Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  CHARLES HENRY "RED" RIND

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CHARLES HENRY "RED" RIND

OCNS - September 18, 2002 - Charles Henry "Red" Rind, 90, a resident of 
Barnsdall, Oklahoma, died at 12:20 a.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2002 in 
the Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 

Funeral services for Mr. Rind will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday in the 
Arnold Moore - Barnsdall Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Herbert 
Shreffler and Reverend Clint Mitchell officiating.   The Webster Schrack 
American Legion Post #227 will accord full military rites at the graveside 
in the Barnsdall Ethel Reese Cemetery.   Committal prayers and interment 
will be directed by the Arnold Moore - Barnsdall Funeral Home.

Mr. Rind will lie in state in the Arnold Moore - Barnsdall Funeral Home 
where friends may call for their visitation until the Saturday morning 
service hour.

A native of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Charles Henry Rind was born March 12, 
1912, the son of Charlie Henry and Allie May (DeWitt) Rind.   Following the 
death of his father an mother when he was young, he was reared by his 
grandparents and his aunt and uncle in the Tulsa community where he 
completed his education in the Tulsa Central High School.   He and his 
siblings were employed by his aunt who was the owner/operator of the 
Sunrise Inn.   Most of his life "Red" was active in oil field development 
in and around the Barnsdall community.   He was also active, with his 
brother, H.O. "Bud" Rind, in the transportation of supplies and equipment 
around Oklahoma, was employed building roads in the Tulsa area and at 
times, was deputized as an undercover sheriff.

A Veteran of World War II, Mr. Rind was enlisted in the United States Army 
on March 7, 1942 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and received his honorable 
discharge on January 4, 1946 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

He was a member of the Barnsdall Nazarene Church and the Webster Schrack 
American Legion Post #227.

Surviving are his five nephews, Bill Jeffries, William Rind, Charles Rind, 
Don Rind and Wayne Rind; two nieces, Mary Jeffries and Martha Poentisch, 
all of Washington (state) and numerous grandnephews and grandnieces.   He 
was loved like a "grandpa" by the extended family of Opal Napier.

A memorial in remembrance of Mr. Rind has been established with the Webster 
Schrack American Legion Post #227.   Friends who care to remember him in 
this way, may forward their gifts in care of: 
Mr. Bert Briscoe
P.O. Box 672
Barnsdall, OK   74002