Obit Cherokee Co. Archives for:
Name: STEPHEN HAIL STIERWALT SR.
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Submitted by: Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email: katiewho@intellex.com 
Date: 4/12/2002
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
FEBRUARY 24, 2002

STEPHEN HAIL STIERWALT SR.

     Tahlequah--Funeral services for Stephen Hail Stierwalt Sr., 50, of 
Tahlequah will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 at the Reed-Culver 
Funeral Home with Dr. Nancy Pittman and Rev. Harry England officiating.  Burial 
will follow at the Fort Gibson National Cemetery with military honor presented 
by the U.S. Airforce.
     Services are under the direction of Reed-Culver Funeral Home.
     Pallbearers include Jerry Ford, Ray Myers, Kyle Cooper, Bill McNiel, 
Michael L. Martin, Bigie Rhea and Dale Keys.
     Stephen Hail Stierwalt Sr. was born Nov. 25, 1951 in Oklahoma City, the son 
of Floyd H and Irma Lee (Hail) Stierwalt and he passed from this life on Friday, 
Feb. 22, 2002 in Tahlequah.  Stephen grew up in Tahlequah.  He attended 
Tahlequah Public Schools and participated in football, basketball and baseball.   
He was a 1970 graduate of Tahlequah High School.  Following graduation, he 
attended Northeastern State University.  Stephen then joined the U.S. Airforce 
in 1971.  His duty stations included Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany and Altus 
Air Base in Oklahoma.
     He spent seven years on active duty and was discharged as a sergeant in 
1978, Stephen then joined the Oklahoma National Guard and was discharged in 
1986.  He is a member of the First Christian Church in Tahlequah and the 
American Legion Post.
     He had worked at Tahlequah Lumber Co., Northeastern State University 
bookstore and had operated his own small-engine repair shop.
     He was an avid sportsman and loved bass fishing.  Stephen was married to 
Mattie L. Downing on Feb. 14, 1980.  He is survived by his wife, Mattie, of the 
home; two sons, Ronald A. Stierwalt of the home, Stephen H. Jr. and his wife 
Lisa, of Broken Arrow; grandchildren Christian and Analise Stierwalt of Broken 
Arrow; parents, Floyd H. and Irma Lee Stierwalt of Tahlequah; brother Charles H. 
and his wife, Jan Stierwalt, of Coweta; sister, Stacy and husband James Cochran 
of Coweta; nieces and nephews, Kerri Cochran, Justin Cochran, Tiffany Stierwalt 
and Sarah Stierwalt of Coweta.  He also leaves behind many friends and his 
fishing buddies.