Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  HENRY C. WHILES 

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HENRY C. WHILES

OCNS - August 19, 2002 - Henry C. Whiles, 78, longtime resident of 
Pawhuska, Oklahoma passed away in his home Sunday, August 18, 2002.

Henry Clay Whiles, Jr., was born November 16, 1923 in Pawnee County, 
Oklahoma, the son of Henry Clay, Sr., and Ethel Marie (Rambo) Whiles.   He 
married Ruby M. Cass November 9, 1942, in Winfield, Kansas.   She preceded 
him in death October 29, 2000.   The Whiles owned and operated the City 
Laundry in Pawhuska from 1955 to 1975 and Henry was retired from the 
Pawhuska School System, where he worked in the maintenance department for 
many years.   He enjoyed working in the vegetable garden he grew in his 
back yard each year and was a member of the First Christian Church.

Survivors include:   A sister, Anna Mae Green; six grandchildren, Mark 
McVey and wife, Jonie, Lou Sellers and husband, Ted, Rhonda Kupiec, Clay 
McVey, Sandra Dodds and Clara Wilson; ten great grandchildren, Jeff Clawson, 
Megan McVey, Stevie McVey, Valerie Boe, Gill Cox, Scott Cox, Bruce McVey, 
Matthew McVey, Curt Wilson and Cheyenne Wilson; seven great great-great 
grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

In addition to his wife, Ruby, Henry was preceded in death by his parents; 
two brothers, Lewis Whiles and Arthur Whiles and his daughter, Lois Ann 
Wilson.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 22, 2002 in the 
Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Richard Newman of the First 
Christian Church officiating.   Interment will be in the Riverside Cemetery 
at Ralston, Oklahoma.

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