Wilma Oliver

Jan. 18, 2002

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Services set for saddle shop co-owner Wilma Oliver, known in Amarillo as the longtime co-owner of Bill Oliver Saddle Shop, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002. She was 87.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Murray Gossett officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Wilbarger Memorial Park Cemetery in Vernon. Arrangements are by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.

Mrs. Oliver was born in Bartlesville, Okla., and raised in Vernon where she graduated from Vernon High School. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Vernon. She married Bill Oliver on Oct. 31, 1933, in Altus, Okla. They moved to Amarillo in 1960 from Vernon.

She and her husband owned and operated Bill Oliver Saddle Shop in Amarillo for many years. She continued to work in the saddle shop until the time of her death. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was a founding member of Working Ranch Cowboy Association.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1976.

Survivors include a daughter, Janice Oliver of Amarillo; two sons, Richard Oliver and wife, Sharon, and Billy Oliver and wife, Donna, all of Amarillo; a brother, George Kneedler of Rowlett; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to Presbyterian Children¹s Home or Baptist St. Anthony¹s Hospice.

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