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Submitted: 1/3/21 • Approved: 1/4/21 • Last Updated: 1/7/21 • R375556-G375556-S3
Weldin G.
1921-1995
“Pat”
Thelma Ruth
1923-2002
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Obituary for Weldin
Borger News Herald - October 29, 1995
Funeral services for Weldin G. Chapman, 74, Borger, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Newton Starnes, retired minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Sammie Rainey, pastor.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Ames, Iowa, he had been a longtime resident of Borger. He was a chemical engineer for Phillips Petroleum Company at the Copoly Plant, and a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Mr. Chapman received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Kansas State Teachers College where his father was a professor.
He was active in the community serving as past president of Gateway PTA, served in youth baseball programs in the 1960s, was a lay leader at Wesley United Methodist Church, and was also a Sunday School teacher. He was also active in Boy Scouts.
He married Ruth Strain on June 14, 1947 at New Home, Texas.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Blair Chapman of Uganda, Africa; and Dr. John Raymond Chapman of Waterloo, Belgium; a daughter, Cheryl Ann Swafford of Borger; two brothers, Blair Chapman and John Chapman, both of Orange, Texas; four grandchildren, Chris Chapman, Thomas Chapman, Jamie Swafford, and Kevin Swafford.
Casketbearers will be Clarence McDaniel, Kenny Benton, Bob Werther, Pat Ryan, Rodney Rundie, and Court Winters.
Obituary for Thelma
BORGER - Thelma Ruth Chapman, 78, died Monday, July 22, 2002, in Boston.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Borger First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Terry officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Chapman was born Oct. 17, 1923, in Tahoka. She moved to Borger shortly after receiving her bachelor of education degree from Texas Tech University. She retired from teaching in 1983 after many years of service to the Phillips and Borger school districts as an elementary school music teacher.
She served as choir director in Wesley Methodist Church for many years and most recently participated in the choirs of Frank Phillips College and First Methodist Church.
She continued her enjoyment of music after her retirement by teaching piano. She was a gracious person who brought joy, happiness and love to all whose lives she touched. She will be missed by her family and many friends in the Borger Community.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Weldon "Pat" Chapman.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Edwards of Pflugerville; three children, Kenneth Chapman, D.D.S., of Kampala, Uganda, John Chapman, Ph.D., of Boston and Cheryl Swafford of Amarillo; and five grandchildren, Jamie Swafford and Kevin Swafford, both of Amarillo, Christopher Chapman and Thomas Chapman, both of Boston, and Brianna Chapman of Kampala.
The family suggests memorials be to First United Methodist Church Choir, 200 N. McGee St., Borger, TX 79007.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 26, 2002
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