Obit of Brokaw, Stella Mae Hanna - Delaware County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 14 Aug 2005 Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Grove (OK) Sun Stella Mae Hanna Brokaw GROVE - Stella Brokaw, 84, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, January 25, 2003, at Grand Lake Villa in Grove. Stella Mae Hanna Brokaw was born on December 8, 1918 at Coody's Bluff Army Camp near Nowata, Okla., to Oscar "Bud" and Myrtle Ellen (Ring) Hanna. She married Alfred Aaron Brokaw on August 4, 1936, in McDonald County, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1980. She was a cook, waitress and manager of Bells Cafe in Afton, Okla., for 20 years. Mrs. Brokaw was a charter member of Midway Missionary Baptist Church, Fairland, Okla. She spent most of her life in Delaware and Ottawa Counties, Okla. Survivors include: one daughter, Faye Taffner and husband, Everett, Fairland; one half-sister, Bertha Hooper and husband, John, Redmond, Ore.; four grandchildren, Bernardine Vanderlip and husband, Mike, Fayettteville, Ark., Merl Taffner, Elkins, Ark., Chris Taffner and wife, Anita, Wheeler, Ark., and Eugene Taffner, Forum, Ark. Also surviving are 11 great- grandchildren, four step-great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, four nieces and one nephew. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one daughter, Doris Ann Brokaw, on February 10, 1997. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 29, at Worley- Luginbuel Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mitch Elmer and Rev. A.J. Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Rolston Cemetery, Monkey Island. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., on Tuesday, January 28, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Midway Missionary Baptist Church, Fairland. Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html