Obituaries

Canyon, Texas Obituaries

Obituaries act as quiet reminders of the finite nature of our lives. Yet, for those who have recently experienced the death of a family member or friend, an obituary means so much more. It is a bittersweet reminder of all we've lost, but it can also help us to remember all we enjoyed while they were alive. If you have recently lost someone you love, we hope that you will accept our condolences.

Bertha Ferguson

Bertha Ferguson

Jan 19, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 22, 2004 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Rev. Paul Dunn, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Bertha Ferguson was born on January 18, 1919 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to John and Lillian Swick Robertson. She worked at Irwin Greenhouse until her retirement in 1986,...

Bonnie Dillin

Bonnie Dillin

Jan 15, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 19, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev.Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Mrs. Dillin was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 3, 1936 to Domonic and Linnie Lukowski. When Bonnie was six years old they moved to Maxwell, Nebraska where they leased a farm and...

Edna Dillard

Edna Dillard

Jan 9, 2004

Services will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Dillard was born on November 1, 1909 in Memphis, Hall County, Texas to Conrad and Nellie George Gerlach. She graduated from Memphis High School and...

Loretta Dorris

Loretta Dorris

Jan 8, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, January 12, 2004 at the Church of Christ in Happy with Rick Bloodworth, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Mrs. Dorris was born on May 19, 1910 in Iowa Park, Texas to Benton and Edith Fields. She and Frank moved to the Panhandle from Iowa Park in the late 1930"s...

Jack Hamil

Jack Hamil

Jan 5, 2004

Memorial Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 9, 2004 at the First Presbyterian Church of Amarillo with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon, officiating. Mr. Hamil was born on October 14, 1941 in Sterling, Colorado to Dave and Genevieve Hamil. He earned a BS in Animal Husbandry in 1964 from...

Leavena Davis

Leavena Davis

Jan 4, 2004

Services will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:00 AM at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, with Chaplin Keith Boutwell, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born March 24, 1922 in Chillicothe, Texas to T. M. Thurmon and Trudy Bond Thurmon. She attended Plainview Schools until her senior year before graduating from Littlefield High School. She...

Leta Boswell

Leta Boswell

Jan 4, 2004

Leta Jane Norvell Boswell was born June 28, 1916, to John and Ealon Norvell in Stratford, Texas. She attended Mary Hardin Baylor University (then college) and Baylor Medical School and interned at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Since her retirement she had lived at Palo Duro Village in Canyon. Dr. Boswell left this life on January 4, 2004 at the age...

Othella Mcgehee

Othella Mcgehee

Jan 4, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday, January 8, 2004 at the United Methodist Church of Wayside. Burial will be in Wayside Cemetery. Mrs. McGehee was born on October 18, 1909 in Appleton, Arkansas. She moved to Texas in 1923 and graduated from Tulia High School. She attended West Texas State College and taught school for nine years. She...

Wilbur Leavitt

Wilbur Leavitt

Dec 29, 2003

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 2, 2004 at the University Church of Christ in Canyon, with Bob Shepard, Elder and Bible Chair Director, and David Lough, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Leavitt was born on July 24, 1918 in Randall County to James and Josephine Johnson Leavitt. He was a lifetime resident...

Gladys Lundy

Gladys Lundy

Dec 24, 2003

Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM on Friday December 26, 2003 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Gladys was born at Yanush, OK to Andrew and Annebell Hamby February 16, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband LeRoy Lundy in 1978. She lived in Amarillo...

Gaylord Stroup

Gaylord Stroup

Dec 23, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, Texas with Rev. Nathan Bond officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Stroup was born on October 24, 1944 in Canyon, Texas to Bryant and Audrey Vandergriff Stroup. He lost the battle with cancer and passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at his...

Pearl Putnam

Pearl Putnam

Dec 21, 2003

Memorial Services will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday at Dalhart Memorial Park Cemetery in Dalhart, Texas with Dr. Richard Bales, Big Spring District Supervisor, officiating. Mrs. Putnam was born on September 9, 1911...

Julie Weise

Julie Weise

Dec 21, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Amarillo, with Msgr. Joseph Tash officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Julie Lynn Weise was born on February 13, 1981 in Amarillo to Gary and Brenda Dietz Barrett. She was a lifetime resident of Canyon and graduated from Canyon High School...

Lupe Garcia

Lupe Garcia

Dec 15, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, December 19, 2003 at Holy Name of Jesus Chatholic Church in Happy with Monsignor Stortz, pastor, officiating. Rosary will be at 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 18 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel with Deacon Amos Perez officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Mr. Garcia was born on December 12, 1927 in Sodville,...

Mary Todd

Mary Todd

Dec 15, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Mescalero Baptist Church with Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at 3:00 PM Thursday in Stratford Cemetery, Stratford, Texas. Mrs. Todd will lie in state at N. S. Griggs & Sons in Amarillo. Mary Catherine Williams Coffman Todd was born on a farm near Bushland on December...

Herbert Kuhlman

Herbert Kuhlman

Dec 13, 2003

Services will be at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Paramount Terrace Christian Church in Amarillo, with Mike Kuhlman and Rev. Scott Greer officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Herbert was born in 1922 on the same spread in Randall County where he still lived. He married Jeannie Steinke in Amarillo on June...

Gene Woodman

Gene Woodman

Dec 13, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Arden Road Baptist Church, with Rev. Dale Bigham, pastor, and Rev. Richard McDole, of Madison, Wisconsin, officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:00 PM Tuesday in Gould Cemetery, Gould, Oklahoma. The family will receive friends at 3:00 PM in the fellowship hall of Gould Methodist Church. Gene was...

Sylvia Reed

Sylvia Reed

Dec 10, 2003

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Reed was born on July 20, 1911 in Ellis County, Texas to Jesse and Lucy Warrick Cunningham. She married Rev. O. N. Reed at Tahoka on August 26, 1939....

O. Parker

O. Parker

Dec 7, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Parker was born in Lamoni, Iowa, in 1909 to Bessie and O.W. Parker, Sr. He had two brothers and one sister. After moving to Independence, Missouri he...

Jim Flitner

Jim Flitner

Dec 6, 2003

Services will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 11, 2003 at Brooks Chapel with Mike Kuhlman and Ray Perryman officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Canyon, Texas Mr. Flitner was born on November 18, 1950 in Denver, Colorado. He loved the Lord, farming, and ranching. He gave the message each Sunday at Craig Methodist Retirement Center...

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