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Billy Charles OGDEN (VETERAN WWII)

Andrews County (Andrews Old) Cemetery
Andrews County,
Texas

TECHNICAL FOURTH CLASS US Army
World War II
October 5, 1927-November 18, 2005

Please see Ogden Family Marker

*Photo, courtesy Wanda M.

*Obituary
Funeral services for Bill Ogden, 78, of Andrews will be 2:00 PM Monday, November 21, 2005 at the Andrews Presbyterian Church with Rev. Rodney B. Peacock and Rev. Bob Zap officiating. Burial will follow in the Andrews Old Cemetery under the direction of McNett Funeral Home in Andrews.
Bill passed away on Friday, November 18, 2005 at Home Hospice House in Odessa.

He was born October 5, 1927 in Amarillo to Otis Ogden and Dixie Yantis Ogden. He attended Andrews High School til his sophomore year. His parents began to follow Defense Work in 1941, and he graduated from Pleasant Grove, Utah High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Army during the Occupation of World War II in Seoul, Korea. He returned to Andrews in 1947 and worked at the Phillips Fullerton Plant for a year. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1952 with a B.S. degree in Petroleum Geology, and worked as a geologist for 10 years moving around the country. He moved back to Andrews in 1962 and assumed ownership and operation of the business his father left, Ogden Paint Service, which in 1972 was incorporated into OPSCO, Incorporated. He worked with his son Patrick in his business, Ogden Sprinkler Systems, Inc. of Midland, after retiring from OPSCO. He served 3 years as a director of the Andrews Chamber of Commerce; served 10 years on the Permian General Hospital Board; served on boards and committees for the Boy and Girl Scouts; and served as a Deacon and Elder at the Andrews Presbyterian Church. He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Otis Eugene in 1939.

Obituary: McNett Funeral Home

Contributed on 1/13/23 by neldapat
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Submitted: 1/13/23 • Approved: 1/14/23 • Last Updated: 1/17/23 • R555890-G0-S3

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