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Submitted: 6/17/22 • Approved: 6/18/22 • Last Updated: 6/21/22 • R520275-G520274-S3
William Francis Hardwick
October 29, 1903-April 2, 1989
Dorothy Jane Saunders Hardwick
November 2, 1902-December 5, 1990
Married October 6, 1925
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary William Francis Hardwick
W.F. Hardwick
April 2, 1989
William Francis Hardwick, 85, of Hereford died Sunday, April 2, 1989.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. today in West Park Cemetery officiated by the Rev. Lanny Wheeler, chaplain of Westgate Nursing Home. Burial was under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Hardwick was born in Emporia, Kan. He married Dorothy Sanders [sic] in 1925 at Clovis, N.M. He moved to Hereford in 1947 from Clovis. He was the owner and manager of the Star Theater and was a rancher. He was a Methodist and a Mason.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ted Hardwick of Alamogordo, N.M. and Bill Hardwick of Crawford, Colo.; a daughter, Joan French of Artesia, N.M.; a sister, Margaret Lunsford of Olney; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 88th Year, No. 193, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, April 4, 1989, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: William Francis Hardwick
Race: White
Age: 38
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1903
Birth Place: Emporia, Kansas, USA
Residence Place: Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Self Employed
Height: 6
Weight: 235
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Hardwicks Brothers
Household Members Age Relationship
William Francis Hardwick 39 Self (Head)
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Hardwick
Death Date: 2 Apr 1989
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: William F. Hardwick
Birth Date: 29 Oct 1903
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 88310, Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: 2 Apr 1989
*Obituary Dorothy Jane Saunders Hardwick
Dorothy Jane Hardwick
Dec. 5, 1990
Dorothy Jane Hardwick, 88, of Hereford died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1990.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in West Park Cemetery with the Rev. Lanny Wheeler, chaplain at West Gate Nursing Home, officiating. Arrangements are by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hardwick moved from Clovis, N.M. to Hereford in 1947. She married W. Francis Hardwick at Clovis in 1925. She was a homemaker and a Methodist.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Hardwick of Alamogordo, N.M., and Bill Hardwick of Crawford, Colo.; a daughter, Joan French of Artesia, N.M.; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 90th Year, No. 112, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, Tx., Thursday, Dec. 6, 1990, Page 2)
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Dorothy Hardwick
Death Date: 5 Dec 1990
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Dorothy S. Hardwick
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1902
Issue Year: 1966
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 88310, Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: 5 Dec 1990
Contributed on 6/17/22 by neldapat
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