Obit of Joslin, Earl - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 6 Mar 2005 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 27 December 2004 EARL JOSLIN Funeral service for Earl Joslin, age 83, of Tuttle, Oklahoma, will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2004, in the Sowers Memorial Chapel of Sevier Funeral Home. Earl Joslin was born the son of Roy Joslin and Ruth Bolender Joslin, on March 21, 1921, in Tabler, Oklahoma. He died Friday, December 24, 2004, in Tuttle, Oklahoma, at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 3 days. Earl came from a very large family. He was the eighth, or middle child of fifteen children. His parents were cotton farmers. Earl attended school in the Harris community. He was married to Helen Mosier Joslin for 35 years. He lived in Grady County all of his life except for military service. He lived in Tuttle for the past 24 years. Earl was a truck driver and drove for 38 years for Hoot Scott, Sequoia, Leeway, and the Postal Service. He belonged to the American Legion for twenty years and was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. Earl served in the Army Air Corps and went to Fort Sill and Wichita Falls, Texas, for training. While in the service he volunteered to be a cook and he was sent to Lowery Air Base. His group served 5,000 men for each meal. He was stationed in Trinidad, Panama, and Mountain Home, Idaho. He served three years, four months and six days. He was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. His parents, six brothers, and six sisters preceded him in death. Survivors include: his wife Helen Joslin of the home in Tuttle; three sons, Melvin Mosier of Tuttle, Roy Mosier of Blanchard, George Mosier of Artesia, California; one daughter, Linda Trust of Irvine, California; two sisters, Glenna Whinery of Modesto, California, Billie Cavin of Ahwahnee, California; ten grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and many loving friends. He was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather and we will all miss him. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetry, Tuttle, Oklahoma, under the direction of Sevier Fneral Home of Tuttle. Remembrances may be made to the Fellowship Baptist Church, Box 52, Blanchard, OK 73010. ========== The Tuttle Times 29 December 2004 EARL JOSLIN Funeral service for Earl Joslin, age 83, of Tuttle, Oklahoma, were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2004, in the Sowers Memorial Chapel of Sevier Funeral Home. Earl Joslin was born the son of Roy Joslin and Ruth Bolender Joslin, on March 21, 1921, in Tabler, Oklahoma. He died Friday, December 24, 2004, in Tuttle, Oklahoma, at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 3 days. Earl came from a very large family. He was the eighth, or middle child of fifteen children. His parents were cotton farmers. Earl attended school in the Harris community. He was married to Helen Mosier Joslin for 35 years. He lived in Grady County all of his life except for military service. He lived in Tuttle for the past 24 years. Earl was a truck driver and drove for 38 years for Hoot Scott, Sequoia, Leeway, and the Postal Service. He belonged to the American Legion for twenty years and was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans. Earl served in the Army Air Corps and went to Fort Sill and Wichita Falls, Texas, for training. While in the service he volunteered to be a cook and he was sent to Lowery Air Base. His group served 5,000 men for each meal. He was stationed in Trinidad, Panama, and Mountain Home, Idaho. He served three years, four months and six days. He was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. His parents, six brothers, and six sisters preceded him in death. Survivors include: his wife Helen Joslin of the home in Tuttle; three sons, Melvin Mosier of Tuttle, Roy Mosier of Blanchard, George Mosier of Artesia, California; one daughter, Linda Trust of Irvine, California; two sisters, Glenna Whinery of Modesto, California, Billie Cavin of Ahwahnee, California; ten grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and many loving friends. He was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather and we will all miss him. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Oklahoma, under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home of Tuttle. Remembrances may be made to the Fellowship Baptist Church, Box 52, Blanchard, OK 73010. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html