excerpts: Columbia Basin Herald, pub 13 Jan 2011: ...long time resid of Warden area, graveside services at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Warden WA, mem serv Warden First Baptist Ch; s/o Amcy E & Grace Anna PITTMAN; attended sch in Perryton TX, excelled in football & tennis, true love was basketball, holding sch rec for most points scored during jr/sr yrs; college Panhandle A&M & OK State Univ, grad Jun 1941, BS in Agronomy; US Marine Corp, active duty following bombing of Pearl Harbor; During an amphibious assault on Eniwetok, Wamon was listed as missing in action & falsely assumed dead from a small piece of shrapnel embedded in his chest a quarter inch from his heart, that was never removed, awarded a purple heart, re-stationed to San Diego, disch as Capt in Dec 1945; mar 22 Jun 1944, LaJolla CA to college sweetheart, Lahoma CAYTON; 1962/after vacation in NW to see Seattle World Fair, Wamon fell in love w/area, moving family to area in 1964, where he farmed until retirement...
-- survivors incl: wife Lahoma, chr Howard & Lynn, gr'chr Stefanie, Megan, Emmet, Andrew & Jonathan + 5 gt'gr'chr.
-- survivors incl: wife Lahoma, chr Howard & Lynn, gr'chr Stefanie, Megan, Emmet, Andrew & Jonathan + 5 gt'gr'chr.
excerpts: Columbia Basin Herald, pub 13 Jan 2011: ...long time resid of Warden area, graveside services at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Warden WA, mem serv Warden First Baptist Ch; s/o Amcy E & Grace Anna PITTMAN; attended sch in Perryton TX, excelled in football & tennis, true love was basketball, holding sch rec for most points scored during jr/sr yrs; college Panhandle A&M & OK State Univ, grad Jun 1941, BS in Agronomy; US Marine Corp, active duty following bombing of Pearl Harbor; During an amphibious assault on Eniwetok, Wamon was listed as missing in action & falsely assumed dead from a small piece of shrapnel embedded in his chest a quarter inch from his heart, that was never removed, awarded a purple heart, re-stationed to San Diego, disch as Capt in Dec 1945; mar 22 Jun 1944, LaJolla CA to college sweetheart, Lahoma CAYTON; 1962/after vacation in NW to see Seattle World Fair, Wamon fell in love w/area, moving family to area in 1964, where he farmed until retirement...
-- survivors incl: wife Lahoma, chr Howard & Lynn, gr'chr Stefanie, Megan, Emmet, Andrew & Jonathan + 5 gt'gr'chr.
-- survivors incl: wife Lahoma, chr Howard & Lynn, gr'chr Stefanie, Megan, Emmet, Andrew & Jonathan + 5 gt'gr'chr.
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