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Submitted: 7/11/21 • Approved: 7/11/21 • Last Updated: 7/14/21 • R435769-G435767-S3
Guy Bee
1893-1964
Please see military marker
Marthelen
1906-1994
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Guy
Funeral services for Guy Bee Killam, 71, 311 W. Wilson, are scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday in Minton Memorial Chapel.
The Rev. Joe D. Ray, pastor of First Baptist Church of Borger will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Killam died at 7:20 p.m. Friday, in North Plains Hospital.
Surviving are his wife Marthellen; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Taylor, Clinton, Okla.; Mrs. Alex Becker, Borger; Mrs. Eddie Fultz, Canyon, Texas.
Also one son, George R. Killam, Richmond, Calif.; one brother, W.O. Killam, Oklahoma City; two sisters, Mrs. Richard Boteler, Laurel, Miss.; Mrs. Ruth Boggan, Hickory, Miss. and nine grandchildren.
He was a veteran of World War I.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 6, 1964)
*Obituary Marthelen
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Marthelen Killam, 88, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 1994 in Albuquerque.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Minton Memorial Chapel.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Killam was born in Oklahoma, and was a resident of Borger from 1957 to 1977. She was a resident of Oklahoma City, Okla. until she moved to Albuquerque in 1988.
She was a former employee of Cartwrights and Dean's in Borger.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy Bee Killman in 1964; a daughter, Jean Ellen Becker and a grandson, George Ryan Taylor.
Survivors include two daughters, JoAnn Taylor of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Virginia Ruth Fultz of Albuquerque; 9 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Tuesday, November 22, 1994)
Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Martha Ellen Leighnor
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1906
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1925
Marriage Place: Garfield, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Herbert R Shiers
Film Number: 001398703
Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Marthelen Shieres
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1906
Marriage Date: 29 Dec 1929
Marriage Place: Kingfisher, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Guy B Killam
Film Number: 002383602
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Marthelen Killam
Last Residence:
87111 Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA
BORN: 1 Oct 1906
Died: 20 Nov 1994
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