Maxine Elizabeth Ellis Hardin, 89, died Thursday, September 16, 2010, in Amarillo.
Services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday, September 19, 2010, in St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Clarendon with Rev. Jim Aveni, Vicar, officiating. Interment followed at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon.
Services were under the arrangement of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Mrs. Hardin was born April 22, 1921, to Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Dyer Ellis. Mrs. Hardin was a lifelong resident of Clarendon, and had lived in the same house since the age of six months old. She also was graduate from Texas Tech with a degree in commercial art. She married W.K. Hardin on June 10, 1947, in Clarendon. Maxine, known to her children and grandchildren as “Mimi”, loved spending time with her family. Her cooking was legendary and her favorite things to cook were fresh vegetables from W.K.’s garden and a number of special desserts. Her legacy will live on as we enjoy preparing the many recipes she left her family. She was a member of the Les Beaux Arts Club, Bridge Club, Extension Homemakers, Ladies Golf Association, Red Hat Society, and the St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church. The family would like to express thanks to everyone at Odyssey Hospice for the loving care they provided her the past couple of weeks.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and by W.K., her husband of 60 years on December 31, 2007, who celebrated his 100th birthday three years ago on September 17.
Survivors include three daughters, Cheryl Hardin of San Antonio, Shauna Kidd and husband Clay of Austin, and Kelli Mooring and husband Don of Canyon; two sons, David Hardin of Clarendon and Brent Hardin of El Paso; seven grandchildren, Shawn Hardin and wife Amy, Andrea Douglas and husband Rory, Renea Hardin, Shannon Kidd and husband Jon McCollom, Christopher Kidd and wife Leslie, Caitlin Kidd, and Mason Mooring; and three great grandchildren, Jacob, Gracie, and Sarah Douglas and one on the way.
The family will be at 902 West 3rd in Clarendon.
The family requests that memorials be to St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church or Odyssey Hospice.
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