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Howard T. “Shamrock” West Sr.

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Howard T. “Shamrock” West Sr.

Birth
Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas, USA
Death
16 Mar 1984 (aged 74)
Tipton County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Howard County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Services for Howard T. "Shamrock" West Sr., will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Murray Funeral Home, Kokomo Chapel. The Rev. Everett Chambers will officiate and friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.

West died at 6:40 a.m. Friday March 16, 1984, in Tipton County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Shamrock, Texas, April 16, 1909, a son of Troy and Rosa (Perkins) West. Oct. 31, 1937, he married Dorthy Dowden, who survives.

Also surviving are six daughters, Mary L. Pyke, Marcia A. Gain, Deborah Jean West, Lila Ennis and Susan Russell of Kokomo, and Cindy L. Clem* of Danville; two sons, Howard Troy West Jr. of Kokomo and Earl Thomas West of Arcadia; 20 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Rena Shackelford of Kokomo. Three daughters and two brothers preceded him in death.

West had been employed by Pinkerton's Inc. and self-employed.

*Cindy L. Clem - although she was known as Cindy most of her life, her first name is actually Cinda. This information is directly from Cinda.
Services for Howard T. "Shamrock" West Sr., will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Murray Funeral Home, Kokomo Chapel. The Rev. Everett Chambers will officiate and friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.

West died at 6:40 a.m. Friday March 16, 1984, in Tipton County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Shamrock, Texas, April 16, 1909, a son of Troy and Rosa (Perkins) West. Oct. 31, 1937, he married Dorthy Dowden, who survives.

Also surviving are six daughters, Mary L. Pyke, Marcia A. Gain, Deborah Jean West, Lila Ennis and Susan Russell of Kokomo, and Cindy L. Clem* of Danville; two sons, Howard Troy West Jr. of Kokomo and Earl Thomas West of Arcadia; 20 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister, Rena Shackelford of Kokomo. Three daughters and two brothers preceded him in death.

West had been employed by Pinkerton's Inc. and self-employed.

*Cindy L. Clem - although she was known as Cindy most of her life, her first name is actually Cinda. This information is directly from Cinda.


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