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Submitted: 5/1/21 • Approved: 5/2/21 • Last Updated: 5/5/21 • R415338-G415338-S3
Oliver L.
1928-2019
Mason
Kolita V.
1931-2000
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*Obituary Oliver
O. L. Winkle, Jr.
December 24, 1928 - January 22, 2019
O. L. Winkle, 90, died on January 22, 2019 in Amarillo. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the First Southern Baptist Church in Fritch with Rev. Jerry Don Cheshire, Pastor of the 1st United Methodist Church of Fritch officiating. Masonic Graveside Rites will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Fritch from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday.
O. L. was born December 24, 1928 in Whitewright, Fannin County, TX to Oliver Levi Winkle, Sr. and Ola Newell Winkle who were sharecroppers. He has lived in the Borger and Fritch area for the past 70 years and was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Fritch. He was a Warehouse man for Phillips 66 for 39 years and retired and went to work for Zachary for the next 13 years. O. L. loved his work but he said more than once that he would never chop cotton again. He loved his family and 5th Wheel camping every year on Labor Day in Red River, NM. He also loved boating at Lake Meredith even though he could not swim at all, but he would bob like a cork with his two ski belts and life jacket he always wore. O. L. was a member of the Unity Masonic Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Pat, his son Darrell, two brothers and five sisters.
O. L. is survived by his wife Hazel, his two sons Danny Winkle and his wife Sue of Amarillo and David and his wife Donna of Borger, his sister Lee Winkle Landers of Duncanville, TX, his eight grandchildren Kevin, Jennifer, Brent, Dylan, Drichia, Darrell, Billie and Sylvia and his ten great grandchildren.
Mr. Winkle will lie in state at the funeral home in Fritch Noon until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday until one hour before service time.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, Thursday, January 24, 2019)
*Obituary Kolita
FRITCH - K.V. "Pat" Winkle, 68, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in First Southern Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrell Trout and the Rev. D.C. Lindley officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Garden at Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Winkle was born in Waurika, Okla. She had been a resident of Borger since 1949. She worked at Phillips Petroleum from 1977 to 1999.
Mrs. Winkle was a member of the Jane Phillips Society and had served as president, vice president and treasurer for the chapter. She also served on the grand council as national treasurer and was elected National Jane of the Year in 1988. She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church.
She married O.L. Winkle in 1949 at Pampa.
She was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Gene Winkle, in 1998.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Danny Winkle and David Winkle, both of Borger; a brother, Marcus Owen Fimple of Waco; a sister, Juanita Maude Fimple of Borger; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, TX 79065.
The family will be at 220 Buffalo Trail.
Amarillo Daily News, June 22, 2000
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Pat Hyde
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1932
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1967
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: O L Winkle
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 38
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Kolita Von Winkle
Death Date: 20 Jun 2000
Death County: Hutchinson
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Pat Hyde
[Pat Winkle]
[Kolita Winkle]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1931
Birth Place: Waurika Jeff, Oklahoma
[Waurika, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 20 Jun 2000
Father: Frank D Hyde
Mother: Effie L Holdaway
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: May 1947: Name listed as PAT HYDE; Nov 1953: Name listed as PAT WINKLE; 09 Jul 1976: Name listed as KOLITA VAUGHN WINKLE; 24 Jun 2000: Name listed as KOLITA V WINKLE
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