Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers   14 Sepember 2002

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   Ancelmo Varela
   
   HEREFORD - Ancelmo Varela, 72, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2002.
   
   Rosary  will be at 7 p.m. today and Sunday in Gililland-Watson Funeral
   Home  Rose  Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in La Iglesia de
   San  Jose  with the Rev. Gerardo Velasquez of San Jose Catholic Church
   officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery.
   
   Mr.  Varlea was born May 25, 1930, in Banta, Calif. He married Dora R.
   Ramos in 1968 in Hereford.
   
   Survivors  include his wife; a son, Joe Varela of Amarillo; a stepson,
   Ruben  Contreras  of Abilene; two daughters, Dalia Sanchez of Hereford
   and  Diana  Varela  of  Lubbock; a brother, Ernesto Varela of El Paso;
   four  sisters, Elvira Varela and Lus Enriquez, both of California, and
   Amelia Lozano and Sara Moreno, both of Mexico; and three grandsons.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
   Virginia Correll Eisenberg
   
   PERRYTON  -  Virginia  Correll  Eisenberg,  82, died Friday, Sept. 13,
   2002, in Sayre, Okla.
   
   Services  will  be  at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church
   with the Rev. Greg Kennedy and David Scott officiating. Burial will be
   in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
   
   Mrs.  Eisenberg was valedictorian at Perryton High School in 1938. She
   worked as a paralegal for Social Security.
   
   Survivors include two daughters, Julie Chervenka of Turpin, Okla., and
   Kelley  Eisenberg  of  Sayre;  a  son, Marc Eisenberg of Amarillo; six
   grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
   
   The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
   Kenneth Dale Johnson
   
   BORGER  -  Kenneth Dale Johnson, 72, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, in
   Amarillo.
   
   Services  will  be  at 4 p.m. today in Minton Memorial Chapel with the
   Rev.  Ron  Ellington,  pastor  of  Trinity  Church  of  the  Nazarene,
   officiating.   Burial   will   be   in   Westlawn   Memorial  Park  by
   Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr. Johnson was born Nov. 14, 1929, in Kiowa, Okla. He retired in 1987
   as a technician for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Maxine;  a  son,  Kenny Johnson of San
   Rafael,  Calif.;  a  daughter,  Sharon  Nichols  of  Bridgeport;  four
   brothers,  Lynn  Dean  Johnson  of  Grants Pass, Ore., Paul Johnson of
   Peachtree,  Ga., Nelson Johnson of Tulsa, Okla., and Robert Johnson of
   Ridgecrest, Calif.; two grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorials  be  to  BSA  Hospice,  P.O. Box 950,
   Amarillo, TX 79105.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
   Frank Donald Payton
   
   CLARENDON  -  Frank Donald Payton, 75, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002,
   in Amarillo.
   
   Graveside  services  will be at 1 p.m. today in Citizens Cemetery with
   Don  Stone,  Church  of  Christ  minister  of  Clarendon, officiating.
   Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr. Payton was born Aug. 5, 1927, in Goes Station, Ohio, and had lived
   in Clarendon since May 2001. He was an Air Force veteran.
   
   Survivors  include  a daughter, Josephine Webb of Clarendon; two sons,
   Kenneth  Payton  of  Groom  and Rickey Payton of Woodward, Okla.; five
   grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
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   Theresa Field
   
   Theresa Field, 78, of Amarillo died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002.
   
   Services  will be at 2 p.m. today in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel
   of  Memories,  6969  E.  Interstate  40, with the Rev. Ray McDowell of
   First  Church  of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be in Memorial
   Park Cemetery.
   
   Mrs.  Field  was born Feb. 8, 1924, in Milford, Neb., She was a member
   of First Church of the Nazarene in Amarillo.
   
   Survivors  include  two daughters, Bobbi Imel and Jeanne Hancock, both
   of  Amarillo;  three  sons,  Patrick  Field and Michael Field, both of
   Arkansas,  and  Duane  Field  of  Florida;  seven grandchildren; and a
   great-grandchild.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorials  be  to  First Church of the Nazarene
   building fund, 1924 S. Polk St., Amarillo, TX 79109.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
   Corine Henry Pettie
   
   Corine  Henry Pettie, 77, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002, in
   Carlsbad, N.M.
   
   Services  will  be  at 11 a.m. today in Mount Zion Baptist Church with
   Pastor   Alexander   officiating.  Arrangements  are  by  Golden  Gate
   Mortuary, 1416 N. Hughes St.
   
   Mrs.  Pettie was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
   Henry; and her husband, J.C. Pettie in April 2001.
   
   Survivors  include  a  daughter,  Dannette  Coal  and husband, Tim, of
   Chicago; three brothers, James Henry of Denver, Curtis Henry of Kansas
   and  Lavern  Henry  of Amarillo; five sisters, Marie McDaniel and Rita
   Thorpe,  both  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  Mickey  Jones  of Carlsbad, Glenna
   Elliott  of  San  Bernardino,  Calif., and Ray Dell Askew of Amarillo;
   three wonderful brothers-in-law; and three grandchildren.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 14, 2002
   
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