Obit of Ollie Evertt Leddy (l300) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  8 Aug 2002
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On July 3, 1907 in a half dugout east of Roll, Oklahoma; Nancy Lida and 
Alpha Thomas Leddy welcomed a son, Ollie Evertt Leddy to thier home.  A 
little more than two years later on August 19, 1909 in the same community of 
Roll, Dicie Thomas and Henry Curtis Walker had a new daughter, Thelma 
Laverta Walker.

Thelma and Ollie both were raised in the Roll and Five Star community  and 
attended Five Star School.  They were married on February 28, 1935 in 
Cheyenne, Oklahoma.  They continued to live southeast of Roll before moving 
to Sayre in the early 1940's to make their home, where Thelma was a 
homemaker and Ollie worked at the Sayre Wholesale before working for Sayre 
Jr. College as a custodian from 1957 until his retirement in 1914.  Thelma 
and Ollie always remembered their days on the farm and Ollie continued to 
raise cattle throughout his life.

Thelma passed away on October 8, 1992 at the age of 83 years, 1 month and 19 
days.  Just a few shor hours later Ollie passed away on October 9, 1992 at 
the age of 83 years, 3 months and 6 days, both in the Sayre Memorial 
Hosptial.

Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister.

Ollie was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two sisters and two 
brothers.

Thelma and Ollie are survived by thie son and daughter-in-law Kenneth and 
Linda Leddy of Canute; four grandchildren, Deena Hunnicutt; Debora, Denise 
and Dean Leedy; one great granddaughter, Paige Marie Hunnicutt; Thelma;s 
five brothers, Orland Walker of Bend, Oregon; Hakell Walker of Pleasant 
Hill, California; H.C. Walker of Freemont, California; Terry Walker of 
Pottsboro, Texas; Jim Walker of Concord, California; Ollie's two sisters 
Seaneth Walker of Roll, Oklahoma and Minnie Hillman of Roll, Oklahoma; 
Ollie's two brothers, Lloyd Leddy of Galts, California and A.T. Leedy of 
Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and a host of other relatives and many friends.

Services were held Monday, October 12, 1992 at 10:30 a.m. with Tom Cooksey 
officiating.  Interment followed in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery, Sayre, 
Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK