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Submitted: 1/26/21 • Approved: 1/26/21 • Last Updated: 1/29/21 • R382584-G0-S3
June 16, 1947-July 12, 2000
He was loved by all
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Dr. Joel W. Fondren, 53, died Wednesday, July 12, 2000, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. today in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Archie Echols and the Rev. Jim Terry officiating. Arrangements are by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Dr. Fondren was born in Wink and was a lifetime resident of the Borger area. He graduated from Phillips High School in 1965 and earned his doctorate of dental surgery in 1972 at the University of Texas at Houston. He was a dentist and had owned Family Dentistry since 1983.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
He married Karen Hagburg in 1991 at Borger.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Zachary Fondren and Chase Wheeler, both of Borger; a daughter, Dusty Groves of Altus, Okla.; a sister, Rosie Hugley of San Diego, Calif.; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, July 15, 2000)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Joel Wayne Fondren
Date of Birth: 16 Jun 1947
Gender: Male
Birth County: Ward
Father's name: Cody Fondren
Mother's name: Beulah Yvonne Wilcox
Roll Number: 1947_0004
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Joel Wayne Fondren
Death Date: 12 Jul 2000
Death County: Potter
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Joel Wayne Fondren
[Joel W Fondren]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1947
Birth Place: Monahanns, Texas
Death Date: 12 Jul 2000
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul 1962: Name listed as JOEL WAYNE FONDREN; 18 Jul 2000: Name listed as JOEL W FONDREN
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