Obit of Siler, Forrest H. - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <genephillips@usa.net>  3 Apr 2005
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Siler, Forrest H.

Forrest H. Siler was born January 20, 1919 in rural Caddo County, Oklahoma 
to C.L. and Martha Siler. The family soon moved to Enid, Oklahoma where 
his father worked as an automobile dealer and grocer. He graduated from 
Enid High School and recieved his Bachelor of Music degree from Oklahoma 
Baptist University in 1941. He attended Southwestern Baptist Theological 
Seminary where he earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree. He enlisted in 
the US Army during World War II and served in the European theater as a 
combat Chaplain. At the war's end, he remained in Germany to participate 
in a program to restore the morale of German children. Upon returning to 
the United States in 1946, he continued his career as a Southern Baptist 
Minister, serving in pastorates in Covington, OK, Plano, Texas, Uvalde,  
Texas, Wichita, Kansas, and Lawton, Oklahoma. He also served as President 
of the Kansas-Nebraska and Oklahoma Southern Baptist Conventions, as well 
as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Oklahoma Baptist University. At 
the National level he served on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive 
Committee, Foreign Mission Board, and Christian Life Commision. He 
recieved an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Oklahoma Baptist 
University in 1976. After his retirement from the ministry in 1984, he 
served as an estate counselor for the Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma and 
continued preaching. In 1941 he married Evelyn Jane Bryant of Enid, who 
remained his faithful wife for sixty two years until his death. He is 
survived by his daughter Karen Daugherty and her husband Elbert of 
Houston, Texas, and son Tim Siler and his wife Sherry of Edmond Oklahoma. 
He is also survived by grandchildren Jane Blasberg and husband Dave of 
Houston, Texas, grandson Mark Howard of Houston, Texas, grandsons Ryan and 
Nathan Siler of Edmond, Oklahoma, and great grandchildren Kelsey and Logan 
Blasberg of Houston. Having been raised as the son of an automobile 
dealer, his primary avocation was automobiles and stock car racing. He was 
also skilled in stained glass creation and photography. Although known as 
a great preacher and church builder, his true calling was personal 
ministry. His sweet spirit and devotion will be remembered far beyond his 
passing. Services are 2pm Wed., Jan., 8, 2003 at First Baptist Church 
Louise Pritchard Chapel in OKC. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. GUARDIAN 
NORTH 11600 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Published in the Oklahoman on 1/7/2003.
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