Obit of Mornhinweg, Bernal - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Gene Phillips 26 Feb 2006 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 ===================================================================== ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Bartlesville OK Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise 3 Feb 2006 Bernal Mornhinweg Mr. Bernal Mornhinweg, age 94, Retired Administrator for the Bartlesville Public Schools died Thursday morning in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Mornhinweg was born in Red Rock, Oklahoma in 1911 the son of Allen Mornhinweg and Mae (Sullins) Mornhinweg. Bernal was raised on the family farm and educated in the Red Rock Area. He received his B.A. from Central State College and a Master of Education from the University of Oklahoma. He began his career in education by teaching in a one room school. While in junior high in Red Rock, Oklahoma Bernal met Annamae Smith. They were married on May 23, 1934, in Perry, Oklahoma. They moved to Grady County were he served in various educational roles as teacher, coach, principal and superintendent at Meridian, Ninnekah, and Rush Springs schools. Mr. Mornhinweg retired after 42 years as a teacher/administrator in education from Bartlesville Public Schools in 1974. In 2004, Bernal and Annamae celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Mr. Mornhinweg was active in all aspects of the school system including the Bartlesville Public Schools. He was a longtime member of the First Christian Church of Bartlesville. He was active in the Boy Scotts taking several groups of scouts to Phillmont a Boy Scout camp in New Mexico. Mr. Mornhinweg is survived by two daughters: Jerri Sparks and husband Gary of Tulsa; and Donna McKay and husband Carlie of Edmond. They have six grandchildren: Mike McKay and wife Terri, Debbie McKay and Leshia Pearson and husband John, all of Edmond, Oklahoma; Julie Knutson and husband Pete of Kansas City, Kan.; and Jill Sparks and Elizabeth Sparks, both of Tulsa. They have ten great-grand-children: Jessica McKay Brack, Carlie Pearson, Ian Pearson and Claire Collins, all of Edmond, Oklahoma; Brian McKay and Paxton Sparks, both of Tulsa; and Ben Knutson, Will Knutson, Caroline Knutson and Henry Knutson all of Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Mornhinweg is preceded in death by his parents Allen Mornhinweg and Mae (Sullins) Mornhinweg and two brothers Virgil Mornhinweg and Bill Mornhinweg. A memorial may be sent in his honor to the Professional Home Hospice, 3314 W. Okmulgee, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401. Funeral services for Mr. Mornhinweg will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2006 in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home. David Calvert Chaplin with Professional Home Hospice will be officiating. Burial will be on the family plot of Memorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Services and interment are under the direction of Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html