Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  BLANCHE JUANITA CORDRAY

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joann Brazee
Osage County News Service (OCNS)
http://ocns.freeyellow.com/
Email: ocns@hotmail.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  
These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit 
or presentation by any other organization or persons.  Persons or 
organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent
of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact 
the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.  

The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store 
the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  

BLANCHE JUANITA CORDRAY

OCNS - July 1, 2002 - Blanche Juanita Cordray was born October 25, 1919 in 
Hominy, Oklahoma, the daughter of Willard and Ollie Merle (Turner) Hull and 
was reared and attended school in Hominy.   She passed away saturday, 
June 29, 2002 at the Tulsa Regional Medical Center at the age of eighty-two 
years, eight months and four days.

Shortly after the completion of her schooling, Blanche married E. S. 
Cordray on March 17, 1936 in Hominy.   The couple made their initial home 
in Hominy before moving to Osage where they resided for nearly ten years.   
They had four children, Charles, Johnny, Bobby and Juanita.   The couple 
then moved to Sedan, Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma before returning to 
Cleveland, Oklahoma in 1959.

Blanche dedicated her life to taking care of her husband and family.   She 
loved spending time with her family and cooking large meals for them. 
Blanche passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at the Tulsa Regional 
Medical Center at the age of eighty-two years, eight months and four days. 

Survivors include her husband of sixty-six years, E. S. Cordray of the home 
in Cleveland, Oklahoma; three sons, Charles Junior Cordray of Mannford, 
Oklahoma, Johnny Lee Cordray of Blackburn, Oklahoma and Bobby Cordray of 
Memphis, Tennessee; a daughter, Juanita Merle Turner of Amarillo, Texas; 
seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and three brothers, Richard 
Hull of Berryhill, Oklahoma, Jack Hull of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and Willard 
Hull of Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

Blanche was preceded in death by her parents and two grandchildren, Charles 
Jason and Julie Beth Cordray.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at the 
Western Heights Baptist Church in Cleveland, with Rev. David Head 
officiating.   Burial will be at the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in 
Hominy under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home of Cleveland.

Visit an online obituary and guest book for Blanche Cordray at 
Chapman-Black Funeral Home.