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Submitted: 9/6/21 • Approved: 9/6/21 • Last Updated: 9/9/21 • R454770-G454770-S3
1915-1974
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Takewell, 59, of 1000 Penn Ave., in Borger, who died at 9 p.m. Friday in Amarillo, are planned for 11 a.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Robert E. Presnall officiating.
Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Takewell had lived in Borger since 1929 and was born in Columbus, Ohio. She was active in Girl Scouts and the Golf Association.
She is survived by her husband, Bob; two daughters, Sharon Purvis of Boulder, Colo, and Diane Baruffi, Bellevue, Wash.; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Don Baker, Dr. M.M. Stephens, Bob Johnson, Al Hahn, Joe Rives, and Claude Balir [sic].
Minton Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, October 13, 1974)
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Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964
Name: Mary L Stevenson
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1915
State File Number: 1915064144
Additional Information: Joseph
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary Takewell
Death Date: 11 Oct 1974
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mary Lou Takewell
[Mary Lou Stevenson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1915
Birth Place: Columbus, Ohio
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 11 Oct 1974
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: Joseph Stevenson
Mother: Frances Marie McDonnough
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