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Submitted: 4/20/21 • Approved: 4/21/21 • Last Updated: 4/24/21 • R410814-G410814-S3
1916-2002
Order of Eastern Star
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Willie Mae Updike, 86, died Sunday, July 21, 2002.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church in Borger with the Rev. John Gran, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Updike was a retired secretary and PBX operator for Phillips Petroleum. She was a member of First Christian Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Joanne Waight of Borger and Linda Graham of Clemon, S.C.; a brother, Joe Veazey of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Betty Bell of Sayre, Okla.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Quinn's Care Center, 920 S. Main St., Borger, TX 79007; or Crown of Texas Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson St., Amarillo, TX 79101.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, July 23, 2002)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Willie M. Updike
Birth Date: 12 May 1916
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79007, Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Jul 2002
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Willie Mae Updike [Willie M Updike] [Willie Mae Veazey]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 May 1916
Birth Place: Berlin Roger, Oklahoma
Death Date: 21 Jul 2002
Father:
Gaston J Veazey
Mother:
Mennie P Harrington
Notes: May 1950: Name listed as WILLIE MAE UPDIKE; 30 Jul 2002: Name listed as WILLIE M UPDIKE
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