Obit of Bahner, Cecil L. - Cleveland County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 06 May 2007 Return to Cleveland County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cleveland/cleveland.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Greenhill Cemetery--Davis OK Surnames: Bahner Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.murray/1948/mb.ashx http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.murray/1949/mb.ashx Services for former funeral director Cecil L. Bahner were held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10 at the First Methodist Church in Davis with Rev. Wayne Loftin officiating assisted by Rev. Jim Lovett. Interment was in Greenhill Cemetery in Davis with Pickard Funeral Home of Stratford in charge of arrangements. Born May 7, 1913 in Moore to Hela and Albert C. Bahner, he died Wednesday, Feb. 7 at the Oklahoma Veterans Home in Norman. He was 93. Mr. Bahner married Jane McReynolds at Norman on August 19, 1944. A funeral director and embalmer, he had owned the Bahner Funeral Homes in Sulphur and Davis. He served in World War II in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, rising to the rank of sergeant upon discharge. A resident of Davis for 54 years, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Davis, was past president of the Davis Kiwanis Club, past president of the Sulphur Rotary Club, was a 32nd Degree Mason and was a member of the Eastern Star. He became a Christian at the age of 14. Preceding him in death were his wife, Jane, in 1989; one son, Mike; his parents; one brother and one sister. Surviving are one son, Richard (Rick) Bahner and his wife, Carol, Norman; one sister, Catherine Burke, Oklahoma City and a best friend, Betty Birch, Davis; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandchildren. Honorary bearers were Jack Penner, Dee Lannom, Butch Hill, D.O. Salter and Joe Pirkle. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Davis First United Methodist Church. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cleveland County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cleveland/cleveland.html