Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary: Madge L. Battenfield Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: The Hominy News - Progress P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035 Transcribed by Sharon Hamilton: sharkay@cccexpress.com Return to Osage County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/osage/osage.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== The Hominy News - Progress Vol. 33, No. 48 November 28, 2001 Page 5 Madge L. Battenfield Madge L. Battenfield, 84, of Medford, died Friday at Medford Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. At her request there will be no service. Mrs. Battenfield was born January 27, 1917 to Sam and Ella Leming in Gunnison, Co. She moved to Hominy with her family in 1920, and graduated from Hominy High School in 1936. During World War II she worked in San Diego as a riveter. She married Jack Bryan (Tex) Battenfield in 1946. They traveled through all the states west of the Mississippi working on many projects including the roadway through the Kiabab Forest in Arizona, the "Going to the Sun Highway" through Glacier National Park, Boulder Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, and many sections of the original Hwy 66. Mrs. Battenfield remained in Walla Walla, Wa. after the death of her husband in 1965. She returned to Hominy in 1970 to care for her mother, after the death of her father. Mrs. Battenfield was a member of the United Methodist Church, and the Rebekah Lodge in Hominy; as well as a member of the Choktaw Nation. Mrs. Battenfield was an avid reader, liked to garden, play scrabble and enjoyed bingo. She is survived by her son, Alan Battenfield and daughter- in-law, Sharon, or Trail; two grandchildren, Laura Lodi of Soap Lake, and Layne Battenfield of Medford; and one great-grandchild Alayna Lodi. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Osage County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/osage/osage.htm