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El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas, September 7, 1990, Page 2 B: El Paso man had worked for customs. Ray Dwigans, a former assistant to the regional U.S. Customs Service commissioner, died Thursday (Sept. 6, 1990). Dwigans moved to El Paso to attend the College of Mines. After serving in World War II, he returned to El Paso to reorganize the Border Butane Co. Dwigans was elected a county commissioner in 1950 and was appointed collector of customs in 1961. He was active in several organizations, including the Kiwanis Club, El Paso Sheriff's Posse, Southwest Livestock Association and the Elks. He also served 13 years as chairman of the board of Thomason Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Dena Kirkpatrick Dwigans. Graveside service will [be] at 8 p.m. Saturday at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are by Harding-Orr and McDaniel Funeral Home.

Name: Raymond R Dwigans
Service Info.: TEC/3 US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1908
Death Date: 6 Sep 1990
Service Start Date: 24 Nov 1942
Interment Date: 8 Sep 1990
Cemetery: Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P.O. Box 6342 5200 Fred Wilson Street Fort Bliss, TX 77906
Buried At: Section G Site 1964
Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Birth	11 Nov 1908	Wharton Co., Texas
Military	24 Nov 1942
Death	6 Sep 1990	El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas
Alt name		Raymond R Dwigans
Residence		Texas
Burial		Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Fort Bliss, El Paso Co., Texas

Spouse	Eugenia "Dena" Hill Kirkpatrick (1917 - 2003)
Child	Perry Dwigans ( - 2003)