Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers 18 October 2002 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved. Amarillo Globe-News http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------ All Obits - Text Only Burt H. Woollard SHAMROCK - Burt H. Woollard, 85, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002, in Amarillo. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Calvary Christian Fellowship with Joe G. Jernigan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery by Wright Funeral Directors. Mr. Woollard was born Aug. 27, 1917, in Brennan. He married Mary Kurtz on May 25, 1985, in Shamrock. He attended Shamrock High School. He had owned and operated Woollard Garage since the 1940s. He was preceded in death by a son, Russell Dan Woollard in 1969 in Vietnam. Survivors include his wife; a son, Rick Woollard of Mobeetie; a daughter, Linda Coyne of Shamrock; two sisters, Marie Geoffroy of Amarillo and Judy Clairy of Houston; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson. The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Dorothy Lee Waide TEXLINE - Dorothy Lee Waide, 71, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, in Amarillo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Texline Church of Christ with Paul Merideth, pastor of Clayton Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Texline Cemetery by Hass Funeral Directors of Clayton, N.M. Mrs. Waide was born Oct. 31, 1930, in Texline. She was a lifetime resident of Texline. Survivors include two sons, Eddie Waide of Oklahoma City and Gary Waide of Texline; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Eldon E. Crumpton of Abilene, A.V. "Pete" Crumpton of Texline and Robert Crumpton of Clayton; and a sister, Joyce Armstrong of Higgins. The family suggests memorials be to Texline Fire Department for the EMTs. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Christopher Don Rampy HIGGINS - Christopher Don Rampy, 40, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002, in Aurora, Colo. Services were at 2 p.m. Thursday in Higgins Church of the Nazarene with Jimmy Morris, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Higgins Cemetery by Mason Funeral Home of Shattuck, Okla. Mr. Rampy was in the construction industry from age 16. He loved to fish and hunt. Survivors include his parents, Don and Karen Rampy; his grandparents, Leston and Viola Stout of Higgins; three sisters, Denise, Terry and Cheryl; and two brothers, James and Justin. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Juanita Zuniga DUMAS - Juanita Zuniga, 82, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, in Amarillo. Rosary was said at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Services were at 3 p.m. Thursday in the church with the Rev. Michael Colwell, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Dumas Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. Mrs. Zuniga was born in China, Nueva Leon, Mexico. She had worked in child care. Survivors include two sons, Santos Zuniga of Cactus and Guadalupe Zuniga of Reynosa, Mexico; two daughters, Estella Zuniga of Reynosa and Maria Eva Estrada of Amarillo; 31 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Amarillo Mattie Francis Moore and Lee Roy "Roy" Moore Mattie Francis Moore, 83, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002, in Albuquerque, N.M. Lee Roy "Roy" Moore Sr., 90, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002. Joint services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, with Beale Denton, pastor of Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, and the Rev. Kevin Humphrey, USAF Chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Moore was born in Polk County, Ark. He married Mattie Francis Luttrell on Nov. 11, 1939. He was a truck driver for Panhandle Associated Grocery and Mayflower Moving Co. He also worked for American Smelting and Refining. After retiring as a truck driver for Amarillo Hardware, he drove a school bus for Amarillo Independent School District. He was elder deacon at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church. He was known as "Boo" to his grandchildren. Mrs. Moore was born in Vernon. She married Lee Roy Moore on Nov. 11, 1939. She was a retired government employee from Amarillo Air Force Base. She had also worked at Ponca Wholesale and at Alamo Glass. She was a longtime member of VFW Auxiliary. She was a member of Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church. They were preceded in death by a son, William Robert Moore; and a daughter, Velma Louise Moore Reese. Survivors include two sons, Lee Roy Moore Jr. of Paris, Texas, and Harold Moore of Oxnard, Calif.; a daughter, Betty Jo Moore Gentry of Grand Prairie; 15 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Beulah Sue McKee Long Beulah Sue McKee Long, 75, of Amarillo died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St., with the Rev. Alvin Walker of Second Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born in Winnsboro, to John Hart and Lily Beth McKee on Nov. 6, 1926. She was a retired dietitian for St. Anthony's Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, George N. Long, on Dec. 28, 1982. Survivors include three daughters, Wanda Johnson of Amarillo, Bobbie Seymour and husband, Al, of Ojai, Calif., and Dovie Cutshall and husband, Ronald, of Roswell, N.M.; a son, Johney G. Long and wife, Ellen, of Amarillo; a brother, Roy L. McKee of Winnsboro; a sister, Nora Bell Miller of Forney; eight grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Dr. John J. Albracht Prayer services will be at 7:30 p.m. today in St. Mary's Catholic Church with Monsignor Joe Bixenman and Monsignor Francis Smyer officiating. Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the church with Bishop L.T. Mattheisen as celebrant, and the Rev. Ken Keller, Monsignor Joe Bixenman, Monsignor Francis Smyer and priests of the diocese as concelebrants. Private burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Dr. Albracht was born Feb. 11, 1932, in Nazareth. He attended St. Mary's College in Winona, Minn., and Texas Chiropractic College in Pasadena, where he received a doctor of chiropractic degree. He was licensed for practice of chiropractic in the state of Texas in 1955 and in the state of New Mexico in 1969. He practiced for 47 years. He was in the Army as a surgical technician in 1956 through 1959, and he received an honorable discharge. He was associated with Albracht Chiropractic Clinic for 40 years. His present location of private practice was at Medical Plaza Building, 5211 W. Ninth Ave., Suite 102, Amarillo, TX 79106. He married Ann Swoboda in 1956 at Tacoma, Wash. He was past president and board member of Amarillo Catholic Education Foundation Board, past president and board member of Amarillo Diocesan Pastoral Council, past president and board member of St. Mary's Parish Council, member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, past chairman of St. Mary's Catholic Church Liturgy Commission, past chairman of St. Mary's Catholic Church Evangelization Commission, past chairman of St. Mary's Kickoff and Planning Committee of the Faith in Action Committee, chairman of St. Mary's "Learning Our Faith, Catechesis" team and past teacher and facilitator of St. Mary's Sunday School program for Adult Education for 10 years. His civic functions were past Philanthropist of the Year for Catholic Family Service, past Volunteer of the Year for Catholic Family Service and Knights of Columbus councils and present member of Amarillo Council No. 1450. He was a past member of American Chiropractic Association, past member of International Chiropractic Association, member of Texas Chiropractic Association and Fellow of International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture in 1980. Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Kathy Raef and husband, Dr. Kevin, of Canyon, Cheryl Hohertz and husband, Jeff, of Canadian and Lyn Albracht of Amarillo; three sons, Dr. Jack Albracht and wife, Jana, of Pampa, Dr. Nick Albracht and wife, Debbie, of Burleson and Tim Albracht and wife, Ann Marie, of Amarillo; two sisters, Emilene Kriegshauser of Hereford and Rosie Hill of Abilene; three brothers, Wirt Albracht and Jerry Albracht, both of Hereford, and Dr. Eugene Albracht of Amarillo; and 19 grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to St. Mary's Building Fund, 1200 Washington St., Amarillo, TX 79102; or Interfaith Hunger Project, Catholic Family Service, P.O. Box 15127, Amarillo, TX 79105. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Shirley Louise Brown Shirley Louise Brown, 51, of Amarillo died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle, with the Rev. Raymond Bowlin, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born April 17, 1951, in Muskogee, Okla. She had lived in the Amarillo and Claude area since 1960. She worked as a radiology technician. She was a member of Trinity Fellowship Church and several Bible study groups. Survivors include a daughter, Hanna Thomas of Amarillo; her mother, Sarah Jo Smith of Amarillo; a sister, Marcy Smith of Amarillo; and a brother, James Clayton Smith of Broken Arrow, Okla. The family suggests memorials be to Panhandle Area Kidney Foundation, 5920 W. Amarillo Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106. The family will be at 1612 Stubbs St. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Hazel Gruver Pearson George Hazel Gruver Pearson George, 91, of Amarillo died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. today in Llano Cemetery with Don Willingham of Westview Christian Church officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. Mrs. George was born Feb. 25, 1911, in Hansford County. She attended schools in Lockney where she graduated valedictorian in 1928, then majored in home economics at Texas Tech graduating in 1932. She married W.L. "Pete" Pearson, of Lorenzo, on Sept. 1, 1932, and lived in Lubbock, Plainview, Canyon, Slaton and Amarillo. "Pete" died July 8, 1971. Hazel married Clifford George in July 1976 and moved to Gruver, where he died in 1995. She was a member of Gruver Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Mary Jane Snodgrass in 1983; her sister, Helen Ruth Shapley in 1993; and a stepdaughter, Jolene Thompson in 2002. Survivors include two daughters, Janet Williamson of Amarillo and Donna Snodgrass of Lubbock; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a stepdaughter, Lariece Copeland of New Boston; six stepgrandchildren; and nine step great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Gruver Methodist Church, Gruver, TX 79080; BSA Hospice of Amarillo, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105; Harrington Cancer Center, 1500 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106; or a favorite charity. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Edwin Wayne "Dean" Patin Edwin Wayne "Dean" Patin, 49, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Ivy Chapel, 2820 Virginia Circle. Burial will be in Llano East Cemetery. Mr. Patin worked as a groundskeeper/supervisor at Amarillo College. He was a member of BCA League, Amarillo Lone Star Eight Ball League and active in many pool tournaments in the area. Survivors include two daughters, Deana Patin and Holly Bolen, both of Amarillo; his mother, Imogene Patin Arkin of Pensacola, Fla.; a brother, Gary Patin of Pensacola; two sisters, Trisha Stokes and Libby Hollihand, both of Pensacola; and two grandchildren. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 Oklahoma Rena Jo Bedker FORGAN, Okla. - Rena Jo Bedker, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, in Wichita, Kan. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Forgan United Methodist Church with Ernest Andreas and David Mercer officiating. Burial will be in Forgan Cemetery by Clark Funeral Service of Beaver. Mrs. Bedker was born April 4, 1932, in Beaver. She married Harry Bedker on Oct. 25, 1979, in Shelton, Wash. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Skipper Wilson of Liberal, Kan., and Larry Joe Wilson of Amarillo, Texas; two daughters, Jana Atkinson of Olathe, Kan., and Julie Wilson of Beaver; a stepson, Mark Bedker of Eustes, Fla.; two brothers, Sonny Albert Hodges and Larry Hodges, both of Forgan; a sister, Joyce Andreas of Forgan; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Fighting Heart Award, in care of Beaver High School, P.O. Box 790, Beaver, OK 73932. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002New Mexico Virginia Angela Bachicha CLOVIS, N.M. - Virginia Angela Bachicha, 54, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2002. Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. today in Muffley Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel with Bruce Sullivan officiating. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories. Mrs. Bachicha came to Clovis in 1971. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Survivors include three sons, Lupe Bachicha, Terry Bachicha and David Bachicha, all of Clovis; a daughter, Loretta Marhefka of Los Angeles; four brothers, Benny Sanchez, Joe Sanchez, Ignacio Sanchez Jr. and Margarito Sanchez, all of Portales; and a sister, Julie Goode of Lorraine, Ohio. The family suggests memorials be to Plains Regional Medical Center Home Health Care and Hospice, 2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Clovis, NM 88101. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2002 This story printed from the Amarillo Globe-News Online at amarillonet.com: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/101802/obi_allobits.shtml