Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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	Arthur L. (Larry) Crutchmer, 60, of Irving, Texas 

and former Okmulgee resident, died Sunday, April 16, 2006 

at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas following a 

lengthy illness. 	He was born Friday, June 8, 1945 to Vernon 

T. and Clara (Smith) Crutchmer in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. 

	

Larry attended Okmulgee High School where he was an outstanding 

athlete. He was an All-State football player in 1963 and later 

attended the University of Oklahoma as part of the OU Football 

family from 1963 through 1967. He was a proud member of OU’s 

1967 Orange Bowl Championship Team and cherished his 

membership in the O Club. For many years he was self-employed 

in the residential and commercial real estate restoration business 

in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Larry had a unique way of making 

life long friendships and endearing himself to his family. He was 

a proud, generous and loving father, grandfather, son, brother and 

friend. 

	

Larry is survived by his son, Kevin Crutchmer and his wife, Tina 

and their children Kyle, Brian, Kayla and Justin of Lawton, 

Oklahoma; his daughter, Amy Washington and her husband, 

Michael and their children Michael, McKenzie and Myka of 

Lawton, Oklahoma; his mother, Clara Crutchmer of Jenks, Oklahoma; 

his brothers, Steve Crutchmer and his wife, Julia of Okmulgee, 

Oklahoma and Clyde Crutchmer and his wife, Colleen of Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. He is further survived by nephews, nieces, other 

relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, 

Vernon T. Crutchmer. 

	

Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2006 at 

the First Christian Church, 211 W. 8th St. in Okmulgee, Oklahoma 

with Jim Riley and Charlie Green officiating. Burial will follow 

the service at the Okmulgee Cemetery under the direction of the 

Shurden-Kelley Funeral Home of Okmulgee. 

	

Pallbearers will be Matt, Wes, Josh and Jim Crutchmer, Don 

Zacharias, Bob Robinson, Lonny Nichols and Danny Bill Stout. 

	

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the USA 

Oklahoma Wrestling Schoolboy National Dual Team, c/o 

Clyde Crutchmer, 1112 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa,

Oklahoma