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Submitted: 4/3/21 • Approved: 4/5/21 • Last Updated: 4/8/21 • R404730-G0-S3
1911-1999
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Richard Schmitz, 87, died Friday, June 18, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Serenity in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mr. Schmitz was born in Chillicothe. In 1941, he moved to Borger from Plainview. He retired in 1976 after 34 years as maintenance foreman for Southwestern Public Service. He attended Bible Baptist Church.
He married Lillie Ardry in 1940 at Plainview.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Peggy Schmitz of Houston and Susan McEndree of Lubbock; and two granddaughters.
(Published in Amarillo Globe News - June 19, 1999)
Contributed on 4/3/21 by neldapat
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