Obit of William Raymond Jeske (j200) - Bryan County, Oklahoma Submitted by: C Colston 15 Oct 2003 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Transcriber Notice: Please note that I am only transcribing this information and do not have any affiliation with this family. Survivors omitted. Tuesday, October 7, 2003 Durant Daily Democrat William Raymond Jeske, 84 William Raymond Jeske, 84, Cushing, went to be with his Heavenly Father Monday, Oct. 6, 2003 in the Cushing Regional Hospital. The son of the late Louis Christian Jeske and Anna Lou McPherson Jeske, Raymond was born on July 7, 1919, in Cushing. He attended Central School and graduated in 1940 from Cushing High School. Raymond was united in marriage to Louise Misenhelter and to this union one daughter, Carolyn Elaine, was born. Later in life he was united in marriage to Ruth Taylor on May 24, 1959, in Cushing. Delivering clothes for the Jeske Cleaners was the first of a large variety of occupations for Mr. Jeske. During World War II, Mr. Jeske was a Floor Manager at a Fort Worth, Texas, airplane plant. Upon his return to Cushing, Raymond became a dairy farmer and drove a school bus for the Deep Rock School. In his later years he served as a mechanical engineer for Valley Hope, then as a farm manager and a house parent along with his wife Ruth, for the Deer Creek Boys Ranch, a branch of the Southern Baptist Association. Raymond was a member of the First Indian Baptist Mission of Cushing. He enjoyed traveling and never met a stranger. He visited nursing homes and shut-ins as a ministry in his church. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday in the First Indian Baptist Mission of Cushing (1034 East Walnut) with Rev. Duane Pratt and Rev. Ben Lacy officiating. Burial will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery, Cushing. Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home, Cushing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.html