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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Jan. 1 2002 Charles McDonald Charles Commadore McDonald, 89, Stillwater, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at the Renaissance. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Assembly of God Church. Rev. Aaron Cole will officiate. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. McDonald was born Jan. 22, 1912, in Myrtle, Mo., to Newton and Mary (Brewer) McDonald. He married Violet Mason March 13, 1934. She died May 22, 1994. He retired from Oklahoma State University as a building inspector. He was construction superintendent of many of the buildings in Stillwater and OSU. He was a recording secretary and member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointers of America for over 55 years. He faithfully served the First Assembly of God Church of Stillwater as a secretary-treasurer and deacon for over 50 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, sister, Vada Canady and two brothers, Phillip and Dallas McDonald. McDonald is survived by his daughter, Barbara Chandler, Shawnee; two grandchildren, Randy Chandler and wife Julie, Tulsa, Teanna Grisham and husband Rick, Atlanta, Ga.; four great grandchildren, Nicklas and Austin Chandler, Tulsa, Lance and Adrienne Grisham, Atlanta, Ga.; four brothers, Don McDonald and wife Nora, Clearwater, Fla., Denzil McDonald, Luther, Dewey McDonald and wife Martha, Spencer, and Doyle McDonald, Baker City. Pallbearers will be Nicklas Chandler, Austin Chandler, Lance Grisham, Robert McDonald, David McDonald and Dale McDonald. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com. *********************************************************************** Grace Rickards Former Tryon resident Grace Ellen Rickards, 73, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City. Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Church of Latter Day Saints, 1720 E. Virginia. Pastor Howard Harlson will officiate. Interment will follow at Alma Cemetery in Alma, Neb. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born June 17, 1928, in Wray Colo., to Earling LeRoy and Hattie Mae (Mathes) Lambson. When she was four the family moved to Nebraska and settled in Alma. She attended the Alma Public Schools through the eighth grade. She was baptized in the First Christian Church in Alma on the first Sunday of 1940. She married Floyd Davis May 20, 1944. They were later divorced. She married Harold Rickards in Newton, Kan. The couple moved to Tryon. He died in 1986. She later obtained her GED in Tryon, completed Foster Estes Cabinet courses and Video Deco and IMVT for electrical training in Oklahoma City. She was a restaurant manager; a housekeeper at St. Mary's Hospital; worked at John A. Brown's in Oklahoma City, She was also a department head for Norton Investments, Inc.; an apartment manager for eight apartment complexes; housekeeping head at Oklahoma State University and a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Tryon. She taught Christian Endeavor, Family Gospel Group that sang at different churches. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her parents and one infant daughter, Patricia Jean. Survivors include two sons, Daniel Davis of Tryon and Floyd Lamar Davis of Oklahoma City; two stepsons, Harold Rickards Jr. of El Paso, Texas and Dan Rickards of Wichita, Kan.; a stepdaughter, Elaine Baker, also of Wichita; a sister, Aldean Pittman of Hebron, Neb.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great- grandchildren. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com ********************************************************* Jan. 02, 2002 Mary 'Nita' Goldsberry Mary Juanita (Nita) Goldsberry, 87, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Grace Living Center. The family will be present for a visitation at Strode Funeral Home Thursday from 7 until 9 p.m. Services, with Rev. Cecil Riding presiding, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Strode Chapel. Interment will follow at Hayward Cemetery in Hayward. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born Oct. 25, 1914, in Boynton, to Oliver Franklin and Ethel Mae (Orrell) Siegenthaler. She attended school in Boynton. The family moved for a short time to Montana and then returned to Boynton. In 1930 she came to Stillwater where she attended Oklahoma A and M for two years and worked. She married Loyd Woodrow Goldsberry in Stillwater Sept. 26, 1942. He died in Nov. 1978. The couple moved to Wisconsin where three of their four sons were born. They moved to Muskogee in 1951 where their fourth son was born. She moved to Horseheads, N.Y., in 1963 where she taught art and physical education in Breesport. She returned to Stillwater in 1981. She enjoyed ceramics, quilting and painting. She was a member of the Cimarron Art Guild, Diamond Valley Quilters, North Star Extension Homemakers, Horseheads Historical Society and Zim Center in Horseheads, N.Y. She attended Diamond Valley Church. She was predeceased by her parents; husband; two sisters, Mae Chadwick and Fern Williams; and a daughter-in-law, Katha Goldsberry. Survivors include four sons, James Goldsberry of Choctaw, Gary Goldsberry of Stillwater, William Goldsberry and his wife Carolyn of Ponca City and Robert Goldsberry and his wife Maureen of Norman; one brother, Orville Siegenthaler of Fort Smith, Ark., a sister, Maurine Bean of Farmington, N.M.; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com. *********************************************************************** Marvin Ray Jones Marvin Ray Jones, 66, Stillwater, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Stillwater Christian Church. Richard Poe and Richard Jones will officiate. Interment will be at Fairlawn Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Jones was born April 12, 1935, in Ashland, to John K. and Erma (Girod) Jones. He grew up on his parents' farm and attended schools in Ashland, McAlester and Frink Switch, a country school south of McAlester. He was baptized at the Stillwater Church of Christ Oct. 7, 1965. He enjoyed playing baseball and basketball, was the captain on the Ashland basketball team. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1953. On Aug. 29, 1953, he was united in marriage to Legatha Ely at the Church of Christ in McAlester. After their marriage, the couple lived in Ashland for awhile and then moved to Oklahoma City where he worked for John A. Brown Department Store. In the summer of 1954, they moved to Whittier, Calif., where he worked for Standard Ready Mix Concrete Company. His three daughters were born to this union. The marriage ended in divorce in 1962. In April 1965, he came back to Ashland where he farmed for his dad. In September 1965, he attended Oklahoma State University for one semester while working part time in the registrar's office. At the end of the semester, he started working full time in the registrar's office. In June 1969, he transferred to the Department of Administrative Systems as data control supervisor. In July 1968, he met Marie Elizabeth (Osborn) Long and her son, John. They were united in marriage at Bennett Chapel on the OSU campus July 26, 1969. During the 1970s, Jones ushered at OSU sports events and they enjoyed attending these events together. He coached Little League baseball and basketball in Stillwater. He also played in the Men's City League softball, managing the Berger-Toland Auto Sales team, when they were unbeaten and won first place. Later he was an umpire for the city league softball. In 1973, he became Cub Master for the Cub Scouts at Highland Park School. On Dec. 5, 1983, he was promoted to manager of production services at OSU. He retained this position until his retirement June 6, 1997. He enjoyed woodwork, building several cabinets when he remodeled their home. He also enjoyed gardening, cooking and watching the birds, making sure they had food and water. Jones is survived by his wife, Marie of the home; three daughters, Sherry Alford and husband Tom, Glencoe, Terri Duggins and husband Joel, Los Angeles, Calif., Cindy Gruenwald and husband George, Fontana, Calif.; stepson, John Long and fiance Mary Walls, Oklahoma City; 10 grandchildren, Doug Alford, Danny Alford, Darrin Alford, Brian Alford, Ashleigh Duggins, Natalie Duggins, Ryan Gruenwald, Dana Gruenwald, John Long Jr. and Joseph Long. Two great grandchildren, Hailey Alford and Courtney Alford; two brothers, Glen Jones and wife Wanda, Stillwater, Jesse Jones and wife Meg, Stillwater; three sisters, Rosetta Rose and husband Gilbert, Stillwater, Janie Shores and husband Dwayne, Ashland, Sharon Sartor and husband Dub, Ashland; and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Brian Alford, Doug Alford, Jesse Jones, Kevin Jones, Keith Jones and Greg Sutton. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Alford, George Gruenwald, Charles Bailey Jr. and Jake Bailey. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com. ************************************************************* January 3, 2002 Margaret Postlethwait Former Yale resident Margaret T. Postlethwait died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Manor Care Nursing Center in Oklahoma City. Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Yale. Private interment will be at Underwood Cemetery. Hunter Funeral Home of Oklahoma City is directing the arrangements. She was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Norfolk, to Joel and Goldie Cable. She lived in Yale from 1982 until 2001 when she moved to Oklahoma City. She was a homemaker, sold Avon, Tupperware and Sara Coventry for many years and also did baby sitting. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Yale. She was predeceased by her husband George who died in 1988. She is survived by a daughter, Karen Leeds and her husband James of Oklahoma City; a son, Kyle Dean Fox of Yale; brothers, Raymond Cable of Lovington, N.M. and Richard Cable and his wife Mary of Florida; a sister, Doris Kirsch and her husband Edward of Broomfield, Colo.; three grandchildren, Shelly Spence, John Robert Leeds and Chris Leeds; seven great-grandchildren Justin, Gavin, Hannah, Rachel, Breanne, Tyler and Jaid. ************************************* Jimmy Hill Jimmy Hill, 87, of Henrietta, Texas, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, in the Clay County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Dec. 30, 2001, at Hill the Trinity Episcopal Church in Henrietta. Burial was in Hope Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Hill was born Oct. 20, 1914, to Verdie (Frey) and James Thomas Hill in Henrietta. Both were Pioneer families. He graduated from Henrietta High School during the great depression. He has always had a passion for automobiles and airplanes. One Friday afternoon in May of 1941, Wiley Post's brother was passing through Henrietta. While getting a haircut in Aubrey Butler's barber shop, he let it be known that he was looking for men with flying experience to help start a flying school at Cimarron Field near Oklahoma City to train aviation cadets for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Butler told him he needed to talk to Hill. Hill agreed and reported to Cimarron Field the next Monday morning. He joined the 310th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment and remained there training pilots until after the end of the World War I. He left in November 1945. He married Margaret Alice Hull in 1947 and returned to Henrietta to join his father and brother, Denny, in the Hill Motor Company. Hill spent 43 years as a dealer for the Chrysler Corporation. He and Margaret Alice adopted a daughter, Jamie Alice, in 1954. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, served as director of the Henrietta Housing Authority, Senior Warden at Trinity Episcopal Church of Henrietta and has been an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Henrietta since 1952. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret in June of 1965; one brother, Denny; one sister, Patsy; and his mother and father. Survivors include one daughter, Jamie Alice Murphy of Wichita Falls, Texas; two sisters, Bessie Lowry of Henrietta, Texas and Dorothy Karsteter of Stillwater; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Hope Cemetery, P.O. Box 37, Henrietta, TX 76365 or Trinity Episcopal Church in Henrietta, Texas. *************************************************************** Ernest 'Bud' Oakes Ernest O. "Bud" Oakes, 79, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at his Stillwater home. Services, with Pastors Joe Wilmoth and Ruby Rice presiding, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Calvary Assembly of God. The graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Stroud City Cemetery. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. He was born in Stroud July 23, 1922, to John Edward and Nettie Mae (Griffin) Oakes. He spent his childhood in the Stroud area and graduated from Gypsy High School in 1941. He enlisted in the 12th Air Force in January of 1942. He was stationed in England, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. While serving in the Headquarters Squadron he participated in four major campaigns. He married Daisy Mae Butcher May 26, 1945, in Stroud. While living in the Stroud-Depew area he worked at a Chevrolet dealership for a while before opening his own service station in the Depew area. He came to Stillwater in 1957 where he began Oakes Service Center that continues today. His life's desire was to live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by four brothers and one sister. He is survived by his wife; one son, David Oakes and his wife Pam of Stillwater; a daughter, Beverly Clark and her husband Cosby of Stroud; nine grandchildren, Matthew Oakes, Joy Oakes, Carissa Clark, Cosby Clark III, Bethany Clark, James Oakes, Michael Oakes, Tamera Case and Tara Parks; one brother, John P. Oakes of Bristow; and four sisters, Lillian Inman and her her husband Sam of Shamrock, Fern Mack of McAlester, Violet Swaffer and her husband Harold of McAlester and Hazel Enlow of McAlester Pallbearers will be Cosby Clark III, John T. Oakes, James Oakes, Michael Oakes, Matthew Oakes and Larry Inman. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com. *********************************************** January 4, 2002 Ruth Butler Longtime Agra and Cushing resident Ruth C. Butler, 79, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, at Resthaven Nursing Home. Services, with Ralph Hickman presiding, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Cushing. Pianist Christi Hickman will provide the prelude and postlude and will accompany herself and the minister in singing "I'll See You in the Morning" and "Amazing Grace." Interment will follow at Osage Cemetery in Agra. Davis Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born near Agra March 23, 1922, to William and Rosa Pierce Chesmore. She was reared in the Agra area and graduated from Agra High School. She married Lawrence Butler March 8, 1942, in Agra. The couple lived in several different places and returned from Alaska to Cushing in 1981. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Adult II Sunday school class. She enjoyed going to Keenagers and other church activities. She also enjoyed sewing, working with ceramics and traveling in their motor home. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by one infant son, Kenneth Leon Butler, and nine brothers and sisters. In addition to her husband of the home, she is survived by two sons, Larry Butler and his wife Vicki of Greenville, Texas and Gary Butler and his wife Donna of Mesquite, Texas; two daughters, Ruth Ann Campbell and her husband Vann of Arlington, Texas and Linda Foxworth and her husband Hubert of Longview, Texas; one brother, Carl Chesmore and his wife Ida Lee of Cushing; seven grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 187, Cushing, OK 74023. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at DavisFHCushing@aol.com. ******************************************************** Wanda Davis Wanda Evelyn Davis, 70, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services, with Rev. Wayne Sanmann presiding, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born Oct. 31, 1931, in Crescent to John and Naomi (Brown) Ashmon. She married Elmer Gibbs in 1949. She later married Sam Davis. He died in 1990. Her family moved to Guthrie where she graduated from high school and earned a cosmetology license. She worked almost 20 years as a hairdresser and then worked 20 years in the housekeeping department at Oklahoma State University. She retired in 1989. She enjoyed attending Kickin' Country music programs and singing at the Stillwater Senior Citizens' Center. She was proud to be an active member of Southside Baptist Church for 36 years where she served in a variety of roles including W.M.U. director. In addition to her parents and husbands, she was predeceased by an infant brother, Dewey Williams, an infant son and an infant grandson, Matthew Gibbs. She is survived by two sons, Mike Gibbs and his wife Jadi of Stillwater and Kenneth Davis and his wife Sabra of Perry; one daughter, Marsha Gibbs and Henry Absher of Stillwater; four grandchildren, Johnna and Shelby of Stillwater and Hayley and Gunner of Perry; one brother, John Ashmon and his wife Juanita of Edmond; a niece, Debbie Bergren; and a nephew Davis Ashmon. Pallbearers will be Ed Redout, Ed Wright, Johnny Wright, Vernon Langley, Bill Bradley, Robert Bergbower, Jerry Warren and Leo Fowler. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com ****************************************** January 5, 2002 Frank Eugene McFarland Frank Eugene McFarland, 83, Stillwater, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2001 at his home. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Matt Miles and Ken Cox will officiate. Interment will be at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, La. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. McFarland was born Sept. 8, 1918 in Fort Towson to Thomas E. and Sadie Margaret (Gayer) McFarland. He was educated in Shreveport public schools. He served in the 102nd Infantry Division in World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat Infantryman's Badge in 1944. He married Trudy McFarland on Dec. 20, 1947 in Columbia, La. She died on Sept. 19, 1980. He attended Baylor University and received his bachelor's degree in social studies in 1950. He accepted a counseling position at Texas A&M and was able to complete his master's and doctorate degrees in student personnel administration from Columbia University. At Texas A&M, he held the positions of director of testing and research and associate professor of psychology before coming to Oklahoma State University in 1959. At OSU, McFarland served as director of student personnel in the College of Arts and Sciences; dean of Student Affairs and director of Student Services in the College of Education. He created the university's department of financial aids and Office of International Student Advisement. He became one of the first psychologists licensed for private practice in Oklahoma in 1966. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. McFarland is survived by his two daughters, Marsha Lane McFarland, Ada, and Martha Lynne Cox, New Boston, Texas; five grandchildren, Amanda, Brooks, Rachel, Clara and Casey, all of New Boston; two brothers, Thomas Rupert McFarland, Kingwood, Texas, Dr. Harry G. McFarland, Shreveport; and one sister, Olaine Williamson, Shreveport. Condolences can be e-mailed to the family at . *********************************************************** Violet G. Onstott Violet G. Onstott, 93, Cushing, died on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 at Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be held 2 p.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Verlyn Snell will officiate. Interment will be at Fairlawn Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Onstott was born Aug. 20, 1908 in Cushing to Sam Blackburn and Eva Bell Pierce Blackburn. She was reared and educated in the Cushing schools. She was united in marriage to Daniel Onstott on Oct. 12, 1926 in Cushing. To this union, one son, Don, was born. The couple had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary just prior to his death in November 1991. She was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church and over the years, was very active with the various activities of the church. She enjoyed going to the Senior Citizen Center and working with ceramics. She was a member of the Garden Club and enjoyed working with her flowers in her yard. Onstott is preceded in death by her parents, husband, six brothers and four sisters. She is survived by her son, Don Onstott and wife Ramona, Cushing; sister Ima Harley and husband Paul, Cushing; two grandchildren, Kurt Onstott and wife Karen, Cushing, Danea Courtright, Cushing; three grandsons, Josh Onstott, Kyle Courtright and Ryan Courtright; several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Serving as casket bearers will be Don Duff, Jerry Becthel, Jimmie Dooley, Lloyd Slater, Hal Hughes and Dr. Frank Denney. Gloria Ford, organist, will provide the organ prelude and postlude. Don Ford will be the soloist. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church memorial fund in her memory. Condolences may be e-mailed to the Onstott family at . ************************************************ Sharon Ross Ripley resident Sharon Ross, 61, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at Cushing Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at the Mt. Hope Cemetery north of Ripley. Memorial services, with Rev. Larry Eslinger presiding, will follow at the Mehan Union Church South of Stillwater. She was born Oct. 27, 1940, in San Antonio to Ernest O. and Jesse (Hayes) Ivey. She was a graduate of Big Cabin High School in Big Cabin and attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Oklahoma State University. She was seamstress for the Wardrobe Clinic in Stillwater. She moved to Ripley from Grove in 1985. She was a member of the Mehan Union Church. Survivors include her husband David Ross of the home; three sons Daniel Ross of Ripley and Clayton and John Ross both of Stillwater; four daughters Kimberly Willson and her husband Jeffrey of Ripley, Gloria Ross of Tulsa and Amy and Katherine Ross both of Stillwater; a brother Harold Ivey of Salina; sister Jan Turner and her husband Dale of Pineville, La.; her parents Ernest and Jesse Ivey of Salina; eight grandchildren Jeremy, Kelsey, Karen, Kylie, Joshua and Krystin Wilson and Levi and Seth Ross *********************************************** Larry G. Moniz Larry G. Moniz, 55, Stillwater, died on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002 at the Stillwater Medical Center. Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Tryon Cemetery. The Rev. Lorn Starling will officiate. Services are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Moniz was born on May 16, 1946 in California to Teresa (Davenport) Jones and Ray Jones. He was a printer. Moniz was a member of the Moose Lodge and the NRA. He is preceded in death by his mother. Moniz is survived by his stepfather, Ray Jones; sister Sabra Lowe and husband Bill, Durant; two nieces, Sonya Forsyth and husband Buddy, Perkins, Jennifer Decker and husband Terry, Tryon; and 11 great nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Family Memorial Fund care of Strode Funeral Home, P.O. Box 487, Stillwater, 74076. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at . ************************************************************* January 6, 2002 Homer Barrix Homer D. Barrix, 49, Stillwater, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Strode Chapel. Rev. Marvin Skinner and Rev. Mike Brannon will officiate. Interment will be at Clarkson Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Richie Fowble, Carl Fowble, Don McGeehee, Junior Mayfield, Gerald Mayfield, Doug Fultz and Irfan Mohiuddin. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Lonny Gene McKinzie, Jimmie Fowble and Chester Fultz. Barrix was born Feb. 8, 1952 to Gerald Lewis and Dora Vondia (Fisk) Barrix at Ron Toll Military Base, Champaign, Ill. He wed Ann Carder on Feb. 25, 1995 in Brownsville, Ky. He attended Macion, Ala. schools, along with schools in Germany, France, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. Barrix received his GED and attended Baptist College in Missouri for one semester. He then moved to Drumright and attended Vo-Tech classes in truck driving. He worked for 28 years as an over-the-road truck driver. He became disabled and was forced into early retirement. He loved to fish and make candles and, most of all, to cook. He is survived by his wife; his mother Dora Fowble and her husband Melvin of Perkins; his father Gerald Barrix and his wife Pearl of Decatur, Ala.; and one sister Linda Thompson and her husband Jim of Riverside, Calif. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at . ******************************************* Ralph Brann Ralph Austin Brann, 88, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Christian Church. Dr. William S. Inglish and Rick Hendricks will officiate. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Thomas Karman, Robert B. Kamm, Ken Wiggins, Ken St. Clair, Ron Area, Raymond Going, Bob Hert, Larry Gill, Rick Jungers, Dean Helmer Sorenson and Ken McKinley. Brann was born Nov. 27, 1913 to E. T. and Annie Tuva (Henderson) Brann in Palmersville, Tenn., Weakley County. He was reared and attended public schools in Dresden, Tenn. After graduating from Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn., in 1936, he served as a teacher and athletic coach in the public schools. In 1939, he entered flight training at Randolph Field, Texas and was commissioned as an officer and pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps upon completion of flight training. While assigned to the 6th Transport Squadron at Olmsted Field in Middletown, Pa., he wed Eugenia Carolyn Freeman of Huntingdon, Tenn., on March 20, 1940. Brann was in the military service for 23 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1962. He served as a pilot with Pan American Airways for one year immediately prior to World War II. Upon retirement from military service, he returned to the educational field and completed the requirements for a doctor of education degree in 1967. He was on the faculty of the College of Education at Oklahoma State University until his retirement as a professor in 1979. Brann was a member of the Disciples of Christ (First Christian) Church and served as an elder in that congregation for many years. In addition, over his lifetime he held membership and was active in various organizations including the Oklahoma Education Association, Oklahoma Association of School Administrators, American Association of School Administrators, Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, Ralph and Lugenia Bran- Distinguised Fellowship, Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity, Phi Alpha Theta honorary historical society, Retired Officers Association, American Association of Retired Persons, Payne County Retired Education Association, The Order of Daedaleans, The Ancient Order of Quiet Birdmen and the International Kiwanis Civic Club. He was predeceased by his parents; two sisters, Mrs. Geo W. Wiggs of Dresden, Tenn. and Mrs. Ann Curry; two brothers, Lt. William J. Brann of Washington, D.C. and Mr. E. T. Brann, Jr. of Key West, Fla. He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Carolyn Ann (Brann) Hedrick of Stillwater; one son, William Eugene Brann of Madison, Wis.; and two grandchildren Robert Austin and William Jeffrey Hedrick of Stillwater. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, 411 W. Mathews, Stillwater, 74074 or the OSU Foundation, P.O. Box 1749, Stillwater, 74076. ********************************************************* Deloris Fowler Deloris Hicks Fowler, 79, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 at the Cushing Regional Hospital. Burial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Elm Hurst Cemetery in Guymon. Rev. Gary Shryock, pastor of the Morning Star United Methodist Church, will officiate. Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Cushing. Fowler was born March 28, 1922 to Alna Brice and Olive M. (Upshaw) Hicks in Guymon. She was reared on the family farm near Guymon and educated in that area. She graduated from Goodwill High School. She attended Panhandle State University and was a member of the first graduating class for L.P.N. at Central Vo- Tech. She attended the Cushing First Church of God and was a member of the Morning Star United Methodist Church in Hough. She enjoyed her family, especially her great-grandchildren and was known by many students for her generosity in helping them to be able to attend college. She worked for the Payne County Health Department for more than 32 years prior to retiring in 1999. Fowler is predeceased by her parents; her husband, Clarence Fowler; three brothers, Kenneth, Gifford and Johnnie Hicks; and one infant sister, Florence. She is survived by one son, Kenneth Fowler of Cushing; one daughter, Annette Phillips and her husband Lindsay of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Doris Delano of Los Alamos, N.M. and Wanda Shores of Kismet, Kan.; two brothers, Calvin and Merl Hicks of Guymon; one granddaughter, Amber Lindell and her husband Mark of Tulsa; two great-grandsons, Caleb and Gabriel Lindell of Tulsa; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. Condolences may be e-mailed to the Fowler family at *************************************************** January 7,, 2002 Deloris Fowler Deloris Hicks Fowler, 79, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 at the Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Cushing First Church of God. Pastor Kevin Clouse will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Elm Hurst Cemetery in Guymon. The Rev. Gary Shryock, pastor of the Morning Star United Methodist Church, will officiate. Services are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Cushing. Fowler was born March 28, 1922 to Alna Brice and Olive M. (Upshaw) Hicks in Guymon. She was reared on the family farm near Guymon and educated in that area. She graduated from Goodwill High School. She attended Panhandle State University and was a member of the first graduating class for L.P.N. at Central Vo-Tech. She attended the Cushing First Church of God and was a member of the Morning Star United Methodist Church in Hough. She enjoyed her family, especially her great-grandchildren and was known by many students for her generosity in helping them to be able to attend college. She worked for the Payne County Health Department for more than 32 years prior to retiring in 1999. Fowler is predeceased by her parents; her husband, Clarence Fowler; three brothers, Kenneth, Gifford and Johnnie Hicks; and one infant sister, Florence. She is survived by one son, Kenneth Fowler of Cushing; one daughter, Annette Phillips and her husband Lindsay of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Doris Delano of Los Alamos, N.M. and Wanda Shores of Kismet, Kan.; two brothers, Calvin and Merl Hicks of Guymon; one granddaughter, Amber Lindell and her husband Mark of Tulsa; two greatgrandsons, Caleb and Gabriel Lindell of Tulsa; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. Condolences may be emailed to the Fowler family at DavisFHCushing@aol.com . Arlen Albert Lewis Arlen Albert Lewis, 87, Cushing, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, in Cushing Regional Hospital. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Chapel at Davis Funeral Home. The Rev. Tom Stewart will officiate. Burial will follow in New Zion Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Lewis was born July 6, 1914, in Tryon to Christopher W. and Mary (Farnsworth) Lewis. He was raised and educated in Tryon. He married Beulah Redburn, and and they had one daughter, Darla. After his wife's death, Lewis married Thelma Holdaway De- Jarnett in 1956 in First Presbyterian Church. He retired from Kerr McGee after 34 years. He had worked for OKC Refining in Okmulgee for six years. After retiring in 1977, he moved back to Cushing, where he lived with his wife until his death. He had been a member of First Presbyterian Church since 1956. He was predeceased by his parents, his first wife and two infant brothers, Howard and Leland. He is survived by his wife Thelma of the home; one daughter Darla Jean Lee of Casper, Wyo.; two stepdaughters, Linda Scrivner of Tulsa and Jeanne Faubion and her husband Claude of Cushing; one stepson, Dr. David DeJarnett and his wife Mary of Owasso; three grandsons, Mike Faubion, Matthew DeJarnett and Jeff DeJarnett and his wife Annissa; one granddaughter, Devon DeJarnett; and two great-grandsons, Josh and Jacob. Pallbearers will be Jay Smith, Harold Lowe, Mike Kimmel, Jeff DeJarnett, Matthew DeJarnett and Mike Faubion. Memorials may be given to the Memorial Fund of First Presbyterian Church. Condolences to the family may be e-mailed to DavisFHCushing@aol.com . ************************************************************************* January 8, 2002 Ettabethany Novella Elledge Ettabethany Novella Elledge, 87, Cushing, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002 at Cushing Regional Hospital. Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Palmer Funeral Home Chapel in Cushing. Hugh Elledge and Tamara Elledge will preside. Services are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Elledge moved to Cushing in 1920 from Albion with her parents, George W. and Ola P. Williams. She went through school in Cushing. She and her husband Hugh Elledge moved back to Cushing in 1975. They were active in the Order of the Eastern Star and the First Church of Christ, Scientist. She was an active gardener and a National Flower Show Judge and authoritative speaker on roses, chrysanthemums and southwestern wildflowers. She was a Christian Science Practitioner and reader in the church for many years as well as active in politics and lodge work. The legacies she leaves her children and friends are unconditional love and willingness to hug people. She was preceded by her husband on July 14, 2001. She is survived by her children, Hugh B. Elledge, Tamara N. Elledge; sister, Trellys Line, Bartlesville; and five grandchildren, Jessica, Rachel, Nathan, Joshua and Deborah. Honorary pallbearers are her grandchildren, Jessica Amero, Steve Amero, Rachel Elledge, Nathan Elledge, Joshua Elledge, and Deborah Elledge. Margaret Jeanne King Margaret Jeanne King, 73, Cushing, died on Monday, Jan. 7, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Christian Church in Cushing. The Revs. Curtis Mason and George Weston will officiate. Interment will be at the Euchee Valley Cemetery east of Cushing. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Mrs. King was born on April 6, 1928 in Chelsea to James Allen and Edith Ethel (Brown) Morrison. She graduated from Chelsea High School. She married to Richard Neal King on Oct. 3, 1947. While he worked for Halliburton, they lived in Edmond, Cushing, Bartlesville, Ada, Fairfax, and Oklahoma City. They returned to Cushing in 1985. She worked in the lab and x-ray department at the Fairfax Hospital and also at the Biotech Labs in Bethany where she retired in 1985. She was an Elder and a member of the First Christian Church in Cushing. She was active in the church bell choir. She was a member of the Cushing-Drumright Elks Lodge. Mrs. King is preceded by her parents; her husband, on Sept. 29, 2001; four brothers, Thomas , Allen, Chester and James, and by one sister, Ruth Thomas. She is survived by her son, Mike King and wife Karen, Corpus Christi, Texas; daughter, Pattie Eckel and husband Ronnie, Yukon; sister, Louise Jarvis, Chelsea; two grandchildren, Renee Eckel, Yukon, Ronnie Eckel, II, Allen, Texas; brother-in-law, Dr. Denton Thomas, Tulsa; and sister-in-law, Alice Crenshaw, Cushing. Clint C. Cooke, Jr. Clint C. Cooke, Jr., 87, died on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002. Memorial services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the Grace Episcopal Church Chapel in Muskogee. The Rev. Max Berry will officiate. A private family interment will be held at Greenhill Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Bradley Family Funeral Service. Cooke was born on Jan. 3, 1915 in McAlester to Nettie Evelyn (Hogan) and Clint C. Cooke, Sr. He moved to Oklahoma City as a child and graduated from Classen High School and then Oklahoma A&M College. During World War II, Maj. Cooke served in both the European and Pacific theaters as a combat infantry battalion commander with the 86th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was the chief executive officer of C. C. Cooke Company, a fourth generation construction company of national scope; the company's headquarters were in Oklahoma City. He was active for many years in the Episcopal Church as a Vestryman, Junior and Senior Warden of St. Paul's Cathedral in Oklahoma City. He was a member of the Bishop's Council and Standing Committee of the Diocese of Oklahoma. Cooke was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, the Argyle Club of San Antonio, Lotus Club, Men's Dinner Club, Sons of the American Revolution, the English Speaking Union and the Masonic Orders. He is preceded in death by both his first and second wives, Page Catlett Cooke, Muskogee, and Mary Christian Moorman Cooke. Cooke is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Elizabeth Livingston and Daniel P. Schechter, New York; brother and sister-in-law, Warren B. Cooke, former Stillwater mayor, and Jeanne C. Cooke; cousin, Clint D. Miller; nephews, Clint Cooke and Powell Cooke; nieces Patricia Austin, Susan Loveless, Diane Tunnell and Andrea Finkelstein; and grandchildren, Kelly Williamson and Robert Williamson. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be sent to St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral or to the Oklahoma Veterans Center-Clint Cooke Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 988, Claremore 74018. George William Pilcher Jr. George William Pilcher Jr., 66, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002, at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A memorial service will be held at a later date. The Island Funeral Home Inc., Hilton Head, Island, S.C., is directing the arrangements. He was born on Sept. 30, 1935, in Chillocothe, Ohio and was the son of George William and Elia Huizinga Pilcher Sr. He received his B.A. from the University of Dayton; his M.A. from Oklahoma State University, and his PhD from the University of Illinois. He was an instructor at the University of Illinois; assistant professor of history at Oklahoma State University; professor and chair department of history at the University of Colorado; and associate provost and professor of history at Ball State University until he retired in Muncie, Ind. He was a Fullbright-Hays Senior Professor, Universite de Bordeaux III in France. He published many articles and several books, and he was listed in Who's Who in America; Contemporary Authors and Director of American Scholars: History. He was a member of Moss Creek Men's Golf Association; Moss Creek Greens Committees; Moss Creek Real Estate Committee; Moss Creek Covenants Committee and Senior Men's Golf Association of Hilton Head Island. He was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Jean Elizabeth Pilcher; two children, Ian Pilcher of Irving, Texas, and Crystal Pilcher of Muncie, Ind; and a sister, Martha Valance of St. Paris, Ohio. Memorials may be made to the University of Dayton, Department of History, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45409 or United Network for Organ Sharing, C/O UNOS Foundation, 1100 Boulders Parkway, Suite 500, P.O. Box 13770, Richmond, Va. 23225-8770. Velva Emerson Velva Emerson, 45, formerly of Perkins, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2002, at Sun Health Hospice in Sun City, Ariz. Memorial services are being conducted in Arizona. She was born April 1, 1956, in Stillwater to Leo and Leola (Courtright) Emerson. She attended school in Perkins, graduating in 1974. Emerson attended OSU for a short while and worked at OSU for nine years before moving to Arizona in 1988. She is predeceased by her father and grandparents, Roy and Ruby Courtright and Homer and Elsie Emerson. Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Leola and Jack Kelley of Morristown, Ariz.; one sister and brother-in-law, Donna and John Brooks of Tucson Ariz.; one brother, Dan Emerson of Stillwater; one stepsister and husband, Martha and Ken Lewis of Charleston, Ill., and one stepbrother, Sean Kelley of Glendale, Ariz., and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials may be made to Huntington's Disease Society of America, Arizona Chapter, P.O. Box 7666, Phoenix, Ariz., 85011-7666. Catherine Katen Catherine Winona (Nona) Ball Katen died Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, in Longs, S.C. She was born on Nov. 17, 1940, in Perkins to Oriole and W.O. (Rusty) Ball. She attended Ripley schools and graduated from Perkins High School in 1958. She was an accomplished singer, pianist and organist and during her high school years was organist for a Perkins church. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Katen; her brother, Vernon Ball; and her parents. She is survived by her sons, Billy Ed Ball and Michael Katen Jr. and his wife Sandra, all of South Carolina; a sister, Gloria (Dena) Kinney and her husband Mack; a niece, Jeri Kay Sauls; and a nephew, Ron Kinney, all of Lompoc, California; an aunt, Mrs. Billiee Fisher of Stillwater; and several cousins. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, southeast of Stillwater ************************************************* January 9, 2002 Grant Armstrong Ponca City resident Grant Armstrong, 59, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at his home. Services, with Rev. C.D. Robins assisted by Rev. Hutchison pastor, presiding, were today at 2 p.m. at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church. Interment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Trout Funeral Home directed the arrangements. He was born in Glencoe June 18, 1942, to Ulysses L. "Bill" and Verise Hadley Armstrong. He graduated from Stillwater Public Schools. Following graduation he joined the Army for a brief period of time and spent 15 years in the Oklahoma National Guard. He often spoke fondly of his time spent serving his country in the military. On Feb. 16, 1974, he married Katherine Saxon in Ponca City. They spent their lives together raising a family that would be a source of pride for him throughout his life. He raised seven children and became a loving grandfather to his 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He enjoyed playing an active role in his family's lives by supporting them in the activities they enjoyed. From watching them at soccer and baseball games to going on family fishing trips he treasured those times of "making memories" with his children and grandchildren. He also cared deeply about the time he spent working to raise his family. While he had various jobs early in life, the most rewarding for him personally became his career in the insurance business. His passion for helping families prepare for the future with life insurance brought him tremendous satisfaction. He was the type of person that just didn't feel right unless he was helping somebody in one way or another. He became an inspiration to his friends and family during his later years as he utilized his faith in God to fight his illness. His determination and strength served as a testimonial for those around him. He was predeceased by his parents, one sister and three brothers. In addition to his wife of the home, he is survived by five sons, Doug Simmons of Rose Hill, Kan., Dan Simmons of Bartlesville, Don Simmons of Ponca City, Michael Grant Armstrong of Oklahoma City, and Jeff Armstrong of Bartlesville; two daughters, Sherry Beth Oldfield of Ft. Worth, Texas and Carol Payne of Mulvane, Kan.; three sisters, Lois Johnson of Cleburne, Texas, Alice Hover of Stillwater and Dorothy Downey of Glencoe; 21 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Casket bearers were Jeff Armstrong, Michael Armstrong, Doug Simmons, Dan Simmons, Don Simmons and a friend, Carter Buller. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N. Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601. Tammy Louise Bowling Perkins resident Tammy Louise Bowling, 38, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at Integris Baptist Medical Center. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bible Evangelistic Temple of Perkins. Alvin Dalton and Rev. Jerry Sparkman will preside. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater. She was born in Enid March 8, 1963, to Lloyd and Rita (Marrs) Bowling. She attended Perkins High School and the Stillwater School of Cosmetology. She worked at Perkins' Riley's Cafe before moving to Enid and then to Guthrie where she raised her children. She later moved back to Perkins. She was knowledgeable in sign language and often helped translate for the hearing impaired. She enjoyed being with people and her boys. She was a member of the Bible Evangelistic Temple of Perkins. She was predeceased by a brother, Ricky Bowling. She is survived by her mother, Rita Bowling of Perkins and her father Lloyd Bowling and his wife Mary of Coyle; two sons, Waylon Davis and Ronnie Davis of Stillwater; four brothers and five sisters, Blane Bowling and his wife Anna of Stillwater, Terry Lee of Dallas, Brenda Robinson of Stillwater, Danny Bowling and his wife Darla of Stillwater, Pam Twyman of Tulsa, Darryl Bowling and his wife Rhonda of Springdale, Ark., Alice Throne of Flagler Beach, Fla., Rita Ingram of Stillwater and Kerry Bowling of Dallas. Pallbearers will be Quinn Lee, Damen Bowling, Dusty Bowling, Bryan Robinson, Pete Garett and Robert Albertson. Chris Rogers will be the honorary pallbearer. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com . Roberta Page Roberta Page, 81, of Stillwater, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, Pastor Dale Barnes officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. She was born Sept. 25, 1920, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to Robert and Bernice (Tabor) Lemmer. As a small child of a mining family, she traversed the United States and formalized her education in Grand Junction, Colo. On Nov. 22, 1941, she married Thomas J. Page in Gallup, N.M. After marriage the couple moved extensively throughout the world, including Germany and Japan during her husband's 28-year career in the U.S. Army. In 1965 the family returned to Stillwater where they made their permanent residence. Page worked as a retail sales clerk at Katz Department Store, and was a homemaker who enjoyed painting and needlework but her greatest love in her life was her family. She was a member of Rebekah Lodge. Page was predeceased by her parents, her husband, one brother, Charles Lemmer and one daughter, Bernice Jane Stewart. Survivors include one son, Robert J. Page and his wife Mildred of Stillwater; two granddaughters, Kathie Hill of Shawnee and Robbi Stewart of Stillwater; one grandson, Todd Page of Stillwater; great- grandchildren, Kayla, Danny and Kara of Shawnee and Shon Stewart of Stillwater; Also, two sisters, Bernice Lemmer and Harriet Lemmer, both of Eugene, Ore.; six step grandchildren, eight step great-grandchildren; two step great-great-grandchildren and other family and friends. Lula Margarite Stephens Lula Margarite Stephens, 88, Cushing, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at her home. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the First Church of God. Rev. Kevin Clouse will preside. Interment will follow at the Sunset Cemetery, south of Stillwater. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Stephens was born Nov. 20, 1913, in Ripley to Levi and Myrtle (Lockard) Reddout. She received her early education in Ripley. She married Clifford E. Stephens Nov. 8, 1933, in Stillwater. They moved to Cushing in 1979 and have since resided. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of the First Church of God. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband and three sisters, Ruby, Glendola and Lena. Stephens is survived by four sons, Doyle Stephens and wife Darlene, Prescott, Ariz., Lyle Stephens and wife Pat, Tulsa, Gary Stephens and wife Jane, Stroud, and Ronnie Stephens and wife Alma, Cushing; brother, Warnie Reddout, Douglas, Kan.; 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. The family asks that memorials be made to the First Church of God, 501 N. Noble Cushing, 74023 in her memory ****************************************************** January 10, 2002 Dorothy Bell Cathey Dorothy Bell DuPree Cathey, 85, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002. Services, with Rev. Stanley M. Warfield Jr. officiating, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Strode Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born March 26, 1916, in Stillwater to Richard and Jenny (Pugh) DuPree. She married Nolan T. Cathey July 2, 1938, in Russellville, Ark. He died Dec. 12, 1991. Cathey owned and operated her own beauty shop for 67 years. Her hobby was her work. When she retired, she was the oldest Merle Norman Studio owner and operator in the nation. She was a charter member of Altrusa, where she was president from 1962 to 1963 and had emeritus status. She was also a member of ABWA, a former YMCA Border of Directors and a member of the City Planning Commission. She was also a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband and two brothers, Wayne DuPree of Tulsa and Gordon DuPree of Stillwater. Survivors include one son, Tom Cathey and his wife Mary Kay of Stillwater and one daughter, Pennie Sue Clack and her husband Charles of Garland, Texas; six grandchildren, Cathey Painter, Phil Clack, Kelly Boudreau, Scott Cathey, Stacy Clack and Ryan Cathey; and one sister, Marguerite Miller Penley and her husband Neil. Pallbearers will be Phil Clack, Scott Cathey, Ryan Cathey, Greg Boudreau, Doug Foster and Tom Kinnick. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 400 West Seventh Street Stillwater, OK 74074. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com . Gerald Lewis Cox Gerald Lewis Cox, 79, Yale, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at the Resthaven Nursing Home in Cushing. Services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Yale. Rev. Steve Lopp will officiate. Interment will follow at the Lawson Cemetery, north of Yale. Funeral services are under the direction of Yale-Palmer Funeral Home. Cox was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Tulsa, to Ira and Emma (Karcher) Cox. He received his early education in Jenks and continued his schooling at the Eagle school in the rural Yale area. He was married to Esther Lindberg April 28, 1946, in Cushing. He worked in the oil fields as a rough neck. He attended the First Baptist Church in Yale. He was a member of the American Legion and the Farmers Union. Cox was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and loved to attend football games. Cox is preceded in death by his parents, one brother and a sister. He is survived by his wife of the home in Yale; two sons, Clifford Cox and wife Pamela, Odessa, Texas, Ronald Cox and wife Bekey, Sapulpa; one daughter, Arnetta Hubbell and husband Philip, Laurelville, Ohio; one sister, Welda Larry, Tulsa; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Haworth, Travis Martin, Victor Day, Roy Isbell and Jess Lyons. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church building fund, 202 E. Boston, Yale, 74085. ******************************************************************** January 11, 2002 Louis Alfred Fleschute, III Louis Alfred Fleschute, III, 50, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the New Covenant Fellowship Church. Rev. Jerry Dockery will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Don Smith Funeral Home. Fleschute was born Aug. 28, 1951, in Canyon, Texas. He made his home in Drumright most of his life. He had attended Drumright schools and graduated from Drumright High School. He always enjoyed working with electronics. He is preceded in death by his father, Louis A. Fleschute Jr. Fleschute is survived by his mother, Valda Strow, Stillwater, and one brother, Bill Scott Fleschute, Stillwater. ************************************************************* January 12, 2002 Edwin LaBrue Edwin Rolland "Ron" LaBrue, 58, died on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Jefferson United Methodist Church in Jefferson. Services will be officiated by the Rev. Michael Dye under the direction of the Wilson Funeral Home of Pond Creek. LaBrue was born on his mother's birthday, Oct. 25, 1943, at Fort Sam Houston Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He married his wife, Karalyn, in 1980 in Stillwater. He moved with his parents to Pond Creek in 1946. He attended school at Pond Creek/Hunter school and graduated in 1961. He attended Oklahoma State University and was an avid Cowboy fan. He was also a member of the Jefferson United Methodist Church. In 1965, he married Mary Vaden. They had three children, David, Shelly and Yvette. He had worked for Lear Jet, Gulf Oil Company in Texas, and LaBrue Oil Company in Pond Creek. In 1980, he opened the Corner Deli in Medford. After he sold his business in Medford, he worked at Lindsey EcoWater Company in Enid. At the time of his death, he was sales manager at Quality Water Service in Ponca City. He is survived by his wife of the home; his mother, Myrtic LaBrue of Pond Creek; his son, David LaBrue of Enid; daughters, Shelly and husband Jesse Austin of Pond Creek, Yvette and husband Dale Tennis of Bixby, and Kaley and husband Shane Krittenbrink of Jefferson; grandchildren, Casey and Brooks LaBrue, Cody and Tanner Austin, Alexis and Taylor Tennis, and Brady and T.J. Krittenbrink; two sisters, Cheryl and husband Homer Holden of Medford and Lavell and husband Bobby Williams of Austin, Texas; and many nieces, nephews, colleagues and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Edwin Rolland LaBrue Sr., and one nephew. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jefferson United Methodist Church, Route 2, Box 53, Medford, OK 73759; Pond Creek/Hunter Education Foundation, Jana Overton, Box 56, Pond Creek, OK 73766 or the Pond Creek Fireman Fund, Pond Creek, OK 73766. Essie Madden Essie B. Madden, 96, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2002, in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Lucien with the Rev. C.M. Wilson officiating. Burial will be a Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie under the direction of Brown-Sisson Funeral Home. She was born Dec. 17, 1905 and married Fred Madden Jr. in St. Louis, Mo., on Nov. 12, 1929. She was a graduate of Guthrie High School and Central State College in Edmond. After college, she taught at Pleasant Valley School near Guthrie. Later, she worked for Southwestern Bell in St. Louis. In the 1950s, she sold World Book encyclopedias. For seven years, she was the owner/operator of the Idle Tyme knit and yarn shop in Perry. She was active in the Perry FFA Mothers Club in the 1950s, was a member of the Wimodausis Farm Women's Club, Perry Garden Club and the United Methodist Church of Lucien. Her hobbies were gardening, raising chickens, sewing, canning, tatting and helping others with needlework. She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Kenneth and Charles. She is survived by two daughters, Carole and her husband, Bob Walker, Raleigh, N.C., and Ada Jean and her husband, Larry West, Tulsa; one son, Dale Ace Madden, Beaverton, Ore.; one daughter-in-law, Celia Madden, Stillwater; one sister, Pauline Thiele, Denison, Texas; six granddaughters, Cheri Taylor, Raleigh, N.C., Darlene Brooks and her son, Justin Harper, Bristow, Heidi Patarozzi and her husband, Steve, and child, Stacy Madden, Portland, Ore., DeNae Kirkpatrick and her husband, Richard, and daughter, Madalyn, Oklahoma City and Heather Madden, San Francisco, Calif.; four grandsons, Darrin Webb and his wife, Linda, and children Jacob and Olivia, Broken Arrow, Casey Woods, Savannah, Ga., Kyle Madden, Stillwater and Damon Webb and his wife, Becky, and children, Maegen and Carson, Perry. **************************************************** January 13, 2002 Josephine Casparis Morrison resident Josephine M. Casparis, 70, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa. Family visitation will be Monday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at the Morrison Christian Church. Services, with Rev. Roy Fleshman officiating, will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Morrison. Brown-Sisson Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born in Hayward Oct. 9, 1931, to Ted R. and Wilda Taylor (Willis) Craig. She married Jack L. Casparis in Perry March 27, 1951. She was a life-long resident of Noble County and a 1949 graduate of Perry High School. She had been a sales clerk at Murphy's Potpourri in Stillwater for more than 20 years before she retired in 1999. She was predeceased by her parents and one sister. In addition to husband of the home, she is survived by one son, Jeff L. Casparis and his wife Inga of San Jose, Calif.; one daughter, Jan L. Thomas and her husband Stan of Morrison; grandsons, Brian G. Burton and his wife Susanne of Boomer, N.C. and Artem Sulima of San Jose, Calif.; three granddaughters, Brandy L. Burton and Shea Lynn Burton, both of Yukon and Eran Dalene Casparis of Bristow; one aunt, Blanch Johnson of Redding, Calif.; two great-grandsons, Alex Yanes and Ryan Yanes, both of Yukon; one great-granddaughter Phoenix Marvel Casparis of Bristow; and a brother-in-law, Tolbert St. Clair and his wife Barbara of Perry. Patsylou Parker Long-time Ponca City resident Patsylou Cundiff Parker, 65, died Thursday, Jan 10, 2002, at Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Hospital in Ponca City. Services, with Pastor Hance Dilbeck presiding, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Worship Center of the First Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. The casket will be closed at the service but family and friends may call at Grace Memorial Chapel from 1 until 9 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m. until noon Monday. Grace Memorial Chapel is directing the arrangements. She was born in Oklahoma City Sept. 24, 1936, to Arthur Moses and Lillian (Martin) Cundiff. She was a 1954 graduate of of Midwest City High School. She married Clarence R. Parker Dec. 23, 1955, in Midwest City. The couple moved to Ponca City in 1959. In past years she was a realtor employed by Group One Realty Company. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and in earlier years taught various Sunday school and training union classes. Her relationship with the Lord was of utmost importance in her life. She was active in various square dance clubs in the area and was an accomplished ballroom dancer. She enjoyed writing short stories, walking, hiking and entertaining her friends and loved ones. She loved and was loved by her family and friends, the family horses and her1 dog, Holly. She was predeceased by her parents, two sons, Richard and Don Parker and an infant brother. In addition to her husband of the home, she is survived by one son, George Parker and his fiancee Elizabeth Wilson, both of Houston; a daughter, Susan Starr and her husband Tim of Dallas; three grandchildren, Michal Ann Starr, Parker Starr and Zachary Starr; a sister, JoAnn Kirk and her husband Allen of Midwest City; an adopted sister, JoAnn Watkins of Ponca City; and numerous nieces and nephews. Honorary casket bearers will be Kenneth Bates, Ernie Taber, Bert Peters, Don Hammitt, Delmar Hardin, Sonny D. Marvin Coons, Warren Rouse, Bobby Wilson and Jim Whittenburg. Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 North Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601 or to the First Baptist Church, 218 South Sixth, Ponca City, OK 74601. **************************************************** January 14, 2002 Mary Jane Sutton Mary Jane Baker Sutton, 52, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, in Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Yale First Baptist Church. The Rev. Steve Lopp and the Rev. Manuel Parker will officiate. Interment will follow in Lawson Cemetery in Yale under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Sutton was born Aug. 10, 1949, in Yale to Cleo Donald and Lucille Francis Cullum Baker. She was raised and educated in the Norfolk and Yale area and graduated from Yale High School. She later obtained a licensed practical nurse degree and worked for Cushing Regional Hospital for more than 20 years. She had also worked part-time for Yale Nursing Home. She married Michael Sutton Oct. 4, 1974, in Cushing. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Mannford. She enjoyed playing the piano for the church and attending WMU. She had also served on the Yale High School Alumni Association. She was predeceased by an infant son, Joshua Michael Sutton, and two brothers, Donald and Rick Baker. Survivors include one daughter, Jenny Sutton of Yale; her parents, of Yale; one sister and brother-in- law, Linda and Jack Leonard of Cushing; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Mike and Merlene Baker of Harrah and Terry and Vickie Baker of Yale; one sister-in-law, Rose Baker of Yale; one granddaughter, Baylee Coffman; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. Pallbearers will be Homer Foster, David Brown, Michael Baker Jr., Jack Leonard, Corkey Dennis, Ace Logan and Jack Leonard Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be David Baker, Steve Baker and Marvin Skinner. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at DavisFHCushing@aol.com . Freda Inez Simpson Longtime Stillwater resident Freda Inez Simpson, 86, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Strode Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Stanley Warfield will officiate. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Simpson was born May 7, 1915, in Marble City to Frederick and Annie (Lewis) Thurman. She spent her childhood and school years in Locust Grove until graduating at age 15 from Tulsa Edison High School. She then attended and graduated from Oklahoma A&M College, now OSU, in 1937 with a degree in business. She married Virgil A. Simpson Aug. 16, 1937, in Stillwater, where he owned and operated Simpson Pontiac Co. until his retirement in 1981. She was a homemaker during her children's school years, after which she assumed the dealership's bookkeeping in 1972, until her husband's retirement. Simpson was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband; a sister, May Davidson of El Paso, Texas; and a brother, Astor Thurman of Pittsburgh, Pa. She is survived by three sons, Larry Simpson and his wife Rhonda of San Carlos, Calif., Chris Simpson and his wife Sandra of Ellicott City, Md., and Jerry Simpson of Edmond; one daughter, Luann Cole and her husband Larry of McAlester; four grandchildren, Heather Simpson of Washington, D.C., Tanya Simpson of San Francisco, Calif., Lindsey Simpson of Los Angeles, Calif., and Karen Simpson of Ellicott City, Md.; a sister, Ona Owen of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and a sister-in-law, Eulah Bruce Krinke and her husband Joe of Stillwater. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe Krinke, Ralph Dreeson, John Bateson and Ed Steincamp. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 400 W. Seventh, Stillwater, Okla., 74074. Willie F. Goodwin Retired Cushing Fire Chief Willie F. "Bill" Goodwin, 76, died Saturday, January 12, 2002, in his home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Jerry Banks and the Rev. James Coffelt will officiate. Interment will follow in Euchee Valley Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Goodwin was born Dec. 22, 1925, in Wagoner to Charles Franklin and Violetta (Robertson) Goodwin. He was raised and educated in Cushing. Goodwin entered the U.S. Army and was one of the true heroes of World War II, serving from Feb. 29, 1944, as a private first class to April 23, 1946, when he was discharged at Camp Chaffee, Ark. He began his Army career with the 101st Airborne in parachute training at Fort Benning, Ga., later serving as a light machine gunner with the B Company 501st Parachute Regiment. He served in combat in central Europe, fighting the war in England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Alsace-Lorraine. He fought in the Ardennes in Rhineland, Germany, including in the infamous Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium. He was removed for medical treatment just before his entire company was annihilated. He received many medals including the World War II Victory Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Theater Ribbon, the KAMA Theater Ribbon, three Bronze Stars and a Distinguished Unit Badge. Following his discharge, he returned to Cushing and wed Faye Johnson on May 18, 1946. Goodwin loved the City of Cushing and served more than 26 years with the Cushing Fire Department, retiring as fire chief. Later, he worked at Valley Hope for 12 years in the building and maintenance department. He was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church, where he served as an adult Sunday school teacher and on the church board. He was a former member of the Cushing Lions Club, a member of the Oklahoma Retired Fire Fighters and an avid fisherman. He loved to camp, travel and spend time with his family and friends. Survivors include his wife of the home; four daughters, Rhonda Smith of Cushing, Lorraine Culbertson and her husband Robert of Wylie, Texas, Pat Spears and her husband Roy of Sachse, Texas, and Sandy Steel and her husband Don of Oklahoma City; one brother, Emmitt Goodwin and his wife Irene of Cushing; 10 grandchildren, Jenny Johnson and her husband Tony of Baltimore, Md., Jeremy Smith of Stillwater, Randy Bradshaw and his wife Kim of Plano, Texas, Tressa Culbertson of Dallas, Texas, Kenneth Beaman and his wife Kelli of San Antonio, Texas, Samantha Dudek and her husband Kert of McKinney, Texas, Scott Linn and his wife Amy of Daytona Beach, Fla., Darcie Logan and her husband Kevin of Shawnee and Don Steel II and his wife Summer and Russell Steel, all of Oklahoma City; four great-grandchildren, Ashley Beaman, Christian Johnson, Brycen Logan and Trinity Dudek; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. Pallbearers will be Jim O'Kelley, Kevin Farley, Jody Johnson, Brent Kerr, Jim Wilhelm and Roger Courtright, all active firefighters in Cushing Fire Department. Honorary pallbearers will be Lloyd Slater, Bill Myers, Alvie Morris, Clyde Green, Wayne Allison, Cecil Williams, Tom Wilson, George Wilson, Jim Baker, Oren Jones and Goodwin's grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the First Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at DavisFHCushing@aol.com . ************************************************* January 15, 2002 Harry Nichols Harry Thomas Nichols, 76, died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002, at his Pawnee home. Services, with Rev. Billy Bob Chase of Medford presiding, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Poteet Funeral Chapel in Pawnee. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery. Poteet Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born in Morrison Sept. 11, 1925, to Raymond Harry and Bessie (James) Nichols. He married Doris Elaine Sharp Thrasher in Pawnee Aug. 23, 1960. The couple moved to Morrison from Pawnee in 1972. He was a member of the Baptist Church, the American Legion Post at Morrison and the Temple of Wisdom (Cowboy Cafe coffee shop group. He loved to fish, hunt, frog hunting, play cards and dominoes, telling stories and most of all he loved his family and grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers, George and Wayne Nichols, a sister, Linda Mae Nichols and one grandson, Jason Leon Thrasher. In addition to his wife he is survived by his children, Bill and Carol Thrasher of Lake Charles, La., Linda and Donald "Duck" Hatfield of Stillwater, Pete and Janet Thrasher of Pawnee, Sharon and Chuck Harrison of Stillwater, Lonnie and Kelly Nichols of Cleveland and Tracy and David Yandell of Fairfax; grandchildren, Curtis Pinkerton, of New Orleans, Galen and Caree Thrasher of Fairfax, Nicole Thrasher of Stillwater, Travis Hatfield of Stillwater, Ryan Nichols of Cleveland, Garrett Hatfield of Stillwater, Dalton Nichols of Cleveland, and Codey Yandell of Fairfax; a sister, Carmelita Frank of Stillwater; and a number of other relatives and many friends. Memorials may be made to Judith Karman Hospice, P.O. Box 818, Stillwater, OK 74076. Virginia Thompson Virginia L. Thompson, 81, of Marland, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Via Christi Oklahoma Regional Medical Center, Ponca City campus. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Albright United Methodist Church, Ponca City, with Rev. Dr. Sheila Combs-Francis, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Trout Funeral Home. Thompson was born Feb. 16, 1920, in Danville, Kan., to Robert "Bob" and Grace (Russell) Smithheisler. She attended school in Danville and Anthony, Kan., and graduated from Marland High School in 1938. On Nov. 21, 1938, she married Moody E. Thompson at Tonkawa. After 62 years of marriage, he preceded her in death June 29, 2001. During WW II she worked for 3 1&Mac218;2 years at John E. Boyer and Company Airplane Assemblies while her husband served in the Eighth Air Force in the European theatre of operations. Following the war, they worked together building their farm and ranch operations east of Marland. She attended Albright United Methodist Church and was a member of Bressie Club. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, quilting, embroidering, cooking, her houseplants and flower beds, shopping, bird watching, spoiling her nieces and nephews and watching sporting events (especially the Atlanta Braves.) In addition to here husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Robert Paul Smithheisler, in 1916, and Jim Russell Smithheisler June 9, 2001, and her brother-in-law and good friend, Kenneth Mann. She is survived by her sister, Cora L. Smithheisler Selvey, and her husband, Wayne, Tonkawa, brother, J.W. Smithheisler, and his wife, Louise, Kerrville, Texas, sisters-in-law, Carol Mann, Anita Freeman, and her husband, Bud, all of Marland, Frankie Howell, and her husband, Maurice, Billings, Mo., Gwenneth Thompson, Ponca City, Opal Thompson, Perry, Virla Smithheisler, Tonkawa, brother-in-law, Robbie Thompson, and his wife, Ruth, Ponca City, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (for cancer research), 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Ok 73104. Virgil L. Mansfield Virgil L. Mansfield, 84, Cushing, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at the Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Cushing. Ralph Hickman will preside. Interment will be held at the St. Leo Cemetery east of Cushing. Mansfield was born July 17, 1917, in Yale to Keith and Viola M. (Daughrety) Mansfield. He received his early education in Cushing and was a graduate of the Cushing High School. He was married to Fern Adkins Aug. 9, 1941. He entered the Army in 1941 and received his honorable discharge in November 1945. He received the World War II Victory ribbon, good conduct medal, American Theater Ribbon, E.A.M.E. Theater Ribbon, three bronze stars and one bronze medal for participation in the Battle of the Bulge. He worked for Jones and Laughlin in Cushing for 30 years and retired as manager in 1979. He then managed Flour Supply for four years. Since that time, he has worked for Jerry Rogers at the Oil and Gas Supply in Cushing. Mansfield was a member of the First Baptist Church in Cushing and was a member of the Adult 2 Sunday school class. He is preceded in death by his parents, son, Virgil L. Mansfield Jr., brother, Milton Mansfield, sister, Cleo Mansfield, and grandson, Christian Hubbard. Mansfield is survived by his wife Fern of the home in Cushing; daughter, Deborah J. Hubbard, Cushing; two grandchildren, Gina Stout and husband Jon, Oklahoma City, Michelle Deaton and Chris Deaton, Cushing; four great grandchildren, Carly and Garrett Deaton, Cushing and Tiffany Staley and Jordan Stout; and daughter-in-law, Loretta Tuttle, Cushing. Gladys Bunney Ripley resident Gladys Lucy Bunney, 90, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center. Graveside services, with Rev. Allen Mitchell presiding, will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Ripley. Strode Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born in Stillwater Aug. 8, 1911, to Wilber and Myrtle (Boomer) Bilyeau. She married George Bunney in Enid Jan. 25, 1930. He died June 13, 1999. She attended Mound Valley School. After her marriage, the couple began farming in the Payne County area. She continued living on the farm until the time of her death. She is remembered for her cooking. She enjoyed spending time with her family, grandchildren and friends. She and her husband enjoyed square dancing together and were able to celebrate 69 years of marriage before he died. She was predeceased by her parents, husband and a brother. She is survived by four sons, Kenneth Bunney and his wife Jay of Indiana, Ray Bunney of Ripley, Robert Bunney of Denver, Colo., and Roger Bunney and his wife Janice of Perkins; five grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com . ************************************************************** January 16, 2002 Frances Pauline McDonald Frances Pauline McDonald, 83, Coyle, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2002, at St. Ann's Nursing Home, Oklahoma City. Graveside services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Summit View Cemetery in Guthrie. Rev. Denis G. Hanrahan will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Guthrie. McDonald was born Jan. 18, 1918, in Coyle to James Harry and Jessie (McGinnis) McDonald. She lived in the Coyle area all of her life. She was a farmer and raised livestock. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Guthrie. She is preceded in death by her parents and sister, Mary J. Creager. McDonald is survived by two nephews, Bob Ward, Perkins, and Jim Ward, St. Louis, Mo. She is also survived by a number of cousins. ************************************************************** January 17, 2002 Pern L. Gang Pern L. Gang died peacefully in his home Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. No services will be held. Burial is under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Gang was born March 7, 1911, on the family homestead eight miles northwest of Perry, to Ira B. Gang and Effie Shay Gang. As a child, he spent many hours with his grandparents, Fred W. Gang and Sarah Berkey Gang, who had homesteaded during the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. The Fred W. Gang Homestead was still owned by Gang and received an Oklahoma Centennial Farm award in 1996. He lived in Oklahoma all of his life with the exception of one year in 1918 when his father was sent to Billings, Mont., by the telegraph company to work on a secret project for the government war effort. As a child in Montana, he had the experience of meeting Teddy Roosevelt when he campaigned for president. This was one of Gang's fondest memories. Gang attended the one-room Whipple School during his elementary years and then graduated from Perry High School in 1929. He began at Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater in 1930. He lacked only six hours from receiving his degree in accounting. He began his professional career with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in the mid 1930s working on the road maintenance crew. On July 24, 1937, he married Faye Rouse of Three Sands. In 1938, Gang was one of the first driver's license examiners for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He and his family relocated from Perry to Lawton. About 1940, Gang became the division accountant for division four, Department of Transportation, located at Perry. So he and his family retuned to Perry. During this time, Gang devised a new accounting system for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, which was soon used throughout the highway system. While in Perry, Gang was one of the first Perry High School graduates to become president of the Perry High School Board of Education. He served 12 consecutive years on the school board. He was also worshipful master of the Perry Masonic Lodge. In 1966, Gang and his family relocated to Duncan where he was the division accountant for division seven of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. In 1971, the family moved to Edmond, where Gang served as the manager of accounts and budgets for the entire state highway system at the State Capitol. He retired in 1977 after 43 years of service with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Gang was an avid OSU wrestling fan and at one time a major donor to the program. He loved to garden. His tomatoes were always the best. He was also actively involved in politics throughout his life and was a life-long Democrat. He had also received his 50-year Masonic Pin in 1997. He will be remembered for his quick wit and wonderful sense of humor. He believed that anything could be accomplished through hard work and that helping others was the only reason to live. Gang is survived by his wife, Faye, of 64 years; his only child, Carolyn Gang and her husband Edward Noltensmeyer, Stillwater; and his younger brother, Carl D. Gang, Glendale, Calif. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, c/o Karen Ward, 106 E. Marie, Stillwater, 74075; the OSU Wrestling Program, 1224 N. Boomer Road, Stillwater, 74078; or the Payne County Democrats, P.O. Box 1953, Stillwater, 74074. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com . Gladys Marie Martin Gladys Marie (Pippenger) Martin, 96, Cushing, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002, at the Cushing Regional Hospital. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Cushing. Dr. Verlyn Snell will officiate. Interment will follow at the Church of the Brethren Cemetery, west of Cushing. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Martin was born Aug. 1, 1905, in Cushing to Simon C. and Lottie Inez (Jones) Pippenger. She attended her early education in Cushing and was a graduate from Cushing High School in 1922. She attended college at Arkansas University in Fayetteville, Ark. She received a B.A. degree in history from the University of Oklahoma and a masters degree in U.S. History from Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State University. She was a teacher in the Cushing Schools for many years, teaching English and social studies at the junior high school. She then taught U.S. history at Cushing High School. Her teaching career was interrupted by service in the Women's Army Corps, WAC, during World War II, from 1943 to 1945, where she served in an intelligence unit at Mitchell Air Field near New York City. Martin resumed teaching in 1945 and then retired in 1950 when she married Dr. E.O. Martin, a widower with three young boys. She started a new career of being a wife and a teacher to three young boys. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, singing in the choir, as an adult Sunday school teacher and in the Women's Methodist Fellowship. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served in many offices and committees of her local chapter. She also was a member of the Pioneer Club, Rose Garden Club, Bird Watchers, Iris Club and Geographic Society. She took special pleasure in the Cushing High School reunions and enjoyed the many hugs she received from her former students. Martin is survived by her two brothers, Lawrence Pippenger, Cushing, Edwin Pippenger, Tecumseh; three step sons, Charles Martin and wife Martha, Antrim, N.H., Lewis Martin and wife Lucy, Bowie, Texas, and John Martin and wife Shirley, Camas, Wash.; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends who miss her dearly. Majel Louise Rider Blackwell resident Majel Louise Apperson Rider, 59, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan. A memorial service will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Mehan Union Church. Pastor Larry Eslinger will officiate. She was born Sept. 24, 1942, in Cushing to Edward Vaughn and Anna Perridine Apperson. She married Henry Rider Nov. 11, 1962. They were later divorced. She lived in Cushing, Ripley and Blackwell. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by a son, Bobby Rider and a sister, Christine Wedel. Survivors include two sons, Billy and his wife Rhonda Rider and David Rider, all of Blackwell; one daughter, Nada and her husband Harold J. Smith of Blackwell; four grandchildren, Jonathan, Amanda, Anthony and Elijah Smith of Blackwell and three brothers, Sonny and his wife Patsy Apperson and Edward Apperson, all of Stillwater and Bill Apperson and his wife Debra of Ponca City. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com . ************************************************************** January 18, 2002 Randall Neff Agra resident Randall G. Neff, 54, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at Cushing Regional Hospital. Graveside services, with Rev. Roger Shaw of the First Baptist Church in Agra presiding, will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Oakdale Cemetery, north of Agra. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home of Cushing. He was born Oct. 25, 1947, in Enid to Donald C. and Eula Mae (Futhey) Neff. He received his early education in Stillwater and was a graduate of Stillwater High School. He attended Tonkawa Junior College and received his B.A. from Central State University in Edmond. He was a leather worker and an avid outdoorsman. He was predeceased by his parents. In addition to his wife Jacqualyn (Hair), he is survived by two sons, Jon Charles Ketchem and his wife Anette of Agra and Stephen Lance Ketchem and his wife Becky of Sparta, Mo.; a brother, Larry Neff of Maramec; and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Jacquie Ketchem. *************************************************************** January 19, 2002 Thomas Williams Thomas Aubrey Williams, 76, Perkins, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at his home in Perkins. Private family services are planned under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Viewing will be at Strode for family and friends Saturday and Sunday. Williams was born in Pocahontas, Ark., Jan. 15, 1926, to Jim and Nora Leba (Buckley) Williams. He married Mary Louise Brown Aug. 6, 1955 in Oklahoma City. She preceded him in death on April 9, 1987. Williams served in the Army and then in the Air Force from 1944 to 1950. He then worked as a telephone lineman. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and one sister, Katie McKnight. He is survived by one son, Bill Williams and his wife, Katrina, Glencoe; one daughter, Belinda Jackson and her husband, Randy of Verden; two step-sons, Jim Evanchyk and his wife, Pat, Oklahoma City, and Frank Evanchyk and his wife Judy, Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren, Cody, Shelly, Casey, Elizabeth, Shane, Amanda, Mitchell and Sara; one brother, Lawrence Williams, Stillwater; one sister, Colleen Parsons, Stillwater; his nephew, Roy Parsons, Perkins; and family friend, Lonnie Houston. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at >. Floyd E. Higgins Floyd E. "Boodle" Higgins, 81, Drumright, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, in Tulsa. Graveside services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in Drumright Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Carolyn Davis will officiate the service under the direction Michael's Funeral Home. Higgins was born March 19, 1920, in Trees, La., to John Elmer and Eva (Staley) Higgins. He married Pearl Star Parson in Drumright Jan. 21, 1946. She preceded him in death on Dec. 10, 1991. Higgins joined the United States Army and while serving his country he got to hear Eleanor Roosevelt speak in Australia; met Gen. Douglas McArthur; and got to see one of Jack Benny's overseas shows in New Guinea. After his discharge, he was hired as a security guard at the White House. He then went to work for the United States Postal Service in San Francisco and was transferred to Tulsa for two years. After that, he worked as a mail carrier in Drumright for seven years. He later transferred to Stillwater, where he was a postal clerk for 26 years. He retired in 1985. He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife. He is survived by his children David Lee Higgins Sr., Cushing and Donna Higgins, Drumright; grandchildren, Tammy Higgins, Billy Higgins, Marzella Higgins and David Lee Higgins Jr.; great- grandchildren, William Higgins, Mikayla Higgins, Kylie Higgins and Rebecca Higgins; one brother, Carl Higgins, Muskogee; and other relatives and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Higgins, Don Higgins, William Higgins, David Higgins Jr., James Coble and Joe Huffman. Military honors will be provided by the Cushing-Drumright VFW Post 1118. ******************************************************* January 20, 2002 James Springer Jr. James Madison Springer Jr., 88, Stillwater, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, in Grace Living Center. Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. in Strode Chapel. Dr. William S. Inglish will officiate. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Springer was born Aug. 9, 1913, to James Springer Sr. and Montana (McFarland) Springer in Guthrie. He married Elvona Mae Hinson Sept. 9, 1939, in Waukomis. Springer moved to Stillwater at an early age where he attended schools and went on to attend Oklahoma A&M University from 1934 to 1938. He then attended Cumberland University Law School in Cumberland, Tenn. During World War II, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Memphis, Tenn., Norfolk, Va., New York City and Oklahoma City. He returned to Stillwater in 1945, going into practice with his father, Judge James Springer Sr. He practiced law until 1996 and retired at the age of 82. During this time he received his 50-year Bar Association pin. Payne County celebrated Jan. 5, 2001, as James Springer Jr. Day, honoring him for the donation of and work on his photograph collection of all the attorneys that have worked in Payne County. He was a member of the First Christian Church, the American Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Payne County Bar Association, the Society of Former FBI Agents, the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the Frontier Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife; and one son, James Madison Springer III and his wife, Victoria, of Whittier, Calif. Pallbearers will be Mike McWherter, Bob Hert, Keith Thomas, Jim Gray, Judge Donald Worthington and Steve Kistler. Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer's Association, Central Oklahoma Chapter, 711 Stanton L. Young 603, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104-5023. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at >. Jessica Berg Jessica Rose Berg, 11, Cushing, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, in Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 1503 E. Ninth in Cushing. Bishop Shawn Hubble and Bishop Lamont Gee will officiate. Burial services will follow in the Euchee Valley Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. The family will greet friends in the Memorial Chapel of the Davis Funeral Home Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. She was born to John and Sandra Berg Sept. 22, 1990, in Stillwater. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was active in the various youth activities of the church. She loved reading, studying science and art. She enjoyed Girl Scouts and was a member of Troop 312. She enjoyed Disney videos and listening to classical music. She is survived by her parents; one brother, Brandan Alan Berg of the home; one sister, Jalyna Jill Berg, Stillwater; grandparents, Tom and Joan Gillham, Bartlesville, and Karen and Wayne Edward McCollough, Tulsa; several aunts and uncles including, Bryan Wayne McCollough, Scott Edward McCollough, Jim Berg, Karan Burch and Kathy Hedrick; and other relatives and friends. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at > Hampton Crowder Hampton Hugh Crowder, 87, Tulsa, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at his home in Tulsa. A memorial service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Strode Chapel under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. He was born Nov. 8, 1914, in Hollis, to John M. and Myrtle Whisenant Crowder. He married Letha Graves Nov. 9, 1935, in Hollis. He attended his first year of college at Oklahoma A&M College and finished his bachelor's degree at Southwestern State College in Weatherford. He received his master's degree at Oklahoma University in Norman. His entire career was in public education. He served as teacher, principal and superintendent. He worked in the school systems of LaCasa, Ron, Martha, Victory, Hobart and ended his career as an assistant director of education with the Oklahoma State Department of Education. He and his wife celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in November. He was very active in his church at First Baptist Church in Hobart and at University Heights Baptist Church in Stillwater, serving as a deacon at both churches. He was a Rotarian and served as president. He was an avid sportsman and true supporter of OSU. During retirement, he and his wife enjoyed traveling with the Green Country Airstream Club and Cowboy Campers. He was a wonderful Christian man admired and loved by friends and family. He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife; one son, Benny and his wife, Carole Crowder, Tulsa; one daughter, Gay and her husband, John Ward, Broken Arrow; five grandchildren, Shawn Kennedy, Jared and Mayra Kennedy, Chris Crowder, Kari and Dan Neufeld, Stan and Mindy Ward; four great-grandchildren, Zoe Ward, and Joshua, Mary Kay and Sarah Neufeld; one brother, Med and his wife, Helen Crowder, Fort Worth, Texas; one sister-in-law, Marjorie Crowder; one brother-in-law, Clinton Graves; and special friend, Stacy Noel. Memorials can be sent to St. Francis Hospice, 6600 S. Yale Ave., Suite 350, Tulsa, OK, 74136, or to Metro Christian Academy, 6363 S. Trenton, Tulsa, OK, 74136. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at >. Betty Knight Betty Virginia Knight, 73, Stillwater, died in her home Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Strode Chapel. Interment will be at Lawson Cemetery in Yale under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Knight was born in Stillwater Nov. 6, 1928, to Harold J. and Irene Dunn (Marx) Bingaman. She was married to Joe Richard Pate, who died in 1964; Joe Wesley Lewis, who died in 1972; and John Matthew Knight, who died in 1994. She attended Eagle School and graduated from Yale High School. She got married and lived in Yale before moving to Stillwater. She then moved to Pampa, Texas, for five years. She returned to Stillwater and worked as a secretary and treasurer for Cowboy Construction. She enjoyed being with her grandchildren and family. She was a very good homemaker and loving mother. She was predeceased by her parents; three husbands; one daughter, Betty Joe Kinkaid; and one grandson, Jody Pate. She is survived by two sons, Ricky Jack Pate, Stillwater, and Steven Shane Pate and his wife, Kathy of Maramec; one daughter, Susan K. Gniech and her husband, Roland, Tulsa; one step-son, Johnny Knight, Perkins; two step-daughters, Betty Mae Knight, Kentucky, and Dotty Beams, Ardmore; one brother, John Bingaman and his wife, Sally, Yale; one sister, Nancy and her husband, J.D. McFarlin, Cushing; 16 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at >. ************************************************************** January 21, 2002 Burton Harold Bell Burton Harold Bell, 84, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in Stillwater Medical Center Services, with Dr. William S. Inglish officiating, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church. Interment will follow in Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, N.M., under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Bell was born Dec. 5, 1917, in Grinnell, Iowa, to Ira Earnest and Letha Hazel (Daugherty) Bell. He married Carmelita Lou Baldwin Jan. 30, 1947, in Sturgis, S.D. They lived in Albuquerque, N.M.; Port Washington, Wash.; and Stillwater. Bell and his wife were at one time owners of a Western Auto Association store in Adel, Iowa. He also owned a Radio Service Shop and worked at Collins Radio Shop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was an electrician for Home Stake Gold Mine in Lead, S.D., and was a real estate owner in Albuquerque, N.M. and Port Townsend, Wash. Bell was retired from Sandia National Laboratories. He was a member of First Christian Church, the Lions Club, VFW, Masonic Lodge No. 80, the Elks Lodge, Morning Kiwanis and the Amateur Radio League and Clubs of Port Townsend and Stillwater. He was predeceased by his parents; a son, James H. Bell; two sisters; and three brothers. In addition to his wife of the home, he is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Larry Burton and Nancy S. Bell of Albuquerque, N.M.; one daughter and son-in-law, Janet Lynn (Bell) and J. Brian Conrey of San Martin, Calif.; one daughter-in-law, Nancy J. Bell of Albuquerque; one sister-in-law, Elaine Bell of Albuquerque; and five grandchildren, Shannon and Erin Bell and Brianna, Jennifer and Rick Conrey. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com . Kyle Monroe Yates Jr. Kyle Monroe Yates Jr., 78, died Saturday, January 19, 2002, in Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in University Heights Baptist Church. Dr. Tom Westbrook will officiate. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Yates was born January 11, 1924, to Dr. Kyle M. and Margaret (Sharp) Yates in Louisville, Ky. He grew up and attended public schools in Louisville. After graduation, he attended Mississippi College until he joined the Army Air Corps in 1943. He was commissioned as an officer and navigator and was stationed in Italy. After flying 50 missions in the European theater, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery. After he returned home, he attended Wake Forest University in N.C., the University of Manchester, England, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Yates married his college sweetheart, Jeane Walker, on June 14, 1949, in Winston-Salem, N.C. He received a doctorate from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1948. He taught at Golden Gate Baptist Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif., from 1953 to 1969. He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University. Yates moved to Stillwater in 1969 to occupy the first endowed chair at Oklahoma State University, the Phoebe Schertz Young Chair of Religious Studies. He taught archaeology, humanities, Old Testament and world religions at OSU from 1969 to 1988. He wrote and published Bible study books, Sunday school materials and articles for Bible commentaries, including Wycliffe. While at OSU, he wrote for the world religions textbook and edited the OSU Centennial Volume on Religious Studies. Yates was avid traveler. He participated as an archaeologist on many digs in Jordan and Israel. Also, over a period of 10 years, he took groups of students to participate in digs in the Middle East. He was a lecturer on numerous tours abroad and also taught on the SS Universe around the world. In addition, over his lifetime, he held memberships and was active in many organizations, including American Schools of Oriental Research, Baptist World Alliance, ODK, Blue Key and Baptist Fellowship. He is listed in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" and "Who's Who in American Authors." He received the Outstanding Teacher Award, Arts and Sciences, and the Outstanding Educators of America Award. He was a great lover of family, friends and students. He was well known for his encouragement and gentle respect to all with whom he came in contact. Yates was a member of University Heights Baptist Church and served as a Sunday school teacher, trustee and finance committee member. He was predeceased by his parents. Survivors include his wife; one son and daughter-in-law, David M. and Carolyn Yates of Norman; one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy Jeane (Yates) and Dr. John Williams of Stillwater; one grandson, Kyle David Yates of Oklahoma City; five granddaughters, Anatasia Williams of Philadelphia, Pa., Jamie Annabelle Williams of Stillwater, Rebbeca Lenington of Norman, Angela Marshall of Moore and Christina Rogers of Nobel; and three great-grandchildren, Alexander, Amy and Abigail. He is also survived by two sisters and brothers-in-law, Jean and Robert Wooddy of Hendersonville, Tenn., and Ellen and Bill Tanner of Edmond. Pallbearers will be David Yates, John Williams, Kyle D. Yates, Karl Reid, Dick Lowery, Bill Barfield, Jim Foley and Jim Kirby. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Tanner, Robert Wooddy, Joe Walker, Gary Walker, Bob Cate, Wayne Heiliger, Lin Bush and Charles Bacon. Memorials may be made to the Kyle M. Yates Scholars With A Heart Lectureship at University Heights Baptist Church. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com . ************************************************************** January 22, 2002 Anna Lucille Porter Anna Lucille Porter, 89, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, in Pawnee. Services, with Ken Mantle presiding, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Glencoe Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Glencoe Cemetery. Poteet Funeral Home is directing the arrangements. She was born in Glencoe June 26, 1912, to Charles M. and Lizzie (Klapp) Shell. She married George Donahoo in Dec. 1927 in Stillwater. He died in 1939. The couple moved to Elk City where he was an auto mechanic. After he died she returned to Glencoe and was involved with the operation of several businesses. On Dec. 14, 1948, she married Lloyd Meryl Porter in Chandler. He died Aug. 18, 1998. After their marriage they moved east of Glencoe where they operated a dairy and later raised beef cattle. She was a longtime member of Flora Valley Club and was employed at Cheathams Grocery for several years. She enjoyed ceramics and beading. She was a member of the Glencoe Church of Christ. In addition to her two husbands she was predeceased by her parents, one sister and four brothers. She is survived by four children, Loa-Lee Creager and her husband of Pawnee, Loweta Shamel of Sand Springs, Jim Porter and his wife Renae of Glencoe, Eddie Porter and his wife Linda of Oklahoma City; a sister, Aileen Shell of Glencoe; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren. Christopher Liskiewicz Christopher Liskiewicz, 25, Tulsa, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, in Tulsa. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Losh-Morrell-Klotzbach Funeral Home in Boyertown, Penn. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Moore's Southlawn Chapel. Liskiewicz was born Feb. 7, 1976, in Pottstown, Penn. He was a 1994 graduate of Boiling Springs in Mt. Holly, Penn. He was a student at Oklahoma State University majoring in architecture. He was a member of the Army ROTC at OSU. He graduated from basic training in 1993, and graduated in 1997 from Rangers and Jump School Honor Guard. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Charles J. and Jennie M. Liskiewicz. Liskiewicz is survived by his mother, Victoria A. Eorgan, Texas; father, John Liskiewicz, Pennsylvania; maternal grandmother, Dorothy Cross, Boyertown, Penn.; maternal grandfather, William Cross, Hilton Head, S.C.; four step-sisters, Lisa Bievins and Lauren Smith, both of East Greenville, and Elizabeth and Kattie Eorgan, Texas. Clara R. Fisher Clara R. Fisher, 97, Stillwater, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at Westhaven Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Duren Cemetery. Ted Kell will officiate. Duren Cemetery is near Mullen, Texas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Fisher was born in Mills County, Texas on March 5, 1904, to Martin and Lillie Belle (Watkins) Smith. She attended schools in Mills County. After her education, she attended Abilene Christian College and returned to teach in Mills County. She married Carl J. Fisher Aug. 17, 1927, in Goldthwaite, Texas. The couple moved to Borger, where her husband began a lifetime career with Phillips Petroleum Co. Throughout their life, the family lived in Crane, Texas, Edmond, Oklahoma City, Lodi, Texas, Bunevista, Texas, Phillips, Texas, and Goldsmith, Texas. They retired to Brownwood, Texas, in 1968. In January 1996, the couple moved to Stillwater to be near their son and his family. Her husband died Feb. 10, 1996. Through her lifetime, she enjoyed her association with her church and was a hospitable hostess to all who visited her home. Fisher was a member of the Austin Ave. Church of Christ in Brownwood, Texas. She was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed ceramic arts and china painting. In addition, she gardened, traveled extensively and was an avid trout fisherman. She is preceded in death by her husband, son, Dale Fisher; four brothers, Thomas, Denton, Calvin and Herbert Smith; and two sisters, Ethie Elgin and Gracie Jernigan. Fisher is survived by her son, Don C. Fisher and wife Joyce, Stillwater; daughter-in-law, Marilyn Fisher, Bartlesville; seven grandchildren, Don Fisher Jr. and wife Nancy, Albuquerque, N.M., Dana Mullins and husband Gary, Bowie, Md., Diane Frank and husband Jon, Bakersfield, Calif., Clarissa Darby and husband Drew, San Angelo, Texas, Dean Fisher and wife Jennifer of Austin, Texas, Duane Fisher and wife Dannelle, Ft. Worth, Texas, and David Fisher, San Antonio, Texas; 13 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Vercie Knight, Lubbock, Texas and Ovella Duren, Lubbock, Texas. Memorials may be made to Duren Cemetery Association, c/o June Roberts, Mills County State Bank, 1017 Parker Street, Goldthwaite, Texas 76844. ************************************************************** January 23, 2002 Adair Stoner Adair Stoner, 73, Laramie, Wyo., died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at his home. Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home in Laramie. Pastor Dave Garrett will officiate. Stoner was born Oct. 15, 1929, in Oklahoma City to Rhodes and Juliette Ann (Doughty) Stoner. He attended Oklahoma City elementary and high schools. After school, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was stationed at San Diego, Calif., Whidbey Island, Alaska Naval Station during the Korean Conflict. He also was stationed at Desert Rock, Nev., to watch an atomic blast at Yucca Flats. He was stationed at Camp Lejeane to attend the NCO Leaders course. Stoner was honorably discharged in 1952. He then attended Oklahoma State University where he received his bachelor and master degrees in entomology. During this time, he married Joyce Helen Galloway Nov. 26, 1953, in Oklahoma City. Following his education, Stoner worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an entomologist in Washington, D.C., Tucson and Phoenix, Ariz., on cotton insect research. In Laramie, he did pesticide research on honey bees. He retired in 1985. He is preceded in death by his father. Stoner is survived by his wife of Laramie, Wyo.; two children, Teresa Santelli and husband Mark of Crystal, Minn.; Brenda Bergquist and her husband Vance, Cheyenne, Wyo.; mother, Juliette Ann Stoner, Norman; two sisters, Barbara Masopust and husband Glenn, Noble, Judy Jones and husband Carl, Stillwater; granddaughter, Shelby Adair Santelli; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Laramie, 1262 No. 22nd Street Unit A, Laramie, Wyo. 82072. Cody Christopher Sanchez Cody Christopher Sanchez, 11 weeks and three days, died Tuesday, Jan, 22, 2002, at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. Services, with Rev. Kent Williams officiating, will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Strode Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery. Cody was born Nov. 2, 2001, to Larry Lyn and Julie Theresa (Staples) Sanchez. His parents are members of Sunnybrook Christian Church. He was predeceased by his maternal grandfather, his maternal great-grandparents and his parental great-grandparents. He is survived by his parents of Stillwater; a brother, Colton John Sanchez and a sister, Caitlyn Nicole Sanchez, both of the home; his maternal grandmother, Carol Staples of Boulder, Colo.; his paternal grandparents, Eliu and June Sanchez of Brighton, Colo.; and his parental great-grandmother, Minerva Sanchez of Lubbock, Texas. Memorials may be made to BancFirst Memorial Fund Trust, in care of the Cody Christopher Sanchez Fund, 808 S. Main Street, Stillwater, OK 74074. Donations will be used to assist families of children with congenital heart defects. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at strodefh@aol.com . John Michael Turbyfill John Michael Turbyfill, Stillwater, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at his home on South Perkins Road. The body may be viewed at Strode Funeral Home all day Thursday. A memorial service will be held at Strode Hospitality Center at 7 p.m. Thursday. Friends are invited to join the family to celebrate the experience, strength and hope that Turbyfill brought into their lives. Graveside services will be held at Canfield Cemetery in Idabel at 2 p.m. Friday. For directions, call Strode Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Turbyfill was born Oct. 29, 1953, in Blackwell to Al K. and June Brown Turbyfill, who lived at Nardin at the time. He spent many of his early years with his grandma, Annie Turbyfill, and his father in Idabel because his mother died when he was six years old. He started first grade in Idabel. In the years that followed, the family moved to Billings, Manchester and Enid, where Turbyfill spent his high school years. As a young adult, Turbyfill moved to Daytona Beach, Fla., for five years. He then moved back to Woodward to spend more time with his father. He was self-employed in sales during this time. He moved to Alva in 1976, where he met and married his wife of 18 years Shirley Glenn Sept. 10, 1977. This union brought two daughters, Lori Joell and Micah Johnene. The family began their family life in Alva. They moved to Perry for five years. They have resided in or near Stillwater since 1985. The couple divorced in December 1995 and neither has remarried. Shirley Glenn presently lives in Oklahoma City. Turbyfill's sincere congenial nature allowed him to excel as a salesman for Mid-Continent Permanent Cookware in Perry as well as TG&Y in Perry. He has been retired due to a medical disability for the past several years. He enjoyed reading, writing poetry, playing board games, herbology, painting and bookbinding. He never met a stranger, so most of all, he enjoyed talking and sharing experiences with others. He is preceded in death by his mother, June Brown Turbyfill, brother, David Terry Turbyfill, and father, Al K. Turbyfill. Turbyfill is survived by two daughters, Lori J. Meier and husband Doug and grandson Cheyenne, Tulsa, Micah J. Turbyfill and her daughter Destiny, Stillwater; two sisters, Judy Kellmel and husband Mike, Lakeland, Fla., Cindy Delancey and husband David, Atoka, Tenn.; paternal uncle, Bill Turbyfill, Husrt, Texas; paternal aunt, Germania Ward, Walla Walla, Wash.; maternal aunt, Mildred Kulakowski, Nashua, N.H.; and several nieces, nephews and many cousins. He was loved by all and will be sorely missed by friends and family alike. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society c/o of Karen Ward, 106 E. Marie, Stillwater 74075 or to the Family Memorial Fund, c/o Strode Funeral Home, P.O. Box 487 Stillwater, 74076. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com . ************************************************************** January 24, 2002 May Hickman May Agnes Saffa Hickman, 79, Cushing, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at St. Simeon's Nursing Home in Tulsa. Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Cushing. Father Mike Cashen will officiate. Interment will follow at the Euchee Valley Cemetery, east of Cushing. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Hickman was born Aug. 12, 1922, in Krebs to Paul and Ollie Saffa. She received her early education in Drumright and was a graduate of Drumright High School class of 1941. She was married to Earl J. Hickman May 7, 1951, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Drumright. She was a life long resident of the Cushing area. She was an entrepreneur. She was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Hickman loved to sing. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Earl Hickman, brother, George Saffa, sister, Mary Hermanstauffer and granddaughter, Amber Thomas. Hickman is survived by one son, Gary Hickman and wife Victoria, Mounds; one daughter, Donna Roberts and husband Willie, Luther; two brothers, Bill Saffa and Farris Saffa, Tulsa; four sisters, Pauline Elias, Bristow, Amelia Saliba, Mannford, Laurice Wallace and Leda Caruthers, both of Tulsa; 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Kyle Armstrong Kyle Edward Armstrong, 27, Nash, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at the medical center in Plano, Texas, after a long battle with cancer. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in the First Christian Church of Nash. Rev. Garth Blake, Rev. Lester Hastings and Norman Cullumber will officiate. The casket will be open prior to services. Burial will be in the Rosemound Cemetery, Medford. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek. Armstrong was born July 22, 1974, in Enid to A.K. and Shirley Blue Armstrong. He attended Glenwood School, Enid and later Jet-Nash School. He graduated from Nash in 1992. He attended NOC, Tonkawa, graduating with an associate degree in science in 1994. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor of science degree in business finance and administration. He earned an additional bachelor degree in accounting, graduating in 1999. He worked in the print shop at Eskimo Joe's, later transferring to the accounting department. After college, he moved to Dallas Texas, and worked for Enterprise Car Rental. He was recently promoted to their accounting department. He was a member of Nash Christian Church, serving as a junior deacon. He was a FFA Star Farmer and attended FFA National Convention in Kansas City, Mo. He received Masonic Student of the Year in eighth grade and also his senior year. Armstrong is preceded in death by a brother and both grandfathers. He is survived by his parents of Nash; brother, Corey Armstrong, Nash; two sisters, Sondra Armstrong, DeSota, Texas, and Jackie Armstrong, Tulsa; maternal grandmother, Mildred Blue, Vancouver, Wash.; paternal grandmother, Zella Armstrong, Enid; two nieces and one nephew. Memorials may be made to Alan Armstrong Memorial Scholarship or the American Cancer Society. ************************************************************** January 25, 2002 Burnes Webster Edwards Burnes Webster Edwards, 78, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, in Tulsa. Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Assembly of God Church in Pawnee. Rev. James Eubanks will officiate. Interment will be at the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland. Arrangements are under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home. Edwards was born to Keith R. Sorrell and Irene "Renie" (Goss) Sorrell in Meeker Feb. 12, 1923. She was marred to Clyde Webster April 20, 1944, in Oklahoma City. He died Aug. 11, 1972. She then married Johnny Edwards Oct. 31, 1976 in Cleveland. He died Feb. 5, 1987. She lived in the Cleveland and Pawnee area for a number of years. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Pawnee. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, fishing and her family and church family. Edwards enjoyed many hours of cooking and serving church dinners and playing cards with her friends. Last year, she attended Computer Application classes at the Tulsa Community College. Edwards is preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, three brothers and one grandchild. She is survived by her daughters, Sharon Wright and husband Gary, Cleveland, Jane Hostutler and husband J.D., Cleveland, Beverly Wilson and husband Loyd, Pawnee, Linda Smith and husband Stan, Benton City, Wash., Brenda Thomas and husband Mark, Union City, Calif.; sons, Ricky Edwards and wife Sally, Pawnee, Randy Edwards and wife Carla, Pawnee; sister, Jossie Holder, Pauls Valley; 21 grandchildren, six great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends. Memorials may be made to First Assembly of God Church, Kitchen Fund, P.O. Box 178, Pawnee 74058. Loyd Leland Robertson Loyd Leland Robertson, 94, Ponca City, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Westminster Village Retirement Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Westminster Village Chapel. with Rev. J.D. Ward, First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home. Robertson was born May 23, 1907, near Dunlap, the son John Howie Robertson and Effie Blanche (Harris) Robertson. He grew up on a farm and attended Echo school. In 1920, his family moved to Stillwater where he graduated from Stillwater High School in 1925. After graduation, he attended Oklahoma A&M College. He moved to Tulsa in 1927 and began a career as an architect for the City Service Oil Company. He joined the U.S. Army and served his country during World War II as a staff sergeant in the Army Signal Corps in El Paso, Texas. He was given an honorable discharge Sept. 17, 1943. Robertson went on to start his own company, Robertson Vending, in Tulsa and worked with faithful and loyal employees until he sold his operation in 1976. Upon retirement, he moved back to Stillwater to be able to attend OSU sporting events. He spent 10 years in the Stillwater community actively participating in the American Legion, Post 129, Golden K and Kiwanis Club, where he enjoyed being a volunteer at their annual Christmas store. In November 1998, he moved to Ponca City to the Westminster Village Retirement Center where he received wonderful care, love and made many new friends. He is preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Alta Dumont. Robertson is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Milford and Evelyn Robertson, Enid; nieces, Kay Boomer and husband Lynn, Shattuck, Carolyn Hopkins and husband Lynn, Ponca City; cousins, Doris Bell and Sharmi Williams, both of Ponca City; numerous great-nieces and nephews; a special little neighborhood friend, Ellin McCulloch Henderson; and many other faithful employees and friends. Memorials may be made to an organization of the donor's choice. Betty Doyel Betty H. Doyel, 83, Mountain Home, Ark,. died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren, Ark. Condolences may be made to the family Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Ocker Funeral Home, 700 Jefferson, Van Buren, Ark. Doyel was formerly of Springdale. She was a homemaker. She is predeceased by her husband, Blaine Doyel. She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth Doyel Simpson of Stilwell; one son, William G. Doyel of Mountain Home, Ark.; and five grandchildren, Galen Doyel, Anna Lea Doyel, William Hancock, Kelly Rae Simpson and Ronald Joseph Simpson. Memorial contributions may be made to North Central Christian School or KCMH Radio Station c/o Roller Funeral Home, P.O. Box 362, Mountain Home, AR 72654. ************************************************************** January 26, 2002 Wayne Ingram Wayne Ingram, 83, of Stillwater, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center after a long illness. Services will be held Monday, Jan. 28, at Cushing Christian Church at 1 p.m., Russell Payne of Holdenville officiating. Burial will follow at Euchee Valley Cemetery under the direction of Don Smith Funeral Home of Drumright. Ingram was born June 28, 1918, in Merrick to Robert and Cuba Ingram. The family moved to Drumright in 1922, working in the oil fields. On Jan. 15, 1938, Ingram married Kathryn Bell. He attended Oklahoma State University and had a career in wholesale merchandising. He was an active member of the Christian Church and served in many capacities. Ingram was dedicated to his work, his family, and was an avid fisherman. He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers, Edward and Kenneth. Survivors include his wife of 64 years; two sons and their wives, Wallace and Phyllis of Corpus Christi, Texas and Paul and Sandra of Stillwater; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Jimmie Lee Jones Jimmie Lee Jones, 68, of Cushing died on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 at the Cushing Regional Hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Palmer Funeral Home Chapel in Cushing. The Rev. Weldon Henderson will preside with interment to follow at the Euchee Valley Cemetery east of Cushing. Serving as pallbearers will be Eugene Todd, Kenny Jones Jr., Lloyd Gullett, Sam Warrior, Tracy Pearce and Tom Jones. Honorary pallbearers will be Terry Pearce, David Jones Jr., Gary Jones, Justin Jones, Martin Jones III and John Jones. Funeral services will be under the direction of the Palmer Funeral Home of Cushing. He was born Dec. 13, 1933 in Warner to Martin Jack Jones Sr. and Nora (Curtis) Jones. He received his early education in Cushing. He was married to Anita Warrior on April 23, 1992. Jones was owner of J and J Tank Trucking. He retired in 1995. He enjoyed traveling with his wife. He is survived by his wife, Anita, of the home; one son, Martin Jack Jones of Pryor; two daughters, Joyce Hallman of Jenks and Barbara Wofford of Pryor; one step-son, Randall Booth of Parker, Ariz.; three brothers, Bobby Jones and wife, Mary Lou, of Cushing, Jack Jones Jr. and wife, Kay, of Drumright and Kenneth Jones and wife, Kathy, of Cushing; sisters, Wanda and Lynn Coughran of Cushing, Betty and Bobby Todd of Cushing, Shirley and Gerald Parker of Garber and Carolyn Newman of Enid; seven grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Leola Hyle Leola Hyle, 74, died on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 at her home in Yale. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Yale. Michael Dershem will preside with interment to follow at the Lawson Cemetery north of Yale. Pallbearers will be Roy Lawson, Randy Spence, Bill Jester, Gerald Cleveland, Leroy Coke and Rick Turner. Funeral services will be under the direction of the Yale-Palmer Funeral Chapel. She was born Mar. 11, 1927 in Yale to Galen (Gib) and Mable (Ford) Botts. She received her early education in Yale and was a graduate of Yale High School. She was married to Lloyd Hyle on Nov. 29, 1943 in Cushing. She worked for Bob Watson and later for Popes Grocery in Yale. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Yale and taught a Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Eagle Home Demonstration Club. She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Connie; two brothers, George and Leonard; and three sisters, Mable (Toots), Bonnie and Elsie. She is survived by Lloyd, her husband of 58 years; two sons, Bob Hyle of Yale and Lloyd Hyle Jr. and wife, Debi, of Sapulpa; one daughter, Kaye Lawson and husband, Roy, of Cedar Hill, Texas; one brother, Don Botts of Irving, Texas; one sister, Mary Teel of Niceville, Fla.; four grandchildren, Kari Spence and husband Randy, Kelli Lawley, Nathan Hyle and Tiffany Hyle; and one great-grandson, Taylor Lawley. Betty Doyel Betty Regina Louisa Hall Doyel, 83, died at Baxter Regional Medical Center Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. at Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren, Ark., under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home. She was born Sept. 20, 1918 at the family ranch in Beaverhead County, Montana. Her mother was a chiropractor and her father operated a large sheep and cattle ranch. She attended Montana State Teachers College and then accepted a position as a telegrapher for the Union Pacific Railroad in Idaho. She worked as a telegrapher and station master in Washington, Oregon and Idaho until the outbreak of World War II, when she returned home to help the war effort. She worked for the U.S. Forest Service in various capacities helping to fight forest fires. During the war she maintained an active correspondence with Blaine T. Doyel of Mountainburg, Ark., who was serving in the European theater. After the war ended, she married Doyel Oct. 21, 1947 in Libby, Montana. She left the forest service and went to work for the Beaverhead County Clerk, leaving there to have her first child. She quickly had a second child and devoted her life to raising her children. She served as PTA president, Cub Scout Den Mother and Camp Fire Girl Leader while her children were growing up. In 1969, she was diagnosed with severe brittle diabetes and, because of the severity of the disease, she was given a grim prognosis. She and her husband kept copious records of her diet, sugar levels and disease progression and began varying her insulin intake to match. The documentation helped develop the sliding scale dosing of insulin which today helps many people. She is survived by two children, William Grant Doyel and his wife, Lila, of Mountain Home, Ark. and Elizabeth Rae Doyel-Simpson and her husband, Ronald of Stillwater; five grandchildren, Galen and Annalea Doyel, Mountain Home, Ark., William Hancock and KelliRae and Ronald Simpson, all of Stillwater. She enjoyed reading, speaking with fiends and time with her family. ************************************************************** January 27, 2002 John David Klinger John David Klinger, 65, Stillwater, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002, at Grace Living Center after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimers. Services are scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Sunnybrook Christian Church, with Paul Anderson officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Stillwater. He was born Oct. 11, 1936, in Dodge City, Kan., to Lyle R. Klinger and Helen M. (Heston) Klinger. When he was one-year old, the family moved to Laverne, where he spent all of his young years. They were happy years, filled with school, band, sports and horses. During his senior year of high school, he played trumpet in a band which entertained throughout the county. He graduated from high school in 1955 and attended two years at Southwestern State in Weatherford, majoring in pharmacy. He married Clydene Chism in 1957 and moved to Wichita, Kan., where he was employed at Boeing. It was there he was drafted into the Army and spent the next two years in Huntsville, Ala. He received an honorable discharge and they moved to Stillwater in 1961. He attended Oklahoma A&M College for three years while working at Bates Bros. Clothing. During that time he also filmed football games for the athletic department. He left college to manage John's Squire Shop on campus. In 1967, he left the Squire Shop to purchase a franchise to process warranty claims for car dealers. He continued at that profession until 1981 when he became co-owner and general manager at Tumbleweed Ballroom. In 1989, his health forced a sale of Tumbleweed. After the death of his first wife, he married the former Linda Baker in 1974. He had an avid love of flying and flew his own single engine plane for 25 years. For many years, he was one of a team of four referees who traveled the state calling high school football games. He enjoyed golf, tennis, hunting, fishing, snow skiing and boating. He loved all aspects of life and his perpetual optimism allowed him to enjoy life very much. Preceding him in death are his father, mother and first wife. He is survived by his wife, Linda, of the home; his son, Mark Klinger of Dallas, Texas; his daughter and her husband, Kim and Barney Turnham of Perkins; two grandchildren, Cheyenne and Tyler Turnham; his aunt, Marge Bouchard of Coconut Creek, Fla.; his mother-in-law, Rosa Lynn Baker of Stillwater; and his extended family and many, many friends. Pallbearers will be Dick Shults, Dewey Hesser, R.A. Lotspeich, John Dearinger, Claud Smith and Tom Buxton. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Roberts, Kent Houck, Dick Clarke, Virl La Munyon, J.D. Bilyeu, Terry Aldridge and Bud Hesser. Memorials may be made to Alzheimers Association, 6465 S. Yale, Suite 318, Tulsa, OK 74136-7805, the Humane Society of Stillwater or the charity of donor's choice. Spencer List Spencer Christian List, 22, Tryon, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church. Pastor Carlton L. Riemer will officiate. Interment will follow at George Cemetery in Tryon. Strode Funeral Home is directing the services. He was born Jan. 27, 1979, in Norborne, Mo., to Martin D. List and Shirley A. (Ventura) List. He grew up in Norborne, Perkins and Tryon and graduated from Perkins Tryon High School in 2000. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He is survived by his parents; three sisters, Loretta Goodner and her husband, Rod, Rachel Bryant and her husband, Jason, and Leah Calhoon and her husband, Curtis; paternal grandmother, Clara List of Norborne, Mo.; maternal grandfather, Nicholas Ventura of Kansas City, Kan.; two nieces, Ashlea Calhoon and Carlie Calhoon; and two nephews, Tony Goodner and William Calhoon. Pallbearers will be Rod Goodner, Curtis Calhoon, Jason Bryant, Anthony Webb, Endale Kasseye and Reagan Thomas. Memorials can be sent to the Family Memorial Fund c/o Strode Funeral Home, 610 S. Duncan, Stillwater, OK 74074. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at . Herman Russell Herman Edwin Russell, 97, Stillwater, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, in his home. Graveside services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Oak Park Cemetery in Ripley. Strode Funeral Home is directing the services. Russell was born Dec. 17, 1904, in Dixon, Mo., to Neva May (Craft) and Adolphus Russell. He married Loretta M. Fillmore June 14, 1930, in Guthrie. He was a member of Sunnybrook Christian Church. He was predeceased by his parents; one son, Charles; two brothers; two sisters and one half brother. He is survived by two sons, Harley E. Russell, Stillwater, Conley E. Russell, Silverdale, Wash.; two daughters, Lois Gray, Stigler, Retha Felkner, Lamar, Mo.; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be his Sunday school class, the Prime Timers. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at . Gloria Ann Sturgeon Gloria Ann Sturgeon, 64, of Caney, Kan., died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sunnyside Cemetery of Caney, Kan., with Mark Artherton presiding. Visitation will be held Monday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Graves Funeral Home Chapel of Caney, Kan. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Funeral Home. Graves Funeral Home of Caney are handling arrangements. She was born May 8, 1937, in Battle Creek, Mich., to Arthur and Wilma (King) Milner. She was raised in Mount Clemons, Mich., and attended elementary schools and was a 1955 graduate of Mount Clemons High School. She moved to Tulsa in 1955. She married Walter Edward Spaid in Tulsa. Later they were divorced. The family moved to Bartlesville in 1973. She married J.R. Sturgeon Aug. 28, 1974, in Miami. He survives in the home. She worked for Peoples Savings and Loan of Bartlesvllle and later worked for Stillwater Savings and Loan where she served as vice president. She retired from Stillwater Savings and Loan in 1993 after eight years of service. She moved to Caney, Kan. in 1993. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Caney. Her hobbies included crafts, sewing and especially her grandchildren and family. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, William Arthur Milner. She is survived by her husband; son, William Edward Spaid and wife Luanna, Stillwater; Patricia Ann Young and husband David of Caney, Kan.; three step-daughters, Cheryl Christian and husband Mike, Manhattan, Kan., Sandra Higgins and husband David, Prairie Grove, Ark., Jeanette McKinzie and husband Ed, Woodlands, Texas; four grandchildren, Charee Spaid, Nowata, Tracie Young, Caney, Kan., Chandee Spaid, Nowata, Travis Young, Caney, Kan.; nine step-grandchildren, Mandy Butler, J.D. Higgins, Dustin Higgins, Sydney Christian, Wade Christian, Phillip Petty, Pamela Petty, Kirsten Stephens, Rocky Stephens; and four step great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be given to the First Baptist Church of Caney, Kan. Condolences may be sent to . ************************************************************** January 28, 2002 William Wayne Mayfield William Wayne Mayfield, 48, of Stillwater, died at Stillwater Medical Center Friday, Jan. 25, 2002. Services were today at Strode Chapel, Dr. Norman Richmond officiated. Graveside services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Ingalls Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Mayfield was born Aug. 2, 1953, in Yale to William Glen and Sylvia (Decker) Mayfield. Mayfield graduated from Agra Schools in 1971. He enlisted in the United States Army serving at Fort Hood in Colleen, Texas. After being honorably discharged from the Army in 1975 he traveled the United States, eventually settling in Glendale Ariz., where he met and married his wife Sandie on Jan. 28, 1988. In July 1990 he moved to Stillwater where he went to work for Shuttermill. After separating from his wife in 1997, he met Norma Tibbets Mayfield, significant other of the home, and he began work as a landscape foreman for Conners Nursery and Landscaping. In 1999 he went to work for the machinist department in charge of maintenance at Mercury Marine. He was predeceased by his parents. Survivors include two stepdaughters, Brianne Kiley Shelton of Ripley and Shawn Person of Fresno, Calif.; two grandchildren, Ara Josiah of Fresno and Kyler Lee Shelton of Ripley. Also, four brothers, and five sisters, Gary Mayfield of Kansas, Terry Mayfield and wife Pam of Sanford, Texas, Larry Mayfield and wife Carol of Hutchinson, Kan., Kenny Mayfield of Stillwater, Gloria Mayfield of Bunkerhill, Kan., Beverly Ruckman and husband Dennis of Sneadville, Tenn., Susan Mayfield of Bueler, Kan., and Becky Mayfield of Tennessee; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews that will really miss their Uncle Willie. Pallbearers are Gerry Brown, Gordon Tibbets, Jerrod Mayfield, Tony Mayfield, Terry Mayfield and Delbert Decker. William Grantham William Clift Grantham, 51, Little Rock, Ark., died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at their residence. Viewing will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Roller Chenal Funeral Home followed by an 11 a.m. chapel service. Private entombment to follow in Stillwater. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Humane Society. Grantham was born July 20, 1950, in Stillwater to Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Grantham; he was one four children of strong Methodist faith. He grew up primarily in the Midwest. He graduated from the University of Nebraska. He then went to work for 15 years at the Cooper Aerobic Center in Dallas, Texas, under the guidance of Dr. Kenneth Cooper. In 1988, new opportunities took him to Little Rock to develop the Little Rock Athletic Club as we know it today. Grantham was also instrumental in overseeing the Downtown Athletic Club, taking over the North Little Rock Athletic Club and remodeling/renovating the Little Rock Racquet Club. He was a honorable man who was sincere and responsible. He evoked loving kindness. He was preceded in death by his father, Jettie O. Grantham. Grantham is survived by his wife, Jamie Ruth Hundley Grantham, Little Rock; mother, Barbara Nell Clift Grantham, Little Rock; sisters, Jetta Wise and husband John David, Minneapolis, Minn., and Penny Roth and husband Allan, Springfield, Ill.; brother, David Grantham and wife Conny, Sacramento, Calif.; along with aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Robert Wattson Jr. Robert Kean Wattson Jr., was born Oct. 18 , 1922, in Kansas City, Mo., to Robert Kean and Anna Smith Wattson. He died Nov. 28, 2001. Funeral services were held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Okarche. He was buried at the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. He attended Northeast High School, graduated from Kansas City Junior College and graduated in 1946 from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Oklahoma State University, with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 1948, he took a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a registered professional engineer in North Dakota and Indiana. During his professional career, he was a project engineer in the research department of Cessna Aircraft Co., was manager of vertical and short takeoff aerodynamics with the Wichita, Kan., division of Boeing, was a preliminary design specialist at Beech Aircraft Corporation and was chief of aerodynamics, chief of the technical staff and chief of research and development at Learjet Industries. He also was chief engineer and head of the department of engineering research at the University of Wichita, working in boundary layer control and short takeoff and landing research. In addition to his work in the aerospace industry, he held a number of academic positions during his professional career. He was an instructor in mechanical engineering and briefly was an adjunct professor at OSU, was an associate professor of aeronautical engineering at Wichita University and was tenured at North Dakota State College as well as at Tri-State University in Angola, Ind. He was chairman of the Department of of Mechanical Engineering Technology of Oregon Institute of Technology and retired as professor of aerospace engineering and associate chairman of the aerospace and mechanical engineering department at Tri-State University. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and was a veteran of World War II. In 1944, he was commissioned in the Army Air Corps. He retired as a reserve lieutenant colonel in 1982. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, the honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Gamma Tau and Sigma XI, the international scientific research society. He was an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was chairman of the Wichita and St. Joseph Valley sections. He also held membership in the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education and was a three-time Fellow in the NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship program, performing research on wind shear effects on airplane performance and on community aspects of general aviation. He played a number of musical instruments and was for many years organist at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wichita. He was also an organist at Calvary Lutheran Church in Angola. He was a former member of the American Guild of Organists. Wattson is survived by his three sons, Robert and Vincent, Wichita, Kan. and Keith, Peabody, Kan.; adopted son, Bruce, El Mira, N.Y.; two daughters, Elsie Wattson Vezey, Tucson, Ariz., and Meredith Lowry, Springfield, Mo.; sister, Vendla Knapp, Miami, Fla.; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Wattson established, in honor of his father, the Robert K. Wattson Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to over a 1,000 students. Contributions may be made to this fund and mailed either to family members or directly to the OSU Foundation Office, P.O. Box 1749 Stillwater 74076-1749. ************************************************************** January 29, 2002 Cleo Martin Cleo K. Martin, 71, died Friday, Jan 25, 2002, at his Prunedale, Calif., home. Services were today and interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Salinas, Calif. Struve-Laporte Funeral Home of Salinas directed the arrangements. He was born in Stillwater Nov. 10, 1930, to Raymond Ray and Nola (Hall) Martin. Martin was a general contractor and owner of Cleo Martin Construction before he retired. He was a member of Harbor Chapel in Moss Landing and was active with Little League for many years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He had made Prunedale his home since 1946. He was predeceased by his parents; two sisters, Jurine Martin-Wise and Christina Martin-Crutchfield; three brothers, Clifford Martin, Roma Martin and Wallace Martin; and two sons, David Martin and Terrance Martin. In addition to his wife of 18 years, Clelis of Prunedale, he is survived by sons, Kenneth Martin of Sonora, and Jeff Martin of Prunedale; step-son, Eldon Davis of Prunedale; daughters, Kathy Martin- Avery of North Carolina, Debbie Martin-Marler of Arkansas and Janis Martin-Lander of Texas; step- daughter, Celis Littlewood of Alta, Calif.; brothers, Eugene Martin of Stillwater and Donald Ray Beene of Bristow; step-brother, Junior Monroe of Yukon; sisters, Leona Segura of Stockton, Calif. and Beulah Martindale of Vacaville, Calif.; 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice, 2511 Garden Road, Suite B-200, Monterey, CA 93940-5336 or to the Parkinson's Association. Jeanette Linn Phillips Jeanette Linn Phillips, 49, Cushing, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002, at her home in Cushing. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of the Firstborn in Oklahoma City. Interment will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Parkland Cemetery in Parkland. Arrangements are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home. Phillips was born Nov. 23, 1952, in Modesto, Calif., to Sam O. and Jean Arley (Cox) Butler. She received her early education and graduated from high school in California. She attended Wright's Business College in Oklahoma City. She was employed at Sooner Lift in Oklahoma City. She was a member of the General Assembly and the Church of the Firstborn. She is preceded in death by her mother, and sister, Beverly Ann Butler. Phillips is survived by her two daughters, Alisha and Emily Phillips, both of the home; two brothers, Allen Butler, N.M., and Chris Butler, Riverside, Calif.; sister, Brenda Ellis, Riverside, Calif.; and father of Riverside, Calif. Robert 'Sean' Davis Robert "Sean" Davis, 32, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002, in the Cushing Hospital. Services, with Dr. Vic Morlan presiding, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Baptist Church, west of Drumright, with Dr. Vic Morlan presiding. Interment will follow at the Euchee Valley Cemetery in Cushing. Palmer Funeral Home of Cushing is directing the arrangements. Davis attended schools in Ripley and Cushing before graduating from Pawhuska High School. He was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Davis was employed at Freepoint Pipe and Supply in Edmond. He worked in the oil field all his adult life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and restoring old cars. He loved attending his children's sporting events and last fall helped coach his son's fourth grade football team. He enjoyed spending time with his brothers, friends and brother-in-law, James Gillespie. He especially enjoyed the time he spent deer hunting with his son and his brother, Kevin. Many hours were spent restoring and repairing cars with his friends, Roy and Tim. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents Elmer and Ruby Wright. In addition to his wife, Stacy Lynn Halbert, he is survived by three children, Erica of Pawhuska and Shawn Alan and Melinda of Cushing; parents, Linda and Gene Wright of Cushing and Robert and Beverly Davis of Pawhuska; two sisters Alicia Williams and her husband Steve of Kentwood, La. and Tonja Gillespie and her husband James; Three brothers Kelly Wright and his wife Jill of Cushing, Kerry Wright of Stillwater and Kevin Wright and his wife Rhonda of Olive; brother-in-law, Jerry Halbert of McPherson, Kan.; grandparents, Howard and Edith Davis of Pawhuska and Elva Eckley of Cushing; eight nephews and nieces James, Joseph, Misty and Patricia Gillespie; Alex and Devin Wright; and Carson and Ridge Williams; four aunts and uncles, Skip and Saundra Dane, James and Donna Casey, all of Springfield, Mo., Eric and Lorinda Davis of Ripley, Joe and Marilyn Wright of Cushing; and many other friends and family. ************************************************************** January 30, 2002 Angela Grammas Thompson Angela Grammas Thompson, 93, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, in Edmond. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Southern Hills Christian Church in Edmond. Thompson was born in Greece and immigrated to this country in 1914, when she was just 5. She and her mother came to the United States to join her father, who had started a business in Stillwater, and she grew up there with three sisters and a brother. She earned a master's degree from Oklahoma A&M at a time when few women went to college at all, and for many years she was a teacher, beloved by her third and fourth grade students. She married William Thompson in 1953, and they lived in Oregon before moving to Santa Maria, Calif., and eventually to Monterrey, Calif., where they opened a hobby shop. They enjoyed their customers, each other, their friends and life. In their driveway, a motor home always stood packed and ready for their adventures, and they spent happy years exploring the west, looking for precious stones and fishing. Loved by all who knew her, Thompson was a dear and sweet person, contented in nature and always gracious. Her mother often said that she was aptly named, for she truly was an angel. She is survived by her sister, Helen Dempsey of Midland, Texas; a stepdaughter, Merideth Brinegar of California; and three nephews and a niece. Velma Fern Harmon Velma Fern Harmon, former longtime Cushing resident, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002, in Newton Medical Center in Newton, Kan. Graveside services will be Friday at 3 p.m. in Fairlawn Cemetery north of Cushing. The Rev. Curtis Mason will officiate. Services are under the direction of Palmer Funeral Home of Cushing. Harmon was born in McComb on March 21, 1914, to Martin E. and Eva Escoe Johnson. She grew up in the Cushing area and attended school in Cushing. She worked at City Drug and White Drug before she married John Harmon in August 1949. She moved to Valley Center, Kan., in February 2000, to be near her family. She was predeceased by her husband; her parents; and two sisters, Sybil Collins and Orene Turner Crabtree. Survivors include a niece, Jerry Ann Haug of Valley Center, Kan.; two nephews, Theldon D. Turner of Sallisaw and Gary Cackler of Cushing; a stepdaughter, LeAnn Word; a stepson, Danny Harmon; and a number of loving family members and friends. Kayla Ruth Moorman Kayla Ruth Moorman, 30, of North Richland Hills, Texas, died in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Strode Chapel with Michael Hill officiating. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Moorman was born in Hurst, Texas, on Oct. 4, 1971, to Billy and Wilma (Paregien) Chriswell. In 1975, she moved from Hurst to Missouri. In 1978, she moved to Claremore. She graduated from Claremore High School in May 1989 and moved to Stillwater after graduation. On Dec. 24, 1990, she married Clayton Layne Moorman in Perkins. In December 2000, Moorman received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University. She also received her engineer intern certification and fundamentals of engineering certification at that time. After graduation, she moved to North Richland Hills. She was a professional member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and an Honor Life Member of the Fire Protection Society. Moorman was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church of Claremore. Moorman was predeceased by her parents, her grandmother and her grandfather. Survivors include her husband; her newborn daughter, Emma Maureen; one brother, Billy Chriswell of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Bonnie Carrino of O'Fallon, Mo., and Erica Fairchild of Inola; six nephews; three nieces; and two great-nieces. Memorials may be made to the Emma Maureen Moorman Fund, care of Payne County Bank, 202 S. Main, Perkins, Okla., 74059. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at strodefh@aol.com . ************************************************************** January 31, 2002 Esther P. Kuykendall Cushing native Esther P. Kuykendall, 80, died Wednesday, January 30, 2002, in Resthaven Nursing Home. Graveside services will be Friday at 10 a.m. in Flynn Cemetery. Pastor John Holderread will officiate. Davis Funeral Home is directing services. Kuykendall was born in Cushing on July 26, 1921, to Dave and Lena Funnel Pearce. She was raised and educated in Cushing and Muskogee. She worked at Vickie's Fine Apparel from 1962 until March 1991. She was predeceased by her parents and an infant sister, Esther. Survivors include one son, Pearce Kuykendall and his wife Sharon of Cushing; one brother, David E. Pearce and his wife Barbara of Las Vegas, Nev.; two grandchildren, David Kuykendall of Cushing and Danea Abney and her husband Jarred of Maysville; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at DavisFHCushing@aol.com . **************************************************************