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Submitted: 3/24/21 • Approved: 3/25/21 • Last Updated: 3/28/21 • R401283-G401283-S3
Harry M.
1918-1993
Please see military marker
Opal M.
1920-1992
Please see closeup view
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Harry
STINNETT - Harry Milford Purcell, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 1993 in Hansford Hospital in Spearman.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Minton Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Toby Teague, associate pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Era, he had been a Stinnett resident for 48 years. He was an operator for J.M. Huber Corp. He was a member of Collegeview Baptist Church, and a World War II U.S. Army veteran serving in the 142nd Infantry 36th Division.
He married Opal Mae Stroud in Borger. She died in July, 1992.
Survivors include a son, Greg Purcell of Stinnett; two brothers, Paul Purcell of Houston; and Ray Purcell of Lubbock; three sisters, Bea Lantrip of Gilmer; Mildred White of Borger; and Marvel Ryan of Green River, Utah; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 13, 1993)
*Obituary for Opal
STINNETT - Opal Mae Purcell, 72, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, 1992 in Hansford Hospital in Spearman.
Services are pending with Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Guymon Okla., she moved to Borger in 1948. She was a retired nurse.
She was a member of Collegeview Baptist Church, and a graduate of Cadet Nurses Corps in 1945 in Clinton, Okla.
Survivors include her husband, Harry of the home; a son, Greg Purcell of Stinnett; her mother, Nellie Stroud of Amarillo; four brothers, C.J. Stroud and Odell Stroud, both of Worland, Wyo.; Paul Stroud of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Darrell Stroud of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Delois Young of Amarillo; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, July 1, 1992)
Contributed on 3/24/21 by neldapat
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