Love Co., OK. - Obits: Jasper Murrow Harl

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                     Obit for Jasper Murrow Harl

Services for Jasper Murrow Harl, 85, were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 21,
in the Watonga First United Methodist Church.

Mr. Harl was born September 6, 1915, in Atoka. He died Thursday, March 15,
2001, in an Oklahoma City hospital.

He graduated from Wilburton High School in 1933 and received Bachelor of
Science and Master of Science degrees in agriculture and rural adult education
from Oklahoma State University in 1938 and 1966. He and Adene Carter of Sayre
were married in Clinton in 1939 and she preceded him in death in 1974.

Mr. Harl spent 28 years as County Extension Director in Love, Cotton, Cherokee
and Blaine counties before retiring in 1971 in Watonga. He served at Marietta
from 1942 to 1946. He received national honors for his work.

Mr. Harl continued living in Watonga until 1987, when he moved back to
Marietta, his first extension post. He lived here until he moved to Yukon. For
the past three years he had been living in a Yukon retirement center.

Mr. Harl organized Marietta's FFA chapter and supported a strong livestock
program here. He also was a member of various civic groups over the years and
was involved with many civic projects and Boy Scouts of America. He was a 32nd
Degree Mason.

Survivors include a daughter, Beverly Harl Green of Williamsburg, Virginia; a
son, Gary Harl of Weatherford; a sister, Odessa Clark of El Monte, California;
and four grandchildren.

Interment was in the Watonga IOOF Cemetery under the direction of Russworm
Funeral Home.

Printed in the Marietta Monitor - March 23, 2001, page 4