Obit of Lela Gertrude Barton (b635) - Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell    <wpurc25758@aol.com>   30 Jul 2002
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Lela Gertrude Barton, daughter of Henry and Hepsie Green Underwood, was 
born June 15, 1909, at Roll, Oklahoma.  She passed from this life July 
17, 1992, at Edmond Memorial Hospital, in Edmond, Oklahoma, at the age 
of 83 years.

Lela was united in marriage to Jess Barton, on Decembver 30, 1934.  They 
lived around Arnett all their lives, where they raised their family of 
seven children.  Lela was a devoted Christian, and she raised her family 
to be good Christians.

Lela lived the past two years at the Timberlane Manor nursing Home in 
Edmond.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jess, 
and one son, Joe.

Lela leaves to cherish her many memories six children.  Frank Barton, and 
his wife, Lois of Robstown, Texas; Bill Barton and his wife, Sheila, of 
Brookfield, Missouri; Nelda Lee and her husband, John of Casa Grande, 
Arizona; Pat Carmichael, and her husband, Kenneth, of Ocola, Iowa; Sharon
Milner, and her husband, Dwight of Kingfisher, Oklahoma; one brother, 
Robert Underwood, of Winlock, Washington; five sisters, Naomi Ford, of 
Chehalis, Washington; Hallie Carey, of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; Maye Gantz, 
of Arnett, Oklahoma; Wretha Thorne, of Childress, Texas; and Doris Bucher, 
of Perryton, Texas; 20 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, nieces, 
nephews and a host of friends and neighbors who will miss her deeply.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 20, 1992 at 2:00 p.m. at the First 
Baptist Church in Arnett, Oklahoma with Rev. Roger Maddox officiating.

Interment was in the DeBolt Cemetery, with Mason Funeral Home of Shattuck, 
handling the arrangements.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK