TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for WHITEHEAD, THELMA "PAULINE"   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from January 16 to January 17, 2013

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WHITEHEAD, THELMA "PAULINE" 

Thelma "Pauline" Whitehead, age 87, a native of Oilton, Okla., and a resident 
of Houma, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013.

No services will be held as per her wishes. 

She was buried in Highland Cemetery in Oilton, Okla.

Survivors include her husband, Hobert Whitehead of Houma; brothers, Doug 
Eikenbary and wife, Juanita, of Barnsdall, Okla., and Jim Eikenbary of 
Anchorage, Alaska; sisters, Lois Crnkovic of Houma, and Ruth McLaughlin of 
Barnsdall, Okla.; nephew, Carl Wayne Clark and wife, Susan, of Houma; sister-
in-law, Aline Whitehead Batson, and husband, Burt, of Tulsa, Okla.; and other 
nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Glenn Eikenbary; three 
sisters, Modest "Maude" Parker, Willie Jean Simmons, Betty Lou Eikenbary; and 
four half-brothers, Frank "Bud", Woodrow, David Eikenbary and William Depriest; 
and two half-sisters, Ruby Russell and Vesta Rains.

Pauline was born on Aug. 19, 1925 in Oilton, Oklahoma, to the late Frank 
Washington Eikenbary and Litha Pennington Eikenbary. She grew up and attended 
school in Oilton. Pauline married Hobert "Junior" Whitehead on July 1, 1946, 
and they moved to Louisiana in 1956. She worked in retail sales for many years, 
including as manager of the Montgomery Ward store in Houma.

She will be remembered as a loving, giving person who did not hesitate to help 
out family members in need, especially her nephew Carl.

Special thanks to all the doctors at Haydel Family Practice and to the staff of 
Amedisys Home Health Services and Amedisys Hospice Care for the assistance and 
support received.

Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing, Okla., is in charge of arrangements.

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