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Submitted: 2/26/21 • Approved: 3/1/21 • Last Updated: 3/4/21 • R392894-G392892-S3
Ross F.
1898-1974
Mason
Merna O.
1903-1979
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
Obituary for Ross
Private graveside services for Ross Frank Leithead, 75, of 6666 Pavillard, who died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday in High Plains Baptist Hospital were to be at 3 p.m. today in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton Mortuary of Borger.
Officiating was to be the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Jones, pastor of the First Christian Church of Borger.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 6 Sep 1974, Fri - Page 4)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Ross Frank Leithead
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 Dec 1898
Street address: 1113 Orman Ave
Residence Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Relative: Mary Leithead
Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: Ross F Leithead
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1899
Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1923
Marriage Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Merna Johnston
Film Number: 001690100
Obituary for Merna
Merna Leithead, 76, of 515 Missouri died Saturday evening in the High Plains Baptist Hospital.
She was a native of Pueblo, Colorado and a Borger resident for 5 years.
She was a member of the Disciples Christian Church of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the Order of Eastern Star of Pueblo, Colorado.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Paul Wagner of Borger; one son, Jim Leithead of Oklahoma City; one sister, Mrs. Lois Felton of Pueblo, Colorado; and six grandchildren.
Graveside services were at 1:00 PM today at Westlawn Memorial Park with the Rev. Jeff Holder pastor of the First Christian Church officiating.
Burial was in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, December 3, 1979, Page 12)
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Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006
Name: Merna Johnston
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1904
Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1923
Marriage Place: Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Spouse: Ross F Leithead
Film Number: 001690100
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Merna Leithead
Death Date: 1 Dec 1979
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Merna Leithead
[Merna Johnston]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 76
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1903
Birth Place: Pueblo, Colorado
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 1 Dec 1979
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: Frank Johnston
Certificate Number: 104055
Contributed on 2/26/21 by neldapat
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