Obit for Ansley, Verlena - Comanche County OK Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ 31 Dec 2004 Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Amarillo Globe News 20 Jun 1997 Verlena Ansley LAWTON, Okla. - Verlena Ansley died Saturday, June 14, 1997. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Little Chapel of Lawton with the Rev. Linda Pope, associate pastor of Centenary United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery by Becker Funeral Home. Mrs. Ansley was born in Medicine Mound, Texas. She married Ben Ansley III in 1936 at Amarillo. He died in 1979. Mrs. Ansley received a music degree from Texas Tech University and was a professional organist. She moved to Lawton in 1946, and she and her husband founded Ansley Paper Co. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church and a founding member of the Junior League of Lawton. She also was a Duplicate Bridge Life Master. Survivors include two daughters, JoLynn Kramer and Beth Ansley, both of Lawton; a son, Ben Ansley IV of Lutz, Fla.; four grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Centenary United Methodist Church, 704 D, Lawton, Okla. 73501. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Comanche County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/comanche/comanche.html