Obit of Devero, Alta Marie - Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>   29 Nov 2009
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::Morris Community Cemetery-- Morris OK

Devero, Alta Marie

Alta Marie Devero, 97, died on Wednesday, December 25, 2002, in Fort 
Worth. One of seven children, Alta was born on November 28, 1905, in 
Bellefonte, Arkansas, to Ben and Angie Harrell. At the age of ten she 
traveled with her family to Oklahoma in a covered wagon where they 
established a new home. A graduate of Liberty High School in Okmulgee 
County, she attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. 
earning a Teaching Certificate. Over the next ten years, she taught 
primary grades in the public schools of Boynton, Morris and Haskell, 
OK. In 1935, she married Roy W. Devero, former City Manager of 
Nichols Hills, OK. who proceeded her in death. In 1991, Alta moved to 
Huguley Retirement Center in Fort Worth, TX. where she lived until 
her recent hospitalization. A devout Christian who loved and 
cherished her family and friends, she lived a long and happy life. 
She will be remembered as a devoted wife and wonderful mother and 
will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Survivors: Son, Kenneth 
R. Devero and wife, Jean, of Fort Worth; daughter Carole D. Hood and 
husband, Kirk S. of Houston; brothers, Clay Harrell of Muskogee, OK; 
Kent Harrell of Okmulgee, OK; and Dennis Harrell of Wichita, KS. 
Grandchildren: Major Kenneth R. Devero and wife, Renea, of Oak 
Harbor, WA; Richard R. Devero of Dallas; Christopher E. Devero of 
Fort Worth; Alison D. Hood and Kirk D. Hood of Houston. Great 
grandchildren: Neathan and Brandon Devero. Memorials may be made to 
Nichols Hills United Methodist Church's Memorial Garden Fund at 1212 
Bedford Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73116. Funeral services will be held 
at Nichols Hills United Methodist Church at 11:00 am, Saturday, 
December 28. Burial at Morris Community Cemetery, Morris, OK. 
Arrangements by Guardian Funeral Home in Oklahoma City. GUARDIAN 
NORTH 11600 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Published in the Oklahoman on 12/28/2002.
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