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Submitted: 6/10/21 • Approved: 6/11/21 • Last Updated: 6/14/21 • R426175-G0-S3
US Army
7th Division 32nd Infantry
World War II
1927-2006
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER NEWS HERALD - November 6, 2006
William A. "Pete" Ford, 79, died Sunday, Nov. 5, in Amarillo.
Services are pending with Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Ford was born March 24, 1927, in Fox, Okla., and was a Borger resident for 70 years. He was a stillman for Phillips Petroleum Company for 38 years and served in the U.S. Army 7th Division, 32nd Infantry during World War II.
He was known as "FixIt" to many and was a member of Riverview Baptist Church.
He married Frances Blankenship on Sept. 20, 1947, in Borger.
He was preceded in death by his granddaughter Addisyn Michelle Spencer, a sister Inez Britten, and his parents, Aubrey and Mable Ford.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Sharon Byrd of Borger, Gale Sable and husband Randy of Amarillo, Janet Bauert and husband Ken of Sanford, and Karen Lemley and husband Ben of Amarillo; a sister Hele Buehler of Murray, Utah; 12 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
Contributed on 6/10/21
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