Kay County OK Obit for: Milo A. Hurst Submitted to the archives by: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com Date submitted: 8/26/2002 Transcribed from the: Stillwater News Press Thanks to http://www.stwnewspress.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.stwnewspress.com/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kay/kay.html ================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm =================================================================== Milo A. Hurst, 89, Cushing, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Park Place Baptist Church in Cushing. The Rev. Tony Black will preside. Interment will follow in Tryon Cemetery under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home of Cushing. Hurst was born Sept. 2, 1912, in Lincoln County to Mr. and Mrs. Milt Hurst. He attended grade school at Pleasant Ridge, four miles west of Chandler in Lincoln County. He met Vera Opal Walters at the Quaker Church in Lincoln County, and they were married in Kansas City, Kan., on Aug. 10, 1934. They were married 66 years. They had one daughter, Vicki Faye, on Oct. 14, 1945. The couple traveled for 12 years doing exploration for gas and oil with Handley Drilling Co. in Tulsa. In 1947, they settled in Cushing, where they lived until their deaths. Hurst worked as a Meadowgold milkman for several years. He then worked as warehouse foreman for Cushing Grocery Co. until he retired in 1974. He was active member in Park Place Baptist Church. He was chairman of deacons for approximately 30 years. He served as training union director, RA leader, and Sunday school teacher. Hurst loved to travel. He and his wife visited 49 states, somehow missing Rhoden Island. They took trips and cruises to Hawaii, South America, the Caribbean, all the provinces of Canada and Israel. The Hurst family is very musically talented and enjoyed many times of visiting and playing music together. Hurst played the guitar, fiddle, harmonica, oboe, cello and piano. He enjoyed all types of music and loved playing with his father and brothers. He was predeceased by his loving wife, Vera; his parents, Milt and Marilla Hurst; seven brothers, Wetzel, Doral, Herman, Clifford, Cletus, Clifton and Curtis; and two sisters, Jewel and Pearl. Survivors include one daughter, Vicki Henderson of Cushing; two granddaughters, Tammy Warrior and Tanya Minor; nine great-grandchildren, Sarah and Zac Simpson, Ariel and Ashley Minor and Anthony, Aaron, Adrian, Daniel and Karissa Warrior; two brothers, Fred Hurst of Ponca City and Calvin Hurst of Collinsville, Colo.; and one sister, Christina Earp of Briton. Pallbearers will be Malvin Cates, Gary Bradley, Harold Simmons, James Beaver, James Myers and Jerry Mills. ************************************************************************ 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/ ***********************************************************************