Beckham County, OK - Obits:  Mary Irene Fowler
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 12:30:12 EDT

Submitted by: WPurc25758@aol.com  (Wanda Purcell)
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  Mary Irene Fowler was born July 4, 1921 in Merritt, Oklahoam to Euna Edna 
Lusby and Robert Lee Daugherty.  She passed away May 20, 2002 in the Loving 
Care Home, Allen, Texas at the age of 80 years 10 months and 16 days.
  When she was seventeen, she and Clarence went to Reverend Garln Wilson's 
home in the Merritt Community, for him to marry them on December 24, 1938.  
at the time Clarence was the foreman of I.C. Thurman's ranch in Sandstone 
Community.  They raised cattle and farmed wheat until their retirement in 
1980 when they moved into Elk City.
  During her younger years and several years after she was married, she 
attended the Presbyterian Church in the Merritt Community.  In later years 
they became member of the Assembly of God Church in Erick before becoming 
members of the Elk City First Assembly of God Church.
  She was preceded in death by her parents, huband, one sister, Ada, and one 
brother, Everett.
  Services were held Friday, May 24, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. at Whinery-Savage 
Chapel, officiated by Rev. T.D. Gifford of Elk City First Assembly of God 
Church.  Burial was held at Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham County, 
Oklahoma under the direction of Whinery-Savage Funeral Service.  Memorials 
may be made to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Tulsa, Oklahoma in 
her memory.
  Survivors include one daughter, Faye Passmore of Plano, TX, her grandson, 
Michael Passmore of Sacramento, CA; her granddaughter and husband, Rebekah 
and David Junce of Indianapolis, IN; two great grandchildren, Thaddaeus 
Daniel Kunce and Noah James Kunce of Indianapolis, IN; two brothers and 
sisters-in-law, Oliver and Joe Daugherty of Cheyenne, OK, Robert and Eddie 
Daugherty of Amarillo, TX; sisters-in-law, Margie Snowden Fowler of Erick, 
OK, Smokey Moore Daugherty of Granite, OK; brother-in-law, Denton Thompson of 
Oklahoma City, OK; host of nephews and other relatives and friends.
          Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok 30-May-2002