Osborn of Roaring Springs and Darlene Carr and Patty McHam, both of Floydada; her mother, Foy Graham of Floydada; a brother, Leroy Graham of Floydada; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until noon Friday at the funeral home. They suggest memorials be to Floydada Rehabilitation and Care Center, 925 W. Crockett, Floydada, TX 79235; or Hospice Hands of West Texas, 103 S. Main St., Lockney, TX 79241. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Timothy James Ward HEDLEY - Timothy James "T.J." Ward, 16, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hedley High School Gymnasium with the Rev. Bruce Howard, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hedley, officiating. Burial will be in Rowe Cemetery in Hedley by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. T.J. was born in Bartow, Fla., and raised in Hugoton, Kan. He moved to Hedley eight months ago where he was a junior at Hedley High School. He was recently named to second team all district in football, was on the varsity basketball team, in the school choir and was junior class treasurer. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his father, Ronald Lynn Ward, in 1998. Survivors include his grandparents, J.A. and Eunice Ward of Hedley; two brothers, Chris Ward of Clarendon and Jason Ward of Amarillo; his mother, Lois Ironmonger of Florida; and a sister, Loretta White of Florida. The family suggest memorials be to the Hedley High School Library, P.O. Box 69, Hedley, TX 79237-0069. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Edgar Laverne Clinton PLAINVIEW - Edgar Laverne Clinton, 71, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Bartley-Silva Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with the Rev. A.C. Hamilton, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. Mr. Clinton was born in Rosedale, Okla., and moved to Tahoka where he was raised. In 1955, he moved to Plainview from Lubbock. From 1955 until 1970, he was employed by Cloverlake Dairy as a salesman. In 1970, Mr. Clinton worked for Morton Food Distributor. He was a member of Parkview Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge No. 709. He married Lila Pearl Hollers in 1951 at Lubbock. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Edgar "Skeeter" Clinton Jr. of Lubbock, Michael Clinton of Plainview and Kenny Clinton of Nazareth; a daughter, Kathy Campbell of Lubbock; a brother, Leroy Clinton of Denver City; a sister, Frances Kelsey of Pasadena; and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends at 201 Amarillo St. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Diana May Robinson BORGER - Diana May Robinson, 65, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1999. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger. A native of Durham, Okla., Mrs. Robinson was a former waitress at KBob's, Village and Prime Rib Restaurants. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Robinson. Survivors include a son, Wes Robinson of Borger; and a brother, Billy Stroup. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Jerry Dean Conner PERRYTON - Jerry Dean Conner, 62, died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1999. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Christian Church with the Dr. Jeff Knighton and the Rev. Ted Latham officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Perryton. Mr. Conner was born in Perryton where he was a lifelong resident and a travel agent. He was a member of First Christian Church of Perryton, Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, a Mason and a Shriner. He was a former board member of the former YMCA. He married Harriett Hale in 1956 at Perryton. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Jeff Conner of Willow Park and Chris Conner of Amarillo; a daughter, Amy Pope of Lubbock; two brothers, Pat Conner of Perryton and Billy Conner of Gainesville; a sister, Judy Pletcher of Frankston; and three grandchildren. The family suggest memorials be to Ochiltree General Hospital-Hospice. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Dale Wesley McGaugh LITTLEFIELD - Dale Wesley McGaugh, 89, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hammons Funeral Home Chapel in Littlefield with the Rev. Nathan Mulder, minister of Flomot Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Littlefield Memorial Park. Mr. McGaugh was born in Chester, Ark. He was a farmer and a welder and a member of First United Methodist Church in Littlefield. He married Lavois Fitzgerald and was preceded in death by a son, Michael Dale McGaugh, in 1967. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda Serrurier of Amarillo; two sisters, Norma Jean Bell of Oxnard, Calif., and Mable Edwards of Richmond, Calif.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggest memorials be to Salvation Army or the First United Methodist Church in Littlefield. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Amarillo Carol Mae Krutsch Carol Mae Krutsch, 71, of Amarillo, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Robert Field of Southeast Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Mrs. Krutsch was born in Lorain, Ohio, and moved to Amarillo in 1976 from Brunswick, Ohio. She had been a secretary for Potter County, retiring in 1993. She was a Methodist. She married Nick M. Krutsch in 1965 at Avon Lake, Ohio. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Margaret Smith, Patricia Lee Simms of Tahoka, and Deborah Califano of Salado; three sons, Dean Smith of Albany, N.Y., Daniel Smith of Lorain and Steve Krutsch of Canyon; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center; or the American Diabetes Association. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Jim Upton Jim Upton, 77, of Amarillo, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd., with the Rev. Pat Carruthers, pastor of St. Hyacinth's Catholic Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Upton, born in Ranger, moved to Amarillo when he was 3 years old and had lived here most of his life. He graduated from Amarillo High School. He was a Navy Seabee during World War II. He worked as an electrician through the I.B.E.W. Local 602 for more than 50 years. He was a member of the Catholic church. In 1957, he married Cleta Brookshier at Clovis, N.M. Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard Upton of Amarillo; a sister, Mary Ann Reed of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society. They will be at 3609 Fleetwood. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Richard E. Killion Richard E. Killion, 95, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Memorial Chapel, Fifth and Pierce. Mr. Killion was born in Amarillo where he was a lifelong resident. He was a shop foreman for International Harvester and Forrester Trucking. He was a member of Southeast Baptist Church. He married Reba Warlick in 1930 at Canyon. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1994 and by a son, Quinten Killion, in 1954. Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Hagee of Amarillo; two sisters, Kathleen Horn of Amarillo and Lawanna Sue Brantley of Eufaula, Okla.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Joseph Roy Konecny Joseph Roy Konecny, 79, of Amarillo, died Sunday, Nov. 21, 1999. Memorial graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Memory Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Rosendo Herrera of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church officiating. Cremation is by Memory Gardens Crematory with arrangements by Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors, Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street. Mr. Konecny was born in Yoakum and moved to Amarillo in 1946. During World War II, he served with the Army Air Corps in India. In Chicago, he retired after 25 years with J.R. Short Milling Co. Mr. Konecny also retired after 28 years with Meads Bakery. He was a 49year member of American Society of Bakers Engineers. He married Jackie Konency in 1990 at Hereford. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Vivian Mills, in 1985. Survivors include his wife; a stepson, Stanley Chapman of Childress; a sister, Marjorie Wilson of Dallas; and two grandchildren. The family suggest memorials be to Olivia Angels, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Ozell Clark Ozell "Lee" "Jr." Clark, 56, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Memorial Park Funeral Home, Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with the Rev. Sherman Eastland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Clark was born in Vernon and moved to Amarillo in 1954 from Dumas. He was owner-operator of the Kool Spot. He married Cheryl Van Dyke in 1965 at Amarillo. Survivors include his wife; a son, Bryan Sterlin Clark of Amarillo; a daughter, Tisha Louise Clark of Amarillo; his mother, Emma Jean Clark of Amarillo; three brothers, Danny Clark and Bobby Clark, both of Amarillo, and Ricky Clark of Pampa; six sisters, Sandra Stovall of Coleman, and Sue Schaef, Peggy Schaef, Anita Mohler, Rhonda Hogue and Kathy Jones, all of Amarillo; and four grandchildren. The family will be at 2116 Heather. They suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Program. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Dwight Stroope Dwight Stroope, 56, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with the Rev. James Peach, pastor of First Baptist Church of Vega, officiating. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Mr. Stroope was born in Amarillo where he was a lifelong resident. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and was employed as a police officer and jailer for the Amarillo Police Department. He was a Baptist. He married Marie Jones in 1993 at Amarillo. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Susan Chambers and Starla Stafford, both of Irving; a son, Steve Stroope of Irving; two stepsons, Steve Jackson and Mike Jackson, both of Vega; two sisters, Lanora Jones of Amarillo and Melva Jones of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. The family suggest memorials be to American Heart Association, 2404 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Dorothy Christine Pruitt Malone Dorothy Christine Pruitt "Chris" Malone, 87, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1999. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with the Rev. Robert Field, pastor of Southeast Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Malone was born in Pearl, N.M., and lived in southern New Mexico until 1956. She lived in Shamrock from 1956 until moving to Amarillo in 1966. She received her education from the public schools in Hurley, Silver City, Fort Bayard and graduated from Lordsburg High School in 1930. A Baptist, Mrs. Malone was church secretary at First Baptist Church in Lordsburg, N.M. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and Elk Does in Silver City, N.M. She married Earl M. Malone in 1934 at Santa Rita, N.M. He died in 1988. Survivors include two daughters, Earlene Stiles and Allyne Townsend, both of Amarillo; a sister, Genevieve Cleveland of Lordsburg; and three grandchildren. The family will be at 6104 Palmetto and suggest memorials be to a favorite charity. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 Oklahoma Betty Ruth Grabeal GRIGGS, Okla. - Betty Ruth Grabeal, 55, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1999. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Plainview Auditorium. Burial will be in Marella Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary of Boise City. Miss Grabeal was born in Guymon. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to Marella United Methodist Church or the Marella Cemetery, which may be left in care of the mortuary. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999 New Mexico Nancy Stewart TUCUMCARI, N.M. - Nancy Stewart, 48, died Monday, Nov. 22, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Temple Baptist Church with John Vaprezsan, pastor of Metro Baptist Church in Belleville, Mich., Randy Mulllenix, associate pastor of Temple Baptist Church, Walt McDaniel, pastor of Bow Baptist Church of Springfield, Vt., and Gerald Chadwick, pastor of Central Baptist Church of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in the family plot of Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery by Dunn Funeral Home of Tucumcari. Born in Madison, Wis., Mrs. Stewart was a longtime Tucumcari resident. She was an active member of Temple Baptist Church where her husband, Wes Stewart, is pastor. Survivors include her husband; three children, John, Paul and Suzanne Stewart, all of Tucumcari; her mother, Bertha Storch of Sun Prairie, Wis.; four brothers, Walter Storch of Sun Prairie, Ronald Storch of Montello, Wis., Carl Storch of Madison, Wis., and Peter Storch of Cottage Grove, Wis.; and three sisters, Gloria Klitzke of Montello, Rose Serfenian of Madison and Frances Rademacher of Sun Prairie. Viewing will be Friday at the funeral home. Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 25, 1999