Delta Marie Giddens, 82, daughter of Charlie Sillyman and Laura Fowler Sillyman, was born July 17, 1925, at Bucyrus. She died Jan. 6, 2008, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston.
She grew up at Licking and went to high school at Raymondville.
She married Almon Giddens Jan. 16, 1943, in Kansas City, Kan. They had three children. While living in Peoria, they cared for foster children.
Mrs. Giddens was a member of the Bucyrus Baptist Church, where she taught the adult classes. She was active as a clown during the Emmett Kelly Clown festivals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Leonard and William Sillyman; two sisters, Bessie Sillyman and Juanita King; a half sister, Opal Hinkle; and a grandson.
Surviving are her husband; children, Larry Giddens and Lloyd Giddens of Houston and Joyce Topper of Peoria, Ill.; a half brother, Charles Sillyman of Wichita, Kan.; a half sister, Fern Davenport of Warsaw; and five grandchildren.
She grew up at Licking and went to high school at Raymondville.
She married Almon Giddens Jan. 16, 1943, in Kansas City, Kan. They had three children. While living in Peoria, they cared for foster children.
Mrs. Giddens was a member of the Bucyrus Baptist Church, where she taught the adult classes. She was active as a clown during the Emmett Kelly Clown festivals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Leonard and William Sillyman; two sisters, Bessie Sillyman and Juanita King; a half sister, Opal Hinkle; and a grandson.
Surviving are her husband; children, Larry Giddens and Lloyd Giddens of Houston and Joyce Topper of Peoria, Ill.; a half brother, Charles Sillyman of Wichita, Kan.; a half sister, Fern Davenport of Warsaw; and five grandchildren.
Delta Marie Giddens, 82, daughter of Charlie Sillyman and Laura Fowler Sillyman, was born July 17, 1925, at Bucyrus. She died Jan. 6, 2008, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston.
She grew up at Licking and went to high school at Raymondville.
She married Almon Giddens Jan. 16, 1943, in Kansas City, Kan. They had three children. While living in Peoria, they cared for foster children.
Mrs. Giddens was a member of the Bucyrus Baptist Church, where she taught the adult classes. She was active as a clown during the Emmett Kelly Clown festivals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Leonard and William Sillyman; two sisters, Bessie Sillyman and Juanita King; a half sister, Opal Hinkle; and a grandson.
Surviving are her husband; children, Larry Giddens and Lloyd Giddens of Houston and Joyce Topper of Peoria, Ill.; a half brother, Charles Sillyman of Wichita, Kan.; a half sister, Fern Davenport of Warsaw; and five grandchildren.
She grew up at Licking and went to high school at Raymondville.
She married Almon Giddens Jan. 16, 1943, in Kansas City, Kan. They had three children. While living in Peoria, they cared for foster children.
Mrs. Giddens was a member of the Bucyrus Baptist Church, where she taught the adult classes. She was active as a clown during the Emmett Kelly Clown festivals.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Leonard and William Sillyman; two sisters, Bessie Sillyman and Juanita King; a half sister, Opal Hinkle; and a grandson.
Surviving are her husband; children, Larry Giddens and Lloyd Giddens of Houston and Joyce Topper of Peoria, Ill.; a half brother, Charles Sillyman of Wichita, Kan.; a half sister, Fern Davenport of Warsaw; and five grandchildren.
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