Alice Ruth Arden Purcell, 84, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rusty Dickerson, senior pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Purcell was born Aug. 27, 1919, in Seymour to James Curry Arden and George Willie Clough Arden. She was born into a big family of six brothers and sisters. Alice was a 1937 graduate of Amarillo High School.
Mrs. Purcell worked in sales for White and Kirk for 19 years. She enjoyed many hobbies such as gardening, shopping, traveling and sewing. She was in home demonstration clubs and made most of her children's clothing.
Mrs. Purcell was a past president of Northwest Texas Hospital Auxiliary and a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Her husband Charles, who at the time was county judge, named Arden Road in honor of Alice, giving it her maiden name.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Ruth Ewing and husband, H.N., of Amarillo and Nancy Lindergren and husband, Lewis, of Denver; a son, Richard A. Purcell and wife, Sue, of Burlington, Iowa; a brother, Wilson Arden of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 8, 2004
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rusty Dickerson, senior pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Purcell was born Aug. 27, 1919, in Seymour to James Curry Arden and George Willie Clough Arden. She was born into a big family of six brothers and sisters. Alice was a 1937 graduate of Amarillo High School.
Mrs. Purcell worked in sales for White and Kirk for 19 years. She enjoyed many hobbies such as gardening, shopping, traveling and sewing. She was in home demonstration clubs and made most of her children's clothing.
Mrs. Purcell was a past president of Northwest Texas Hospital Auxiliary and a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Her husband Charles, who at the time was county judge, named Arden Road in honor of Alice, giving it her maiden name.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Ruth Ewing and husband, H.N., of Amarillo and Nancy Lindergren and husband, Lewis, of Denver; a son, Richard A. Purcell and wife, Sue, of Burlington, Iowa; a brother, Wilson Arden of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 8, 2004
Alice Ruth Arden Purcell, 84, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rusty Dickerson, senior pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Purcell was born Aug. 27, 1919, in Seymour to James Curry Arden and George Willie Clough Arden. She was born into a big family of six brothers and sisters. Alice was a 1937 graduate of Amarillo High School.
Mrs. Purcell worked in sales for White and Kirk for 19 years. She enjoyed many hobbies such as gardening, shopping, traveling and sewing. She was in home demonstration clubs and made most of her children's clothing.
Mrs. Purcell was a past president of Northwest Texas Hospital Auxiliary and a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Her husband Charles, who at the time was county judge, named Arden Road in honor of Alice, giving it her maiden name.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Ruth Ewing and husband, H.N., of Amarillo and Nancy Lindergren and husband, Lewis, of Denver; a son, Richard A. Purcell and wife, Sue, of Burlington, Iowa; a brother, Wilson Arden of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 8, 2004
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Paul United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rusty Dickerson, senior pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Purcell was born Aug. 27, 1919, in Seymour to James Curry Arden and George Willie Clough Arden. She was born into a big family of six brothers and sisters. Alice was a 1937 graduate of Amarillo High School.
Mrs. Purcell worked in sales for White and Kirk for 19 years. She enjoyed many hobbies such as gardening, shopping, traveling and sewing. She was in home demonstration clubs and made most of her children's clothing.
Mrs. Purcell was a past president of Northwest Texas Hospital Auxiliary and a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Her husband Charles, who at the time was county judge, named Arden Road in honor of Alice, giving it her maiden name.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Ruth Ewing and husband, H.N., of Amarillo and Nancy Lindergren and husband, Lewis, of Denver; a son, Richard A. Purcell and wife, Sue, of Burlington, Iowa; a brother, Wilson Arden of Amarillo; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 8, 2004
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