Obit for Paty, Gladys Etta [Hocker] - Grady County OK

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::Fairlawn Cemetery--Chickasha OK

© The Chickasha Express-Star May 2006

Gladys Etta [Hocker] Paty

Funeral services for Gladys Etta Paty, 74, of Chickasha will be held at 
10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 6, 2006, at the Epworth United Methodist Church, 
with Kim Domnick and Don Horton officiating.

Gladys Etta Paty was born January 25, 1932, in Berlin, Oklahoma, the 
daughter of George and Etta [Eldridge] Hocker. She died May 2, 2006, at 
her home in Chickasha.

Gladys grew up in Berlin, Oklahoma. She attended Berlin Public Schools 
graduating from Berlin High School in 1950.

Gladys married Rex Paty on April 4, 1951, in Sayre, Oklahoma. They 
recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary last month.

In 1958, Rex and Gladys moved to Chickasha, where they settled and raised 
their family.

Gladys worked for the Chickasha Cotton Oil Company for several years. She 
was later employed by The First National Bank where she worked for over 25 
years, retiring in 1995, as assistant manager of the 6th street branch. 
She had a kind and loving smile that seemed to attract everyone she came 
in contact with. She loved people and serving the public.

She took great pride in being a homemaker and keeping an immaculate home. 
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed 
reading, nedlecraft, and traveling.

She was a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church and the United 
Methodist Women. She was active with the Meals on Wheels for several years 
and many other volunteer programs around the community.

She was preceded in death by both parents; two sisters: Margaret Hocker 
and Adele Weichel; three brothers: George, Benny and Bill Hocker.

She is survived by her husband, Rex, of the home; daughter and son-in-law: 
Rita and Jim Roles, of Chickasha; son, Glen Paty, of Saudi Arabia; brother 
and sister: Lawrence Hocker and Mary Thomas, both of Oklahoma City; 
granddaughter and husband: Audra and Jason West, of Tulsa; grandson and 
wife: Brandon and Cindy Paty, of Jenks; granddaughter, DeAnna Miller, of 
Moore; two grandsons: Adam and Zack Paty, of Edmond; one great grandson, 
Garrick West; and many nieces, nephews and special friends.

At her request there will be no public viewing.

Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson 
Funeral Home.
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