Obit of Server, Velta Kate Collier - Comanche County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips <okarchives@comcast.net>  29 May 2005
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Lawton Constitution 4 Dec 2002

Velta Kate Collier Server

JOPLIN, Mo. - Funeral Mass for former Lawton resident Velta Kate Collier
Server, 95, Joplin, Mo., will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.
Viator's Catholic Church, Las Vegas. A rosary will be said at 2 p.m.
Monday at Palm Mortuary Eastern, Eastern Las Vegas.

Mrs. Server died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002, in Joplin.

She was born Dec. 2, 1906, at Fort Cobb, Indian Territory, to Thomas H.
and Cora B. Thomas Collier. She married Everett Server on Nov. 28, 1925,
in Lawton. He died in 1977. The family moved to San Jose, Calif., in 1948
and lived there for nine years. They then moved to Las Vegas and lived
there until 1977. She worked at the El Portal Luggage Shop in Las Vegas
for many years. She was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church,
Las Vegas; the St. Vincent de Paul Society; the Marian Club; and other
Catholic organizations. After her husband's death, she lived in San Jose
and Aptos, Calif.; until she was in her early 90s. Afterward, she divided
her time between the homes of her son in Lawton and her daughter in
Joplin.

Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law: Tom and Gwen Server,
Lawton; and Deon Epperson, Las Vegas; two daughters and a son-in-law, Mary
and George Datum, Joplin; and Barbara Guardino, San Jose; 14
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law: Anna Jean
Harrouff and Elvera Collier, both of Lawton; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Ralph and Merle;
and two sisters, Cecil and Theda.

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul society at
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church or Holy Family Catholic Church, both of
Lawton.
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