Kay County OK Obit for: Karl Robert Samuels ************************************************************************ 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: 3/14/2003 Transcribed from the Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/ *********************************************************************** Dr. Karl Robert Samuels PRYOR - Dr. Karl Robert Samuels, father of Sara Trotter of Ponca City, died Tuesday, July 16, 1996, in Tulsa. He was 88. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, in the Pryor First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill Hathaway and the Rev. Bill Moss, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Pryor, under the direction of Jim Green Funeral Home. Dr. Karl Robert Samuels was born April 19, 1908, in Kirksville, Mo., the son of Harley and Sarah Samuels. He grew up in Kirksville, attending Kirksville Teachers College and Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He moved to Pryor in 1928, where he practiced for 60 years. On Oct. 27, 1933, he was married to Grace Midberry in Chicago, Ill., and they established their home in Pryor. Dr. Samuels was a member of the First United Methodist Church; past president and last charter member of the Pryor Rotary Club; American Osteopathic Association; and the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Sara) Trotter of Ponca City and Carol Wolf of Tulsa; eight grandchildren; and eight great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace, in 1994; his parents; one brother and one sister. Memorial contributions may be made in Dr. Samuels name to Oklahoma Education Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine, 4848 North Lincoln, Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3326. *********************************************************************** copyright USGenwb 2003 Ponca City News, http://www.poncacitynews.com/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ***********************************************************************