Obit of Castle, Theodore Ira "Ted" (c234) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 17 Sep 2004 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 ========================================================================== Surnames: Castle, Jeffreys, Sovo, Battle, Pilkington, Arthur, Fijo, Griffey Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5769 Funedral services for Theodore Ira "Ted" Castle, 65, Sterling, Oklahoma were held Thursday, September 9. 2004 at 2:00 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, Sterling, with Rev. David Lawrence, pastor of Central High Baptist Church and Rev. Chester Powell, Sterling, officiating. Mr. Castle died Monday, September 6, 2004 at his home. Burial was with Military Honors in the Sterling Cemetery under the direction of Hodge Funeral Home, Fletcher. He was born September 25, 1938 in Canadian, Texas. He grew up and attended school in Crawford, Oklahoma and Cheyenne, Oklahoma, They traveled around with their father who worked in the oil field. He served in the United States ASrmy 1960-1962. He married Shirley Ann Jeffreys in Lawton, Oklahoma, October 15, 1962. They moved to Sterling in February of 1963. Ted worked in the oil fields in Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and Oklahoma. He worked civil service at Ft Sill as a locomotive engineer and mechanic, retiring in 1988. He then worked for Northrop and I.T.T. at Ft. Sill retiring again. Ted enjoyed farming, game chickens and just being with his friends at the coffee shop. He is survived by his wife, Shriley, of the home, 2 daughters, Nora Lynn Sovo and her husband, Gene, Sterling, Oklahoma, Glenda (Battle) Pilkington and Alex Pilkington, of Sterling, 5 grandchildren; Gina Lynette SZXovo and Shannon Raylene Sovo, both of Lawton, Oklahoma, Terry Battle and Shirley Eva Pilkington, both of Sterling, Bolder Pilkington, of the home, 3 great grandsons, Terry, Tony and Eric. 3 brothers, Wayne Castle and his wife Linda, of Oklahoma City, Jackie Charkles Castle and his wife, Donetta, of Vici, Oklahoma and Curtis Castle and his wife Jackie, of Crawford, Oklahoma, 1 sister, Mary Joe Arthur of Benonville, Arkaansas. His mother in law, Nora Lorene Jeffreys of Sterling, brother-in-law, Curtis Jefferys and his wife, Nora Belle, of Sterling, sister-in-law, Norma Fijo and her husband, George of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents; Ted Castle, Sr. and Lola Mae Griffey Castle and a son, Ted Castle III. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok 16-Sep2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html