Obit of Dudley, Ruth Olene - Mcclain County, Oklahoma Submitted by: purplejoy 03 Feb 2008 Return to Mcclain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mcclain/mcclain.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Washington Cemetery--Washington OK Ruth Olene Dudley Norman Transcript April 25, 2007 12:00 am Ruth Olene Dudley Ruth Olene Dudley, 94, of Norman died Sunday, April 22, in Norman. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phil Ratliff officiating. Interment will follow at the Washington Cemetery in Washington. Pallbearers will be grandsons Steven Hurst, Robby Dudley, Ken Dudley, Joseph Dudley, Kyle Dudley, Adam Dudley and Richard Bryant. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman. Mrs. Dudley was one of 10 children, born February 21, 1913, in Shirley, Ark., to Kible Terry and Nellie Jane Stracener Finch. She grew up in the Shirley area and married Len Robert Dudley Oct. 5, 1929. Together they raised three children. She moved to Norman from Woody Chapel approximately 57 years ago. She worked on the family farm, was a cook at the University of Oklahoma cafeteria and also worked as a grocery clerk at Greenleaf. She enjoyed walking and gardening, playing games with family and quilting. Mrs. Dudley was an active member of the Alameda Baptist Church for about 35 years. She was very involved and took great pride in her family and grandchildren, family said. Mrs. Dudley was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brothers Willard Dudley and Eugene Dudley. She is survived by two sons, Terry Dudley and wife Marva of Moore and Dan Dudley and wife Betsy of Stephenville, Texas; daughter Wanda Hurst and husband Warren of Lancaster, Calif.; sister Helen Hill of Midwest City; eight grandchildren, Steven Hurst and wife Teresa, of California, Stephanie Bryant and husband Richard of California, Robby Dudley and wife Ashley of Houston, Ken Dudley and wife Marla of Houston, Joseph Dudley and wife Alicia of Houston, Kyle Dudley and wife Christa of Moore, Adam Dudley of Moore and Julie Dudley of Moore; and nine great-grandchildren, Warren, Michael, Judy, Cindy, Austin, Avery, Abigail, Connor, Kaleb and Tyler. Condolences may be posted online at www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to McClain County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/mcclain/mcclain.html