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Submitted: 8/18/21 • Approved: 8/18/21 • Last Updated: 8/21/21 • R448352-G448350-S3
John G.
1919-1982
Madge M.
1915-1992
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary John G. Sr.
Services for John G. Ridling, 63, of 724 McPherson, were at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Borger Missionary Baptist Church.
The Rev. W.O. Sears, pastor, assisted by Rev. James Garton of Amarillo, officiated.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Ridling died Thursday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
A retired oil field driller, he was a native of Seminole, Okla. Mr. Ridling had lived in Borger for 36 years.
He was a Baptist. He married Madge Crawford Nov. 20, 1947 in Clayton, N.M.
Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Helen Irene Clifton of Dumas and Sheri Elizabeth McHenry of Borger; four sons, Bill Ray Klem of Amarillo, Jerry Dean of San Antonio, John Glenn of Borger, and Ronald Bruce of New Mexico; one brother, Charles of St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Irene Cole of Oklahoma; 19 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 9, 1982)
*Obituary Madge
Madeline M. "Madge" Ridling, 76, 724 McPherson, died Friday, April 24, in her home.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Borger Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. James Garten, pastor of Pavillard Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
A homemaker, she was a native of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and a Borger resident for 44 years.
She was a member of the Borger Missionary Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.G. Ridling in 1982 and a son, Billy Klem in 1987.
She is survived by three sons, Jerry Ridling of San Antonio, John Ridling and Bruce Ridling, both of Borger; two daughters, Helen Clifton of Dumas, Sheri Fergerson of Fritch; a brother, Manuel Crawford of Amarillo; three sisters, Mary Ann Chernek of Phoenix, Arizona, Loise Farley and Ruth Kirkendall both of Pauls Valley, Okla., 22 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, April 26, 1992, Page 10)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Madeline Ridling
Death Date: 24 Apr 1992
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mable Madelinecrawfor Klem [Madeline Crawford Kern] [Madeline Ridling] [Mable Madelinecrawfor Crawford]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Oct 1915
Birth Place: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Death Date: 24 Apr 1992
Father:
Almon R Crawford
Mother:
Vera A Roberts
Notes: Oct 1940: Name listed as MABLE MADELINECRAWFOR* KLEM; Apr 1950: Name listed as MADELINE CRAWFORD KERN; Aug 1967: Name listed as MADELINE CRAWFORD RIDLING; 03 Jun 1993: Name listed as MADELINE M RIDLING
Contributed on 8/18/21
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