Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  THEODORE WALKER VASSAR

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THEODORE "TED" WALKER VASSAR

OCNS - July 14, 2000 - Theodore "Ted" Walker Vassar, Ponca City, Oklahoma 
resident, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 12, 2000 at St. Joseph 
Regional Medical Centeri Ponca City. He was 61. 

The funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, July 17, 2000 at the 
Trout Funeral Home Chapel in Ponca City, with The Reverend Dr. Michael 
Kear, Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at 
Odd Fellows Cemetery in Ponca City. 

Ted was born on September 2, 1938 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to Benjamin 
Franklin Vassar and Opal I. Campbell. He was raised in Pawhuska, where he 
attended schools.

Ted joined the United States Navy in 1955 following his graduation from 
Pawhuska High School and returned to Pawhuska after his service. 

Ted moved to Wisconsin in 1962 and worked as a pipeliner in the oil 
fields. He married Cheri Jennejahn in Waukesha, Wisconsin on September 13, 
1964. In 1978 the couple moved to Ponca City where Ted worked in the Alky 
Unit at the Conoco Refinery. He retired in 1994. Ted enjoyed woodworking, 
yard work, spending time with his family and friends, and enjoyed a good 
cigar and a cold beer. 

He is survived by: his wife Cheri of the home; his mother Opal Bowers of 
Ponca City; one daughter, Valerie Snethen and her husband Vernon of Enid, 
Oklahoma; three sons, Daniel Vassar and his wife Susan of Laverne, 
California, Matthew F. Vassar and his wife Tammy of Ponca City, and Lee 
Vassar of Ponca City; thirteen grandchildren, Alexandria Barnett, Holley 
Barnett, Victoria Barnett, Tyler Snethen, Christopher Vassar, Zachariah 
Vassar, Nicholas \/assar, Jordan Vassar, Tanya Vassar, Theodore Vassar, 
Mikelle Vassar, Gabrielle Vassar, and Tanner Vassar; four sisters, Deloris 
Sharpe of Memphis, Tennessee, Loretta Garrison of Stillwater, Natalie 
Epperson of Ponca City, Kathleen Rowe of Ponca City; two brothers, Bill 
Hargraves of Ponca City and Bob Hargraves of Ponca City; several nieces, 
nephews, aunts, and uncles. 

Ted was preceded in death by his father and one grandchild, Hannah Olivia 
Vassar. Casket bearers will be, Kurt Crowder, Keenan Pappan, Charlie 
Edwards, Gary Jernigan, Chuck Smith and Nate Jacobs. Honorary casket 
bearers will be Christopher Vassar, Theodore Vassar, Zachariah Vassar, 
Nicholas Vassar, Tanner Vassar, Tyler Snethen, Paul Besse, Walter Evans, 
Dan Hicks, Gene Henderson, Pat Rettberg and Darryl Barnett.

The family will receive friends at their home at 3204 S. Ranch Drive, 
Ponca City.