Kay County OK Obit for: MOUNCE, Walter Kirkendall
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The Ponca City News, Thursday, November 13, 1997
Walter Kirkendall Mounce
NEWKIRK - Walter Kirkendall Mounce, longtime Newkirk area resident, 
died early Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 11, 1997, at the Blackwell Regional 
Hospital in Blackwell. He was 93.
 
The funeral has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the 
Peckham Christian Church with the Rev. Curtis Mason officiating. Burial 
is to follow at the Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl 
Funeral Service.
 
Walter K. Mounce was born Jan. 14, 1904, on the family homestead, south 
of Peckham. He was the son of Samuel Huston and Daisy (Kirkendall) Mounce. 
He grew up in the rural area attending Waddell Rural Grade School and 
graduating from University Prep School at Tonkawa. He then attended 
Oklahoma A&M College for three years where he participated in the ROTC 
program. After receiving his basic training at Fort Sam Houston in 
San Antonio, Texas, he began employment with Shell Oil Company in 
Arkansas City, Kan.
 
On June 18, 1933, he was married to Nellie Elfa Walker in Arkansas City, 
Kan., where the couple established their first home. Four years later, 
Mounce was transferred by the oil company to Roxanna , Ill., then to 
Hobbs, N.M., seven years later. In 1946, the couple moved to Peckham 
where Mounce operated the Peckham Lumber Yard and sold real estate. 
He was a member of the Peckham Christian Church and Volunteer Fire 
Department and the Newkirk Historical Society.
 
Survivors include one son, Dr. Gary Joe Mounce of Edinburg, Texas; 
one daughter, Betty Jean Glasgow of Peckham; two sisters, Gussie Mason 
of Wichita, Kan., and Merle Harden of McPherson, Kan.; four grandchildren; 
and two great-grandsons. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nellie, 
on Aug. 31, 1995; his parents; and one brother, Jessie.
 
Casket bearers will be Virgil Tanner, Clifton Gray, David Martin, 
Bill Bliss, Kenneth Fitch and Kris Mapel. Honorary bearers will be 
Kyce Goodno, Jack Breedlove, Edwin "Bud" Martin, Jay Mapel, Jim Martin 
and Glen Craft.
 
A memorial fund has been established in Mr. Mounce's name to the 
Peckham Christian Church, c/o Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk, OK 74647.