Delta Sillyman

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OBITUARY

From Find A Grave

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.

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Delta M. Giddens
Last Residence: 65483 Houston, Texas, Missouri
BORN: 17 Jul 1925
Died: 6 Jan 2008
State (Year) SSN issued: Missouri (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24015616

Delta married Almon Giddens. Almon (son of Oral Ivy Giddens and Sally May Edwards) was born 04 Apr 1921, Miller Co. MO; died 09 Mar 2008, Houston, Texas Co. MO; was buried , Boone Creek Cemetery, Licking, Texas Co. MO. [Group Sheet]

1. Larry Giddens
2. Lloyd Giddens
3. Joyce Giddens