Kay County OK Obit for: Gladys E. (Smith) Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kay/kay.html http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net Date submitted: 3/07/2003 Obit transcribed from the Newkirk Herald by submitter. *********************************************************************** June 24, 1999 Gladys E. Merrell Gladys E. Merrell, 82, of Guthrie, died June 11, 1999. Funeral services were held June 14th Rev. Dale Du Pue of First Presbyterian Church of Edmond and Dr. E.B. Comptom of First Presbyterian Church of Guthrie officiating. Burial was in Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie. Gladys was born July 19, 1916 in Newkirk to J. Wendell and Eva (Haynes) Smith. She attended Newkirk Grade School and graduated from Newkirk High School in 1934. Gladys was married to Webber Merrell in the home of her mother in Newkirk, August 20, 1939. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church and the Beta Sigma Phi. She is survived by two sons, William (Bill) Merrell and his wife Brenda of Tonopah, NV, and Robert Merrell and his wife Lori of Boulder City, NV; one daughter, Carol Sue Hopcus and her husband Ken, Edmond; one daughter-in-law, Judy Merrell, Guthrie; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, on Dec. 6, 1975 and her brother Willard H. Smith, April 15, 1999 *********************************************************************** copyright USGenwb 2003 http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ***********************************************************************