Transcribed Obituary for Okmulgee County, Oklahoma



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	Kenneth Lee Stretch, a robust man, known by his family as 

“Stretch”, passed from this life on Thursday, October 6, 2005 in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma at the age of 71 years 10 months and 0 days. He was born 

Wednesday, December 6, 1933 to Harry Lee and Effie (Sanders) Stretch

 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. 

Mr. Stretch served in the United States Army as a pastry chef from 1954 

to 1957 achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. Moving to Okmulgee in 

1957 with Oklahoma Natural Gas, he retired after approximately forty 

years as the District Superintendent. On November 3, 1980, he married 

Barbara Johnson in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He was a Golden Gloves 

Champion, an avid bowler and he loved golfing and a member of the 

Calvary Baptist Church. He coached little leaguebaseball including an 

American Legion State Championship Team. For thirty-seven years he 

supported the Okmulgee Bulldog’s Football Team as a member of the

 “chain gang.” He was a lifetime member of the Okmulgee Elks Lodge 

1822, serving as Esteemed Leading Knight, Lodge Officer, Trustee and 

Club Room Manager. 

	

He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Lee Stretch and son: Michael 

Stretch. 

	

Survivors include: wife: Bobi Stretch of the home; mother: Effie Clay of 

Muskogee; one son: Kenneth Lee Stretch, Jr. and wife, Linda of Okay; four 

daughters: Kathy Chastain of Colorado; Susan Tounge of Kentucky; Melena 

Waits and husband, Kirk of Tulsa and Jill Davis and husband, Joe of Sand 

Springs; two sisters: Loretta Torix of Ft. Gibson and Dolores Sanders and 

husband, Jack of Muskogee; two brothers: Keith Stretch and wife, Betty of 

Wagoner and Ben Stretch and wife, Phyllis of Broken Arrow; fourteen 

grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; four sister-in-laws: Tomi Murr

 of Lafayette, CA; Johnnie Jessen and Ken Lewis of Okmulgee; Jackie and 

Steve Stefani and Jimmie Roberts both of Coeur d’ Lane, ID. 



Memorial Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 10, 2005 

at the First Baptist Church in Okmulgee with Dr. Dennis Taylor officiating. 

Burial will be at the Ft. Gibson National Cemetery at a later date. 

Services are under the direction of the Shurden-Kelley Funeral 

Home of Okmulgee. 



In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to Okmulgee 

Elks: Kenneth Stretch Charitable Fund   P.O. Box 427  Okmulgee, Ok 74447

Friends may send their condolences to www.shurdenkelley.com.



As a devoted husband, father, grandfather, friend and role model, 

Kenneth Stretch will be missed by all who knew him.