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Submitted: 8/3/21 • Approved: 8/3/21 • Last Updated: 8/6/21 • R443940-G443940-S3
Chester E.
1901-1979
Esther A.
1902-1974
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*Obituary Chester
Funeral services for Chester E. Muse, 77, of Amarillo, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses with Case Duggan, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mr. Muse had lived in Fritch for eight years before moving to Amarillo. He was a retired employee from Colorado Interstate Gas Co. and was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Survivors include two sons, Denzil of Germany, and Darrell of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Colleen Hisel of Amarillo and Mrs. Joan Munfreda of Chester, Mont.; two sisters, Mrs. Lela Sanders of Alamagordo, N.M. and Mrs. Effie Holder of Canon City, Colo.; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 15, 1979)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Chester Elmer Muse
Race: White
Age: 40
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1901
Birth Place: Aline, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Clayton, Union, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Clayton, Union, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Colorado Interstate Gas Co
Weight: 170
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 11
Next of Kin: Chester Muse
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Chester Elmer Muse Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Chester Muse
Death Date: 14 Aug 1979
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Chester Elmer Muse
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 77
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1901
Birth Place: Aline, Oklahoma
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: 14 Aug 1979
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: H S Muse
Mother: Elizabeth Taylor
Certificate Number: 71441
*Obituary Esther
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Alice Muse, 72, of 604 S. Cornell, Fritch, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Kingdom Hall with Case Dugan officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home of Borger.
Mrs. Muse died at 11:50 p.m. Saturday in North Plains Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, two sons, two daughters, a brother, a sister, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Casketbearers will be Darel Muse, Jim Mitchell, James Sims, Val Comer, Carl Floyd and Jimmy Conner.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 10, 1974)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Esther Muse
Death Date: 7 Dec 1974
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Esther Alice Muse
[Esther Alice Gripe]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1902
Birth Place: Union, New Mexico
Residence: Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 7 Dec 1974
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: M B Gripe
Mother: Etheline Davis
Spouse: C E Muse
Certificate Number: 92396
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