Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
Doris Ann Post
Mar 1, 2011
Doris was born on August 22, 1942 in Lubbock to Leo and Pauline Russell. She attended schools in Amarillo, where she graduated from Tascosa High School. She was employed with Maywood Sash and Door for 14 years. Doris was known for her love of people and the smile she shared with everyone. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her...
Catalina Maria Lindsey
Feb 28, 2011
Catalina was born on January 8, 1958 in Oakland, CA to Lawrence Lindsey and Lorina Diaz. She enjoyed sewing and shopping. She was also an incredible cook. Catalina loved life. She enjoyed driving trucks and working with the handicapped and volunteered often at her church, which she was a member of for 8 years. She is survived by her parents,...
Edgar Lee McCloskey
Feb 28, 2011
Mack was born on December 27, 1925 in Redwater, TX to Edgar Lee, Sr. and Lela Eunice McCloskey. He grew up in Redwater and graduated from High School there. He worked as a journeyman carpenter in both Lubbock and Amarillo and was working at Amarillo Air Force Base when he met his wife Lois Roberts. They were married on June...
Sylvester B. Pytlinski
Feb 27, 2011
Sylvester was born on November 21, 1936 in Poland to Michael and Maria Pytlinski. He immigrated to the United States when he was 16 after surviving a German Concentration Camp. Syl worked for both Greyhound Bus Lines and Continental Trailways for over 43 years. Survivors include a sister, Regina Robinson; a niece, Suzi Goad, who was like his daughter and...
Floy Earl Willsey
Feb 27, 2011
Floy was born in Clinton to William Henry and Mary Lee Carnahan Willsey. He graduated High School in Clinton and then attended the New England Conservatory of music and was an accomplished pianist. He later attended Court Reporting School. Floy spent most of his working life in San Francisco, CA. before retiring to Amarillo 15 years ago. He served his...
Broc'kel Redricc Lee March
Feb 21, 2011
A Lament for My Baby I never got to hear you laugh you never saw me cry didnt get a chance to say "Hello" you never said "Goodbye" I didn't think that I could feel so sad, lost and forlorn. I never knew God chose his Angels before some of them were born. Your life was short yet special I...
Mildred Kathleen Brown
Feb 14, 2011
Mildred was born on October 2, 1922 in Curry County, NM to Dillon and Eugenia Abell. She attended schools in Grady, NM, graduating from Grady High School. She married Kenneth V. Brown on December 16, 1942 in Amarillo. He preceded her in death on May 14, 1987. Mildred was a longtime member of St. Andrews Church where she taught Sunday...
Corrine Griffin Farson
Feb 10, 2011
Corrine Griffin Farson was born on March 20, 1929 to Phillip and Edna Gray and was one of twelve children. Corrine attended Amarillo High School and worked in furniture design and interior decorating most of her working life. She married Raymond H. Griffin Sept. 30, 1946 and he died in 1984. She then married Darrell Farson on April 25, 1991. ...
Thomas James Patterson
Feb 7, 2011
Thomas was born on December 27, 1984 in Amarillo to Kay and Steve Patterson. He attended school in Amarillo, graduating from Randall High School in 2003. He was a member of Hillside Christian Church. Thomas thoroughly enjoyed life. He lit up the world and the lives of his family and friends with his loving and electrifying personality. He was an...
Wanda Jean Edgar
Feb 6, 2011
Wanda was born April 8, 1940 at McLean, Texas to Don E. and Vashti Virginia Burrows Dorsey. She attended high school at McLean and Kingman, Arizona. She managed apartments, worked in the automobile industry, as a waitress and at a dry cleaners. Wanda had lived at Monroe, Michigan And Kingman, Arizona prior to making her home in Amarillo. She obtained...
Cillian Collins
Feb 6, 2011
Cillian was born Dec. 26, 1981 in Reno Nevada. He grew up in Amarillo and attended River Road Schools. Cillian loved his family and spending time with them. He was also very close to his nephews and nieces. He loved music and was especially fond of his dogs “Powder” and “Midnight”. He loved all of his friends. He was dearly...
Ralph Allen Thomas
Feb 1, 2011
Ralph Thomas, 76, of Amarillo and formerly of Pittsburgh, PA passed away on February 1, 2011 in Amarillo. He was the father if Rebecca, Ralph, Jr., Regina and Rene. Ralph was born on December 7, 1934 to George and Margaret Thomas. Preceded in death by: parents, George and Margaret Thomas; sister Beatrice Richards and brothers, George, Charles, Harry and William...
Rosa Lena Maloney
Jan 31, 2011
Rosa was born Dec. 1, 1932, in Deaf Smith County to Finner and Maggie Jackson. She lived in Amarillo most of her life. Rosa married Louis Maloney on Feb. 14, 1946, in Amarillo. She was a member of Grand Avenue Baptist Church for many years, where she loved her church family very much. Rosa enjoyed crocheting, reading, crossword puzzles and...
Carmen Sanchez DeLeon
Jan 27, 2011
“Chuy” was born on May 17, 1940 in San Angelo, TX to Jose and Petra DeLeon. On November 22, 1963, Chuy married Evangelina Linda Rodriguez. Chuy and Evangelina attended both Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and St. Martin de Porres. Some of Chuy’s loves were working on old cars, listening to oldies music and watching football. He also had...
Maud Cordelia Moss
Jan 16, 2011
Maud was born on May 11, 1913 in Kansas City, KS. She was raised in Oklahoma, where she later owned and operated two restaurants. She loved the Lord, reading her Bible daily. She was a Pentecostal Minister in Oklahoma for 30 years. She also played the piano and organ for church services. Maud moved to Amarillo 35 years ago. She...
Betty Sue Savage
Jan 15, 2011
Mrs. Savage was born July 9, 1928, in Amarillo to Clifton and Bertha Gaskill. She was a loving mother and beloved grandmother and will be greatly missed. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Sanders of Amarillo and Stacy Grebinger of Breaux Bridge, La.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Sonja Gayle Nite
Jan 9, 2011
Sonja was born March 21, 1956 in Lubbock, Texas to Austin Hutchinson (Tac) and Mary Ada Lee Tacquard. Sonja graduated from Amarillo High School in 1974 and attended Texas State Technical Institution (TSTI), where she pursued a career as a commercial artist for the Amarillo Globe News. Sonja was married to Greg Nite on December 30, 1979. Together they have...
Grace Marie Dillard
Jan 7, 2011
Marie was born Nov. 21, 1921, in Floyd County to Henry Herbert and Grace Irene Gross Graham. She graduated from Floydada High School in 1939. She married Flake Dillard in 1939, in Childress. Marie was a charter member of South Lawn Baptist Church in Amarillo. There she taught Sunday school, vacation Bible school, and was WMU president for several years....
Gabriel Lee Garcia
Jan 7, 2011
Gabriel Garcia was born Feb. 3, 1976 in Plainview, Texas. He graduated from Palo Duro High School. Gabriel was a huge Seattle Seahawks fan and was a fan of wrestling. He loved to dance. Survivors include his mother, Lucy Villarreal and stepfather, Gonzalo Ballin Jr., both of Amarillo; his father, Armando Garcia of San Antonio; two daughters, Jalynn and Makayla...
Billy Doyle Rich
Jan 4, 2011
Bill was born on January 20, 1930 to Clem and Irma Rich in Canyon, Texas. He moved to Plainview, TX as a child, where he graduated from high school. Bill enlisted in the United States Army in 1950, serving in the Korean Conflict. He was honorably discharged in 1953. He married Mamie Zybura in Plainview, Texas. She preceded him in...
