Obit of Dain, Charles Enoch "C.E." - Grant County, Oklahoma

Thanks to http://www.amarillo.com/ for permission to upload their
obits to the USGenWeb Archives.
Copyright, http://www.amarillo.com/                    03 Jun 2007       
Return to Grant County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grant/grant.html
=====================================================================
                        USGENWEB NOTICE
                 Copyright.  All rights reserved.
          http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
=====================================================================
::Liberal Cemetery--??

Charles Enoch "C.E." Dain

GUYMON, Okla. - Charles Enoch "C.E." Dain, 90, died Saturday, June 
28, 2003.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Morning Star Methodist Church 
with the Rev. Gary Shryock, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in 
Liberal Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.

Mr. Dain, the son of Bertha Platt and John Dain, was born Dec. 16, 
1912, in Nash. He was united in marriage to Delpha Mae Davis on Nov. 
30, 1939. He entered the Army in August 1942, serving in the European 
Theater in the Battle of Normandy.

He received the EAME Service Ribbon, Bronze Star and the Purple 
Heart. He received an honorary discharge in August 1945 and returned 
to Texas County. He lived and farmed in the Hough Community, where he 
managed the Riffe-Gilmore Grain Elevator for many years.

They were active members of Morning Star Methodist Church. He was a 
50-year member of the Guymon Masonic Lodge No. 335, the V.F.W. and 
the American Legion.

He was preceded in death by his wife of more than 61 years, Delpha 
Dain in Dec. 8, 2000; his parents; two brothers, Curtis Dain and 
Virgil Dain; and a sister, Minta Beer.

Survivors include two daughters, Dixie Ehrlich and husband, Nelson, 
of Stillwater and Marcia Yancey and husband, Jim, of Guymon; a 
brother, Roy Joe Dain and wife, Betty, of Guymon; five grandchildren, 
Kristi Ehrlich, Jacob Ehrlich and wife, Sarah, and Benjamin Ehrlich, 
all of Stillwater, Bret Yancey and wife, Patty, of Wahaiwa, Hawaii, 
and Clay Yancey and wife, Denese, of Liberal, Kan.; eight great-
grandchildren, Bergen Ehrlich, Colton Yancey, Payton Yancey, Haley 
Yancey, Bryson Arakawa, Amy Arakawa, Amber Arakawa and Brittanie 
Arakawa; and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials be to Morning Star Methodist Church in 
care of Henson-Novak Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 1, 2003
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Return to Grant County Archives:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grant/grant.html