Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  IRENE FOUNTAIN

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IRENE FOUNTAIN

OCNS - July 11, 2002 - Longtime resident of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Irene 
Fountain, 94, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2002, in the Pawhuska Nursing 
Home.

Irene was born June 15, 1907 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the daughter of James 
Madison and Dema Catherine (Rosser) Payne.   November 25, 1927, in Hominy, 
Oklahoma, she married Roy L. Fountain who preceded her in death November 7, 
1984.   Irene was a pioneer telephone operator for Southwestern Bell 
Telephone and served as a Sunday School Teacher for forty-five years.

Survivors are:   Her daughter, Geraldine Enyart and husband, Sie of 
Pawhuska; three grandchildren, Sie E. Enyart, Jr. and wife, Deborah, Susan 
Enyart Ray and husband, Mike and Shelley Enyart Farquharson and husband, 
Marty; four great grandchildren, Kelly Enyart, Deborah Ray Miller and 
husband, Travis, Amanda Ray Ryder and husband, Stuart, and Morgan 
Farquharson; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of other family and 
friends.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 12, in the 
Pawhuska City Cemetery with Pastor Julie Capranica of the First United 
Methodist Church of Pawhuska officiating.

Johnson Funeral Home, Pawhuska, is in charge of arrangements.