Obit of Auda A. Ozbirn (o216) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 11 May 2003 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Ozbirn Arnold Click Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/801 Auda A. Ozbirn Auda A. Ozbirn, 78, of Davis died May 3, 2003, at Burford Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services were May 5 at Pentecostal Holiness Church, with the Rev. Martin Gustin officiating. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. She was born Jan. 17, 1925, in Dawson to George L. and Ellen R. (Click) Arnold. She was raised in Cordell. Her father was a Baptist preacher while she was growing up. She married Arland "Dale" Ozbirn on Feb. 5, 1955, in Oklahoma City, and he preceded her in death August 1991. They lived in Sulphur for 1 1/2 years, where he was a land surveyor. Then they built a home in Davis and remained there the rest of their lives. Mrs. Ozbirn and her sisters had a quartet and sang on the radio. They had several records made of Christian songs. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church. She was secretary of the Senior Citizens of Davis, an ombudsman for the state of Oklahoma and bookkeeper at the Artesian Nursing Home in Sulphur. Mrs. Ozbirn also worked for many years as a bookkeeper for local businesses, including Masters Oil Company, Carter Oil Company and Bruce Trucking Company. She is survived by: a son, Paul Ozbirn of Davis; a daughter, Janice Maddox of Oklahoma City; a sister, Edna Pugh of Oklahoma City; three grandchildren, Bethia Tomlinson of Davis, Jennie Melton of Oklahoma City and Heather Brown of Cheyenne, Wyo.; five great-grandchildren, Lauren Maddox and Mikala Brown, both of Cheyenne; Drew Melton and Dylan Melton, both of Oklahoma City, and Tyler Tomlinson of Davis. Pallbearers were Larry Kern, T.W. Brown, Mitchell Bond, Josh Suther, Jim Tigert, Brandon Tomlinson and Mark Melton. Krien Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm