Kay County OK Obit for: Robert Ray Bittle 
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Submitted to the archives by:Claudia Thiry, workfarm@kskc.net
Date submitted: 3/12/2003 
Transcribed from the Ponca City News, 
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Robert Ray Bittle

TONKAWA - Robert Ray Bittle, former Tonkawa resident, died Friday, July 
5, 1996, in the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Muskogee. He 
was 68.

A memorial graveside service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the 
Tonkawa IOOF Cemetery with the Rev. Glenn Hunt, minister of Grace Community 
Church, officiating. Service arrangements and cremation are under the 
direction of McCafferty-Bolick Funeral Home of Tonkawa.

Robert Ray Bittle was born Jan. 23, 1928, in Braman, the son of Dewey and 
Eva (Peters) Bittle. 

He grew up and received his education in Tonkawa. 

After high school he entered the U.S. Navy and served from 1947 until his 
honorable discharge in 1949.

On Nov. 1, 1950, he was married to Mattie Lou Barker. 

A machinist by trade, Bittle had been employed by Kruner's and Conoco. 

During his career he traveled to the Middle East and Africa with the 
petroleum industry. 

Due to failing health he was forced to retire early and in 1990 moved 
to the Veterans Center in Talihina.

Survivors include three daughters, Pam Marshall of Muskogee, Robin Walker 
of Tonkawa, and Michelle Ward of Coalgate; one sister, Roberta Fruits of 
Prairie Village, Kan.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Bittle's name to the Alzheimers 
Association of Oklahoma, c/o McCafferty-Bolick Funeral Home, 400 E. Grand, 
Tonkawa, OK 74653. 
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