Obit Cherokee Co. Archives for:
Joe Enlow
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Submitted by: Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email: katiewho@intellex.com 
Date: 4/24/2002
to the Cherokee Co., OK Archives site
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Bill Cook, Cherokee Co. Archivist, wcook14024@aol.com
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TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS
TAHLEQUAH, OK

JOE ENLOW
     Tahlequah--Funeral services for Joe Enlow, 61, of Tahlequah will be held at 
1 p.m. Friday, Jan 18, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Don 
Queen officiating and Leland White delivering the eulogy.
     Burial will follow at the Tahlequah City Cemetery under the direction of 
the Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
     Pallbearers include Bryan Dirteater, Keith Baker, Randy Hale, Bill Looney, 
Bob Looney and George Looney.  Honorary pallbearers are Tom Vanderpool and Clyde 
Enlow.
     Joe Enlow was born Nov. 22, 1940 in Qualls, the son of Roy H. and Catherine 
(Wilson) Enlow, and he passed from this life Monday, Jan. 14, 2002, in Tulsa.
     Joe grew up in Cherokee County and attended the White Oak School at Qualls.
     Joe was a 1958 graduate of Tahlequah High School, receiving his Bachelor of 
Arts degree in accounting from Northeastern State University and his Master's 
Degree from Oklahoma State University.
     He was married to Glenda Arthurs for 17 years.
     Joe was the owner of Joe Enlow Certified Public Accountants from 1972 until 
1996.
     He was very active in many civic and community activities, which included 
Tahlequah Rotary Club, Lions Club, Masonic Blue Lodge No. 10, Quarterback Club, 
and the NSU Alumni Association.
     He was a charter member of Tahlequah Elks Lodge and was a Phi Lambda Chi 
alumnus.  His professional organizations included  the Oklahoma Society of 
Certified Public Accountants and AICPA.  Joe was elected as Tahlequah City 
Treasurer.  He was married to Cheryl Johnson on Jan. 30, 1987.  Joe enjoyed 
being with friends and the outdoors, and will be remembered for his great sense 
of  humor.
     Joe was preceded in death by his father; his brother Clyde Enlow; and his 
half-sister, Edith Day.
     His survivors include his wife Irene, of the home; his daughters, Jacque 
Connor and husband Larry and Jennifer Schmitzer and husband Bart, all of 
Tahlequah, and Dakota Enlow of the home; his sons, Joe "Jody" Enlow Jr. and 
Jason Enlow and wife Stephanie, all of Tahlequah; his mother, Catherine Wilson 
Poor of Tahlequah; one brother, Kenneth Poor and wife Joyce of Langley; four 
sisters, Bonnie White and husband Leland, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Sharon 
Baker of Tulsa, Ruby Phillips of Vian, and Alta Alford of Wichita, Kans.; and 10 
grandchildren, Bryan and Megan Dirteater, Ryan an Marshall Connor, Blake, 
Brandon and Breanna Schnitzer, and Peyton, Brooke and Christian Enlow.  He also 
leaves behind many other relatives, loved ones and friends.
     The family respectfully requests memorial contributions be made to Help-In-
Crisis, 205 N College, Tahlequah, Okla. 74464, 456-4357