Beckham Co. - Obit for Mildred Irene Grabeal Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ Oklahoma Mildred Irene Grabeal BOISE CITY, Okla. - Mildred Irene Grabeal, 89, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, in Elk City. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Plainview School in Griggs with Del Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Marella Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary. Mrs. Grabeal was born Dec. 16, 1913, near Lone Wolf. She married Joe Grabeal in August 1941 in Keyes Methodist Church parsonage. Survivors include four sons, Larry Grabeal and Charles Grabeal, both of Hammon, Virgil Grabeal of Las Animas, Colo., and Tim Grabeal of Summerest, N.H.; two brothers, Allen Downen of El Reno and Harold Downen of Colorado; two sisters, Dorothy Zills of Indiana and Ida Mae Drury of Olustee; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Marella United Methodist Church and may be sent to the mortuary, P.O. Box 277, Boise City, OK 73933. Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 9, 2003