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Submitted: 8/12/21 • Approved: 8/13/21 • Last Updated: 8/16/21 • R446665-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
1919-2002
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Rufus R. Platt, 82, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Fellowship Baptist Church in Borger with the Rev. Bill Sizemore, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Platt was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy. He was a retired master plumber.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce; a daughter, Carole Marburger of Yukon, Okla.; two sons, Kenneth Platt of Paramount, Calif., and Charles Platt of Long Beach, Calif.; a brother, Tommy Platt of Houston; two sisters, Louise Sarter of Roger and Dollie Lee of Kingston, Okla.; and seven grandchildren.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, March 31, 2002)
Contributed on 8/12/21
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