Obit of Demaree, Donald Perry (d560) - Payne County, Oklahoma

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Amarillo Globe News 1 Oct 1998
Donald Perry Demaree

STILLWATER, Okla. - Donald Perry "Don" Demaree, 78, died Monday, Sept. 21, 
1998.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today in Strode Funeral Home Chapel with the 
Rev. Paul Weece and Paul Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset 
Memorial Gardens in Stillwater.

Mr. Demaree was born north of Diamond Valley in Payne County and attended 
Diamond Valley schools. Until moving to Clovis, N.M., in 1952, he farmed 
east of Stillwater and called auctions. He was a livestock auctioneer in 
West Texas and New Mexico for 37 years and then returned to Stillwater 
after his retirement in 1985.

After his retirement, Mr. Demaree ran cattle and called auctions in Pawnee. 
He was a member of Ingalls Masonic Lodge No. 128, on the board of the Diamond 
Valley Community Center and a member of Sunnybrook Christian 
Church. He called the quilt auction for the Community Center's Fall 
Festival each year.

He married Esta "Pat" Caldwell in 1938 at Winfield, Kan.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Paula Z. Jones of Stillwater; a 
brother, Rex Demaree of Stillwater; a sister, Rachel Clemons of Stillwater; 
and two greatgrandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to American Cancer Society, c/o Frankie 
Boger, 5015 Woodland Dr., Stillwater, OK 74074; or Sunnybrook Christian Church, 
c/o Building Fund, 1023 E. Will Rogers, Stillwater, OK. 74074.
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