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Submitted: 3/29/21 • Approved: 3/29/21 • Last Updated: 4/1/21 • R402910-G402908-S3
Thomas M.
1901-1979
Father
Mary E.
1901-1977
Mother
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Thomas
Thomas M. Rich, 78, of 1324 Davis Dr., died at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in his home.
Services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Minton Memorial Chapel with Dr. Robert Presnall, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Rich was born March 25, 1901 in Flatwood and has been an area resident since 1951. He was a retired booster station engineer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, April 26, 1977.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth of Lewisville; four daughters, Mrs. Betty Brandon of Borger, Mrs. Bonnie Smith of Abilene, Mrs. Leda Wagoner of Irving, and Mrs. Shirley Vancil of Richardson; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Howard Evans, Wilford McLeod, Doyle Alexander, John Gillespie, Phillips Rhyne, and Ray Miller.
*Obituary for Mary
(Published in Borger News Herald, April 27, 1977)
Mary Emily Rich, 76, of 1324 Davis, died at 10 a.m. Tuesday in North Plains Hospital.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Robert Presnall, pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Mrs. Rich was born April 10, 1901 in Edmond, S.D., and had been a Borger resident since 1951.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas; a son, Kenneth of Lewisville; four daughters, Mrs. Betty Brandon of Borger, Mrs. Bonnie Smith of Abilene, Mrs. Leda Mullens of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Shirley Vancil of Richardson; a brother, Harold Gilgore of Huron, S.D.; two sisters, Mrs. Gertie Wolf of Zion, Ill., and Mrs. Esther Redman of Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Doyle Alexander, Howard Evans, Wilford McLeod, John Gillespie, C.C. Garvin, Phillip Rhyn.
Contributed on 3/29/21 by neldapat
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