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Roy Kenneth Tillerson, 92, passed away on June 28, 2022 at his home in Boswell, Okla.Roy was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on May 29, 1930, the son of Roy Spencer and Sylvetta Pearl (Bennett) Tillerson. His father worked as a rancher and farmer on the family’s property in north Texas. When WWII started Roy’s dad volunteered for military service, but was denied as three of his brothers had already enlisted and his occupation was deemed vital to the war effort. Regardless his parents moved the family to Bellflower, Calif., in 1942 where Roy’s dad and mom worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company Plant in Long Beach as metal fabricators and welders building military aircraft for the war effort.