Patricia Lois Wright

1932 - 2000  (68 years)

• Name	Patricia Lois Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	2 Mar 1932	Longview, Gregg, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1950	Hays, Ellis, Kansas, USA   [4]
  	Age: 18; Relation to Head: Daughter of Harold Wright (stepdaughter of Vaunceville); Marital Status: Never Married
  Residence	Feb 1987	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA   [5]
  	Patricia Spillman
  Death	8 Aug 2000	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I22038	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Harold Wright,   b. 5 Feb 1909, Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, USA d. 14 Feb 1987, Clarksville Memorial Hospital, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Merill Bernice Bunch,   b. 31 Dec 1912, Texas, USA d. 16 Jan 1942 (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1930  [6, 7]
  Family ID	F11766	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard Lee Spillman,   b. Abt 1931, Kansas, USA d. Abt 2020 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1950	Clayton, Union, New Mexico, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F1990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Mar 1932 - Longview, Gregg, Texas, USA Census - Age: 18; Relation to Head: Daughter of Harold Wright (stepdaughter of Vaunceville); Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Hays, Ellis, Kansas, USA Marriage - 10 Jul 1950 - Clayton, Union, New Mexico, USA Residence - Patricia Spillman - Feb 1987 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA Death - 8 Aug 2000 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-WRIGHT William H Obituary of WILLIAM HAROLD WRIGHT -- The Leaf-Chronicle Page 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, WRIGHT Patricia Spillman 1932-2000. Patricia Lois Wright Spillman, our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, who was cherished by her three daughters and grandchildren, passed away in Vernal at her home on August 8, 2000. She was born March 2, 1932 in Long View, Texas, to William Harold and Berniece Bunch Wright. She married Richard Lee Spillman on July 10, 1950 in Clayton, N.M., and recently celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary. They resided in Kansas and Montana before settling in Utah. In Vernal she was employed by Mountain Bell/US West, State Farm Insurance and Town and Country Title & Escrow. She was a member of Eastern Star Duveromy Chapter #17 in Vernal, and served as Worthy Matron, as well as other offices, and has been president of the Ladies of the Shrine of North America, Iris #47 in Salt Lake City. She proudly supported the Intermountain Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City and actively helped with the annual Shrine barbeque, a fund for the Shriners Hospital. She was a Girl Scout troop leader for many years; was an avid bowler and enjoyed snowmobiling, boating and fishing. She was an accomplished seamstress and made numerous quilts for her family and Shriners Hospital donations. Patricia is survived by husband, Richard; daughters, Annette (Robert) Byrne, Owasso, Okla., Jeanette (Richard) Tuma of Grand Junction, Colo.; Diana Spillman, Salt Lake City; her beloved grandchildren, Travis Tuma of Portland, Maine; Andrea Tuma, Denver, Colo.; and Russell Byrne, Alpine, Wyo. Memorial services were held Friday, August 11, in the Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28976201/patricia-lois-spillman [S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). [S1430] Ancestry.com, Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hays, Ellis, Kansas;. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hays, Ellis, Kansas; [S1431] Newspapers.com: Obituary of William Wright • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - Feb 1987, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 16 Feb 1987;), Obituary of William Harold Wright. William Harold Wright, 78, Route 15 died Saturday, Feb 14 1987 at Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. The funeral will be at Neal-Tarpley Chapel, with the Revs James Clapp and Bobby Swift officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be until the hour of service at the funeral home. He was born in Duncan, Okla Feb 5 1909, a son of James E and Charity Jane Wisdom Wright. He was a retired district superintendent for Halliburton Oil Co, Oklahoma; a Mason; and a member of Red River Baptist Church, Adams. Survivors include his wife, Bessie Sanderson Wright, Clarksville; a daughter, Patricia Spillman, Vernal, Utah; four stepdaughters, Dorothy Coleman, Clarksville, Pauline Smith and Merle Qualls, both of Springfield, and Vivian Fox, Goodlettsville, a brother, Orvil Wright, Gaithersburg, MD; a sister, Mildred Coffett, Duncan, Okla; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Fred Goodman, Harold Goodman, FE Head, Leslie Kink, Dennis Wix, William Arms, Clarence Donley, John B Nolon, and Gilbert Rust. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46899470/the-leaf-chronicle/?xid=637 Obituary-WRIGHT William H Obituary of WILLIAM HAROLD WRIGHT -- The Leaf-Chronicle Page 9 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Cyril, Caddo, Oklahoma; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2341628. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Cyril, Caddo, Oklahoma; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 2341628 [S10407] Find a Grave - US Index, BUNCH Bernice Wright 1912-1942. Merrill Bernice Bunch was married to William Wright https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21248805/bernice-bunch-wright