Potter Co. TX - Obits from the Amarillo newspapers  11 July 2003

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   Publication Date: 07/11/03
   
   Danny Swenn
   
   FOLLETT  - Danny Swenn, 57, of Catesby, Okla., died Wednesday, July 9,
   2003, in Woodward, Okla.
   
   Graveside  services  will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Fairmont Cemetery,
   north of Follett. Arrangements are by Johnson's Good Samaritan Funeral
   Home of Shattuck, Okla.
   
   Mr.  Swenn  was born May 23, 1946, in Shattuck. He married Anna Spikes
   in Clovis, N.M., on April 30, 1970.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife; a daughter, Mistie Clearwater of Fargo,
   Okla.; and his parents, Dave and Rosie Swenn of Shattuck.
   
   The family suggests memorials be to Generations of Woodward.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, July 11, 2003
   
   Matilda I. Summers
   
   BORGER - Matilda I. Summers, 89, died Wednesday, July 9, 2003.
   
   Graveside  services  will  be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Westlawn Memorial
   Park  with  the  Rev.  Don  Boren  officiating.  Arrangements  are  by
   Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
   
   Mrs.  Summers  was  a schoolteacher for the Borger and Phillips school
   districts from 1944 to 1953.
   
   She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin G. Summers in 1987.
   
   Survivors  include  a  son,  Darrell  Summers;  two daughters, Beverly
   Cardwell  and  Patricia  Kwiatkowski; a sister, Winona Harbison; eight
   grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, July 11, 2003
   
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   Lois M. Thompson
   
   Lois M. Thompson, 64, of Amarillo died Wednesday, July 9, 2003.
   
   Services  will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Southwest Baptist Church with
   J. Alan Ford, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by
   Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
   
   Mrs.  Thompson  was  born  in  Wheeler  and was a lifelong resident of
   Amarillo.  She  married  Bill  Thompson in 1966 in Amarillo. She was a
   homemaker  and  member  of  Southwest  Baptist Church. She loved life,
   fishing, cooking and playing the organ.
   
   She  was  preceded in death by her father, Choice Bridges in 1968; and
   her stepfather, Roy Custer in 2001.
   
   Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Linda Conder of Amarillo
   and  Latica  Parker  of  Dumas; two sons, Don Thompson of Amarillo and
   Steve  Thompson of San Antonio; her mother, Gladys Custer of Amarillo;
   a   brother,   Calvin   Loyd  Bridges;  18  grandchildren;  and  seven
   great-grandchildren.
   
   The  family suggests memorials be to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and
   Life Enrichment Center.
   
   The  family  will  receive  friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the
   funeral home.
   
   The family will be at 6314 Kalee.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, July 11, 2003
   
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   Merlin Sims
   
   SUNNYVALE - Merlin Sims of Mesquite died Thursday, July 3, 2003.
   
   Services were held. Arrangements are by New Hope Funeral Home.
   
   Mr.  Sims  was a past resident of Amarillo, where he attended Amarillo
   Schools. He was a plumber by trade.
   
   Survivors   include   his   wife,  Carlotta;  three  daughters;  eight
   grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, July 11, 2003
   
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