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Submitted: 9/15/21 • Approved: 9/16/21 • Last Updated: 9/19/21 • R456938-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Army
World War II
November 11, 1920-May 20, 1979
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for James O'Dell Van Loon, 58, of 809 O'Daniel, were at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander-Simpson Funeral Directors.
Mr. Van Loon died at 2 a.m. Sunday in Veterans Hospital of Amarillo. He was a member of the 369th Infantry Battalion in World War II, a member of First Baptist Church and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Born Nov. 11, 1920 in Gerty, Okla., he came to Borger from Rotan in 1947. He was a retired construction worker.
Survivors include his mother, two brothers, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Lucille, who died in 1972.
The family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 22, 1979)
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1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Jesse E Van Loon
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Rotan, Fisher, Texas
Household Members:
Name Age
Jesse E Vanloon 46
Lila Vanloon 41
Ray Vanloon 22
Odell Vanloon 18
Edith Vanloon 15
J E Vanloon 14
Roy Lee Vanloon 5
Contributed on 9/15/21
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