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Submitted: 11/28/21 • Approved: 11/28/21 • Last Updated: 12/1/21 • R471112-G471112-S3
Tilman C.
October 2, 1907-October 20, 1982
Mildred F.
January 13, 1914-December 17, 1995
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Tilman C.
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Tillman Newkirk
Death Date: 20 Oct 1982
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Tillman C Newkirk
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 75
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1907
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Death Date: 20 Oct 1982
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: Lennie W Newkirk
Mother: Eva B Ford
Spouse: Mildred Flynt
*Obituary Mildred F.
WHEELER - Mildred Flynt Newkirk, 81, a former Wheeler resident, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 1995, in Topeka, Kan.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Wheeler Cemetery. Local arrangements are by Wright Funeral Home. Memorial services were Dec. 22 in the Jellison Chapel at Topeka Presbyterian Manor in Topeka. Cremation was by Penwell Gabel Funeral Home of Topeka.
Mrs. Newkirk was born in Quanah and spent most of her life in Wheeler, Shamrock and Amarillo. She moved to Topeka in 1994. She married T.C. Newkirk Sr. in 1933 at Wheeler. He died in 1982. She also was preceded in death by a son and a daughter.
Survivors include two sons, T.C. Newkirk Jr. of Topeka and Guy Newkirk of Hawthorne, Calif.; two daughters, Mildred Ridge of San Antonio and Kay Nichols of Topeka; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
The family suggest memorials be to Good Samaritan Fund, c/o Topeka Presbyterian Manor, Topeka, Kan.
(Published in Amarillo Daily News, December 27, 1995 and Amarillo Globe Times, December 27, 1995)
Contributed on 11/28/21
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