Local Obituaries for Families in Amarillo, Texas
John Warren Conway
May 25, 2011
John Warren Conway, 96, died Wednesday May 25, 2011. Graveside service will be at 2:00 PM Friday May 27, 2011 at Memory Gardens Cemetery, in the Mausoleum Chapel, with Pastor Kurtis Spidel officiating. Arrangements by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St. "Johnny" was born October 4, 1914 in San Antonio, TX to John and Lillian Conway. He was one...
James "Jimmy" Downey
May 23, 2011
James "Jimmy" Downey, 77, of Amarillo died Monday, May 23, 2011. Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St. James was born Nov. 7, 1933, to Thomas Downey and Lola Davidson Downey. He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1953. He married Karen Shand on Feb. 15, 1957....
Dorothy Schniederjan
May 7, 2011
Dorothy Schniederjan, 76 of Dalhart went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 7, 2011. FUNERAL SERVICES will be on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM at Schooler Funeral Home, Brentwood Chapel. Rev. Scott Raef will officiate. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. She was born in Gainesville, TX...
LeRoy DeWayne Kabetzke
May 7, 2011
MEMORIAL SERVICES will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM Rockwell Road Baptist Church. Dr. Paul Richardson will officiate. Private family burial will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 South Georgia. Brother K Went home to be with his Lord, May 7, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He...
Merrell Weldon Williams
May 6, 2011
Weldon moved to Quanah, TX at age 4 from McKinney, TX where he was born. He was the youngest child of 9 brothers and sisters. He farmed in Quanah for a number of years. Married Mattithealia Brewer July 10, 1940 and were married for almost 71 years. Moved to Chillicothe, TX in 1944 and worked for Texas A&M Experiment Station...
Dwain Jack
May 6, 2011
Doki Jack, 71, died on Friday May 6, 2011 in Amarillo Texas. Doki was born in Wilburton, OK on January 12th 1940 to Andrew and Lucille Jack. He moved to Amarillo in 1956 and graduated from Amarillo High in 1957. In 1958 he joined the US Navy. While stationed in the navy he moved to California where he became an...
John Chandler
May 6, 2011
John Wilburn Chandler, Jr was born in Springfield, MO on March 22, 1935. The family later moved to Tulsa, OK where he completed all of his schooling. Following college, he served three years in the United States Army at Ft. Bliss and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.He moved to New Mexico in 1962 and met his wife, Pat,...
Waymann Joe Barnes
May 3, 2011
Waymann was born in Vernon, Texas to Carl Barnes and Maudie Laverne Harrison Barnes on May 30, 1938. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War and retired after 21 plus years. He had several hobbies he enjoyed; he was a Silversmith and made sterling Silver jewelry, he was very artistic and painted. He loved to...
Thomas Ronald Kotara
May 1, 2011
Ronald was born November 30, 1934 to the late Sam and Irene Kotara. He attended schools in Groom and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He had been a Panhandle resident for 52 years. He married Janie Lynch on June 1, 1957 in Dallas, TX. Ronald was a longtime member of St. Theresa's Catholic Church. He was very...
Margaret Rose Howard
May 1, 2011
Margaret was born on October 10, 1924 in Avant, Oklahoma to Charles Samuel Hansard and Gladys Pearson Hansard. She worked at Phillips Petroleum Plant Medical Center as a registered nurse and retired from BSA as a RN. She was a long time member of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas.She is preceded in death by her husband H.A. Howard; her...
James G. Chambers
Apr 26, 2011
James loved his grandkids, and kids. He was a cowboy and cowboyed all of his life. He had worked for the Pitch-forks Ranch, the Johnson Ranch and several others, before going to work at Amarillo Livestock Auction. He retired from Amarillo Livestock Auction in 1976 and McCarty-Hull in 1995. He was a member of Lamount Drive Baptist Church. Preceded in...
Elizabeth Ernestine Snyder
Apr 26, 2011
Tina was born in Amarillo November 2, 1948 to Willard Huckabey and Laura Gerner Huckabey. She was a receptionist for Holmes Construction.Preceded in death by her parents, Willard Huckabey in 1981, and Laura Huckabey in 1995.Survivors include two daughters Tammy Scarbrough and husband Harold, Shannon Sampson and husband Scot; three sons, Dana Guyette, Michael Mead and wife Michelle, Matt Mead...
Johnnie B. Hill
Apr 25, 2011
Johnnie was born in 1922, in Bellevue, Texas to Charles “Charlie” and Ada Foust Lipe. She graduated from Happy High School, and Amarillo Commercial College. She married S.K. Hill on October 29, 1941. Together they have been dear friends of High Plains Children’s Home, and in July of 2010 the Home’s administrative offices were dedicated and named in their Honor....
Marguerite Green
Apr 23, 2011
Mrs. Green was born December 4, 1918, in Gainesville, Texas to Finley William and Sarah Parthenia Proffer. She married Robert O. Green October 21, 1942 in Gainesville, Texas and has resided in Amarillo for the last 63 years.She is preceded in death by her parents; ten siblings; her husband in 1987; a grandson, Scott Palmer in 1999; son-in-law, Mel Larkin...
David Lloyd Vandiver
Apr 19, 2011
David Lloyd Vandiver, age 57, of Plainview, Texas, formerly of Dalhart, TX and Edgeley, ND, died April 19, 2011 in Amarillo.Funeral Service will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday April 22, 2011 in Brentwood Chapel, Schooler Funeral Home, with Randy Kleinsasser officiating. Graveside will be held 2:00 P.M. Friday April 22, 2011 in Memorial Park Cemetery in Dalhart, Texas. Arrangements are...
Lucrecia Hanna
Apr 17, 2011
She was born to Jesse and Mary Cole, Nov. 8, 1925, in Achille, Okla. Shemarried Wilford Hanna on June 18, 1946, in Clovis, N.M., and they livedtogether in Amarillo for over 53 years.She graduated from Gould High School in 1944 where she was captain of thegirls basketball team. After finishing school she moved from Gould, Okla.to Amarillo and worked for...
Irene Roberta Murray Weatherly
Apr 17, 2011
IRENE ROBERTA MURRAY WEATHERLY age 94 of Amarillo went to be with the Lord April 17, 2011.Graveside Service will be held 2:00 PM Thursday April 21, 2011 in Carey Cemetery, Carey, Texas, with the Rev. Randy Wilson officiating. Irene was born November 20, 1916 in Childress County to Robert Murray and ClarissiaMcAdams Murray. Her parents were active in farming in...
