Obit of Bird, Stella Jean Vinson - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 18 Nov 2013 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery--?? Surnames: Bird, Weiland, Vinson, Lynn Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.rogermills/8973/mb.ashx *Stella Jean Bird was born in Wybark, Oklahoma on June 27, 1925 and passed away on December 25, 2008. Her early years were spent in the Oklahoma Panhandle, graduating from Reydon High School in 1943. Stella Jean was the oldest of two girls, one youngest and two older brothers. As a middle child, born to parents Flora Weiland and Jesse Lee Vinson, she remains with the family and met a schoolmate, Daniel William Bird, who was destined to be her life partner. Only World War II separated them, but they were married November 18, 1945 in Dumas, Texas. They have been soul-mates and life partners for sixty-three years of marriage and loving parents for sixty-two. Stella Jean and Daniel William moved to California, then back to Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle, residing in several towns and cities with plans to settle down in Dumas, Texas. While in Dumas, she became a working mother, providing for her family while her husband attended educational classes. In 1958 Stella Jean, with her family, left Texas for what turned out to be her home, New Mexico. She and her husband are long time New Mexico residents, having initially located in Grants, NM. Stella Jean is survived by her husband, Daniel William; her daughter, Carol Lynn and husband, Robert; her sons, Danny and wife Bonnie and Reginald Eugene and five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services were held December 29, 2008 at the Manzano Baptist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico with interment at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 5-Feb-2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html