Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  THOMAS JEFFERSON LONGLEY

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THOMAS JEFFERSON LONGLEY

OCNS - February 15, 2001 - Thomas Jefferson Longley, 88, passed away 
Saturday, February 10, in his home in Seiling, Oklahoma, following a long 
battle with cancer.

Mr. Longley was born May 31, 1912, in Narcissa, Oklahoma, the son of 
William Henry and Mary Margaret (Brown) Longley. On June 14, 1946, in 
Sedan, Kansas, he married Wanda Eugean Yates and in 1951, they moved from 
Oklahoma to Ellis, Kansas, where they lived until 1990 when they returned 
to Pawhuska, Oklahoma, living there until 1999 when they moved to Seiling.

Mr. Longley, a Veteran of the U.S. Army and a lifetime member of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, retired from Murfin Oil Company in 1976.

Survivors in addition to his wife, Wanda, are a daughter, Joyce Gabel of 
Seiling; three sisters, Ruth Barham of Dewey, Oklahoma, Nancy Walker of 
Tacoma, Washington and Mary Minney of Pawhuska; one brother, Frank B. 
Longley of Manhatten, Kansas; two grandchildren, Sean Gabel and his wife, 
Tera of Guymon, Oklahoma, and Michelle Lemieux and her husband, Mike of 
Forgan, Oklahoma; four great-grandchildren, Kambri Gabel and Dace, Rance 
and Dalton Lemieux, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Mr. Longley was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Fanny 
Wieser and Dolly Panther and two brothers, Gilliam Longley and William 
Longley.

Graveside services were held February 13, in the Pawhuska City Cemetery 
with Reverend Ronald Eldridge officiating.

Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.