Obit of Childress, Leota M. - Delaware County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 23 Jul 2006 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 ========================================================================== ::Hickory Grove Cemetery--Copeland OK The Grove Sun Daily Leota M. Childress 1918-2005 GROVE, Okla. - Leota M. Childress, 86, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at Grove Nursing Center. Leota Margaret Childress was born on June 23, 1918 in La Salle, Colo. to Ralph M. Edna (Teller) Slapper. She worked as a switchboard operator for Santa Fe Railroad in Albuquerque, N.M. for 33 years. Leota loved animals and had lived in Grove since June moving from Claremore, Okla. Survivors include: her son, Don Poteet and wife, Phyllis of Grove; three brothers, Ralph Slapper, Bob Slapper, and Bruce Slapper; and three grandchildren, Donna, Kevin, and Greg Poteet. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at Hickory Grove Cemetery with Rev. James Wilder officiating. Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Grove, Okla. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Delaware County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/delaware/delaware.html