Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  MRS. ELMA D. LOWREY

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MRS. ELMA D. LOWREY

OCNS - September 13, 2000 - Mrs. Elma Dene "Pete" (Henton) Lowrey, 69, 
former longtime resident of Bartlesville, Oklahoma and retiree of Phillips 
Petroleum Company, died Monday, September 11, in the Grace Home in 
Shreveport, Louisiana, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Graveside services for Pete will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday on the 
family plot in White Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, under the direction of 
Neekamp Funeral Home.

Honorary casket bearers will include Don Lunsford, Richard Lehman, Rick 
Henton, Randy Henton, Craig Popkess and Phillip Zehren.

Friends who wish to pay their respects are welcome to sign the register at 
the Neekamp Funeral Home as the casket is to remain closed.

A memorial in Pete's name has been established for the Grace Home, A 
Residential Hospice, and the family requests that, in lieu of the usual 
remembrances, those who wish to contribute in her memory do so in care of 
their office, 1035 Margaret Place, Shreveport, Louisiana, 71101.

Pete was born in Wynona, Oklahoma, June 1, 1931, the daughter of Richard 
Macklin and Pearl (Blackwell) Henton. She attended schools in Osage and 
Washington Counties and began her thirty-year career with Phillips 
Petroleum Company in 1956, retiring in 1986.

Following her retirement, she made her home in Florida and Texas and had 
been residing in Shreveport the past two and one-half months.

Pete had been an active member of the Jane Phillips Sorority, involved in 
numerous community activities, including coaching a women's basketball 
team.

While her children were small, she was involved in many areas of their 
activities, including working the concessions during Pony League games.

Pete is survived by her daughter, Linda Carbone of Shreveport; two sons, 
Robert W. "Bob" Lowrey of Tucson, Arizona and John Jacob "Jake" Lowrey of 
Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, Katie Anne Jeter of Shreveport, 
Jennifer Anne Isaac of Ceres, California, Jason Lowrey of Norman, Oklahoma 
and Jordan Lowrey and Jacob Lowrey both of Oklahoma City; three great-
grandsons, Joshua George Dillard, Jonahtan Sawyer Dillard and Michael 
Halley Isaac, III; two sisters, Lis Murphy of Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Mary 
Nichols of Stillwater, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, George Walter Lowrey; two 
brothers, Joe Henton and Walter Henton; and a ssister, Martha Lunsford.

Pete was the best grandmother and great-grandmother in the world, lovingly 
known by her great-grandsons as "Big Gooda".

She was a good friend and was very giving of herself, and will always be 
remembered for her jokes and contagious laughter.