Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  LOIS B. HENDRIX 

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::Osage Gardens Cemetery--Skiatook OK
LOIS B. HENDRIX

OCNS - September 4, 2002 - Funeral services for Lois B. Hendrix, 77, who 
died at 10:20 a.m., Friday, August 30, 2002 at the Francis Strietel 
Nursing Home in Collinsville, Oklahoma, were held Tuesday, September 3, in 
Skiatook, Oklahoma, with Pastor Jerald Freeman and Reverend Thomas Smith 
officiating.   Interment was in the Osage Gardens Cemetery, Skiatook, under 
the direction of the Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.

Lois was born December 20, 1924 in Vian, Oklahoma to Alec and Maudie Mae 
(Bledsoe) Cantrell.   She grew up and received her education in Vian and in 
1983, received her G.E.D. in Tulsa.   She married Ermel Davis Hendrix 
December 26, 1939 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.   Lois was in Foster Care for 
over thirty years and was in retail sales for Anthony's for three years.

Survivors include:   Her husband, Ermel of the home; three daughters, 
Dorthy Mae Walker, Wanema Louise Roberts and Lynda Kay Evans; one brother, 
Dalton Cantrell; eight grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; 
seven great great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of 
other relatives and friends.   She was preceded in death by six brothers 
and four sisters.

Casket escorts were Brandon Lewis, Douglass Gilfred, Daniel Miller, David 
Miller, Larry Moore, J.W. Roberts, Alan Huffstutler and Robert Drummond.   
Honorary casket escorts were Ted Bragg and Kenneth Chupps.   Music was 
performed by Shelly Davis and Debbie Meeks.