Obit of Irwin, William G - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 10 Jun 2007 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 ===================================================================== ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Tulsa OK Surnames: Irwin, Bugh, Mills, Moses, Casselman, Blount, Wheeler, Demmitt Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.rogermills/8395/mb.ashx William G. Irwein, 79, of Bixby, Oklahoma, formerly of Muskogee, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born July 5, 1927 in Leedey, Oklahoma to Lee and Minnie (Bugh) Irwin. William graduated from Hammon High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army at Aberdseen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. After his return from military service, he attended Oklahoma A & M, which later became Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater and received a Bachelor Degree in Animal husbandry. After college, he went to work for the Mural Shorthorn Ranch in Illinois caring for and showing registered shorthorn cattle. William moved to Muskogee in 1956 and accepted a job with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. After retiring from the Bureau he moved to Bixby, Oklahoma in 1983 and began working as an Independent appraiser. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Muskogee. William was preceded in death by his wife, Vada Marie Irwin and grandson, David Mills, and parents Lee and Minnie Irwin. He is survived by two daughters, Geraldine Moses, and her husband Mike and Barbara Casselman, both of Warner, OK; brother Harold Irwin, andf his wife Ruth of Hammon, OK; niece, Bama Blount, and hetr husband Don of Oklahoma City, nephew, Robert Irwin of Hammon, OK; great-niece, Elisha Wheeler, of Edmond, OK; two great-nephews, Curtis Irwin of Oklahoma City, OK and Brent Blount of Oklahoma City; great great-niece, Kyra Jae, of Edmond and great great-granddaughter, Sharise Demmitt, of Henryetta, OK. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, at Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum with Rev. Loren Welch officiating. Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral service arrangements are under the direction of Foster-Pertering Funeral Home. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 1-Mar-2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html