Johnston, OK -- Edward E. Strohfield  1910 - 1995

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   STROHFIELD Edward E., 84, was born February 10, 1910 at Sapulpa, Ok.
   and died January 11, 1995 in OKC, Ok. In 1939, Ed began his trucking
   experience with Riss & Co. in Denver, Co. as an over-the-road driver.
   In 1942, he became the Western area Vice- President for Riss & Co. In
   1958, he moved to his farm at Billings, Mo. for eight years and then
   returned to Oklahoma City to work with Leeway Motor Freight. He joined
   American Farm Lines in 1967 as Manager of the Government Division. Ed
   was one of the pioneers of the trucking industry in Oklahoma and the
   American Trucking Association in Washington, D.C. He retired in 1975
   and was a member of South Lindsay Baptist Church. He was preceded in
   death by his wife of forty-nine years, Elma May Strohfield. He is
   survived by his wife of seventeen years, Margaret of the home; son,
   Robert L. Strohfield of Parsons, Ks.; daughters, Patsy J. Henderson of
   Pierre, S.D., Sue S. Higgins of OKC, Anne S. Begg of Coos Bay, Or. and
   stepdaughter, Cynthia C. Anderson of Wapanucka, Ok.; sister, Edna
   Ebert of Springfield, Mo.; eleven grandchildren and twenty great
   grandchildren. The family requests that memorials be made to South
   Lindsay Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at the funeral
   home, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 13, 1995. Funeral
   services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 1995 at South
   Lindsay Baptist Church in OKC.