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Submitted: 8/30/21 • Approved: 8/30/21 • Last Updated: 9/2/21 • R452845-G452845-S3
Wayne R.
1918-1980
Please see military marker
Helen L.
1920-2014
Together Forever
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*Obituary Wayne
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Wayne Smyrl
Death Date: 21 Feb 1980
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Wayne Robert Smyrl
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1918
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Helen Richards
Father: J E Smyrl
Mother: Mary Ellen Stone
Age at Death: 61
Death Date: 21 Feb 1980
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Wayne Robert Smyrl, 61, of 1018 West Lee, died at 8:10 a.m. today in North Plains Hospital.
A retired Phillips employee, he was a native of Cryer Creek, and a 43-year resident of Borger.
Mr. Smyrl was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of First Baptist Church Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge, Borger Shrine Club, the Khiva Shrine Temple and the Scottish Rite of El Paso.
He is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons, Jerry Wayne of McKenzie and Gary Lynn of Bloomingdale, Ill.; two brothers, Walter of Palo Pinto and Bill of Wichita Falls; two sisters, Mrs. Cathryn Dickerson of Grant Falls, Mont., and Mrs. Mary King of Lovington, N.M.
Arrangements are under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 21, 1980)
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*Obituary Helen
Helen Louise Smyrl
November 8, 1920 - May 26, 2014
Helen Louise Smyrl, 93, of Keller, Texas, passed away Monday, May 26, 2014 in Keller.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Keller, with Pastor Keith Sanders officiating, arrangements by J.E. Foust & Son Funeral Home, Grapevine, Texas. Interment will be Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Highland Park Cemetery in Borger, under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Home.
She was born November 8, 1920 in Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of Melvin and Beulah Severns Richards. Helen retired from Keller Pharmacy, where she served as a Clerk. She was a very sociable person and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wayne Robert Smyrl; an infant daughter, Ellen Smyrl; brother, Melvin Richards and sisters, Juanita Milam, Thelma Reding and Francis Green.
She leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Jerry Smyrl and wife, Janice of Albuquerque, NM and Gary Smyrl and wife, Charlene of Keller; sister, Nelda Harris of Bentonville, AR and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, May 27, 2014)
Contributed on 8/30/21
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