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Submitted: 7/31/15 • Approved: 8/1/15 • Last Updated: 8/4/15 • R1090277-G0-S3
CAPTAIN US Army
World War II
March 24, 1917 - January 24, 1978
*Obituary
Springdale News
Thursday, January 26, 1978
William K. Purdin, 60, of Rt. 1, West Fork, died Jan. 24 in a Fayetteville hospital. Born March 24, 1917, at Yukon, Okla., he was the son of C.R. and Helen Holton Bowles Purdin, a veteran of World War II, a retired employee of Standard Brand Foods Co., and in his youth was a classical pianist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Higgins Purdin of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Margot Jackson of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and one granddaughter, Brooke Jackson of Oklahoma City.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Luginbuel Funeral Home, Prairie Grove, and burial will be in Wickwire Cemetery near Strickler under the direction of Luginbuel.
Contributed on 7/31/15 by wfields55
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