Payne Co. OK. obit for: William 'Bill' Bridges
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Posted to Payne Co. OK Archives 5/31/2003
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5/28/2003

William 'Bill' Bridges 

William "Bill" Allan Bridges, 55, Stillwater, died in his home Sunday, May 
25, 2003. 

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday in Strode Funeral Home 
Chapel. Interment will be in the Glenwood Cemetery in Stillwater. Funeral 
arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. 

Bridges was born Nov. 13, 1947, in Stillwater to Jewell and Lela (Fultz) 
Bridges. He married Connie Edwards in Stillwater. He attended Stillwater 
Public Schools. He then joined the U.S. Army when he was 17 years old; he 
received his GED while in the service. He served three years in the Army 
before returning to Stillwater. 

After his return to Stillwater, Bridges worked at several different places. 
However, he spent a large portion of that time working at veterinarian offices. 
He loved the Montana mountains. 

He also loved to fish, hunt, camp out and track as well as an assortment of 
other outdoor activities. 

He was a veterinarian assistant and diocel hunting guide. He was a member of 
the Lions Club, Elks Lodge and the VFW. 

He is preceded in death by his father, wife, son, Chad and sister, Treva 
Simring. 

Bridges is survived by his mother, Lela Bridges; son, Josh Bridges, Anadarko; 
and two sisters Maxine Courtright, Stillwater; and Judy Hancock, Drumright; 
many uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives in Stillwater. 

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at the 


 

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