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Obit for Vivienne Swope Sticley

Vivienne Swope Sticley, 91, died Monday, January 21, 2002 in Cheyenne,
Oklahoma.  Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 24, 2002 at
the Methodist church of Reydon, Oklahoma with Pastors, Andy Taylor and
Daryle Perry with Trinity Fellowship Church in Sayre, Oklahoma officiating.

Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday Janury 24, 2002 in
Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery, Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas by
Stickley-Hill Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Stickley was born November 25, 1910 NW of Rankin, Oklahoma to
William Chauncey and Ceclia Julia Burke Swope.  She was one of eight
children.  She attended school in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Mrs. Sticley
attended Loretta Heights in Denver, Colorado and the college in Weatherford,
Oklahoma.  She returned to Midway and taught three graades for a few years.
Mrs. Stickley married David Huston "Hoot" Stickley on September 7, 1932 in
Sayre, Oklahoma.  He died on November 25, 1981.  She was a member of the
Roman Catholic Church, American Legion Auxiliary, and the Reydon Garden
Club.  "Hoot aand Viv" loved to play pitch with family, friends and
neightbors for many years.  She had a variety of interest one of which was
basketball.  Unknown to most, she played basketball at the school she
attended in New Mexico, traveling to Colorado and the surrounding area.
Women's basketball courtsd at that time were divided into three sections,
with two palyers in each section, she played the center section.  Mrs. 
Stickley had a green thumb and loved to plant
flowers.  Her flower gardens were a blaze of color and she oftern brought
wildflowers in from the pastures to transplant into selected area of her
yard.  She knew all the wild flowers and could identify most of the birds in
western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.  "Hoot and Viv" lived on the
Stickley home place in the south eaast corner of Hemphill County, near
Reydon, Oklahoma.  She was a true rancher's wife, taking her good home
cooking out to the cowboys during round up time with her merry Irish laugh
and gentle compassion.  Mrs. Stickley also had a fighting Irish spirit that
neither the depression nor the loss of their home to fire could dim her
bright outlook on life.  The Lord blessed "Hoot and Viv's" home with a
daughter who was the light of their lives.  They were class parents for
Ellen's class and help take seventeen students to New Orleans.  Her
grandchildren were her pridxe and joy and as long as her health permitted 
she took part in their activities.  "Viv" was a friend and inspiration to 
all who knew her and will be missed by her family and friends.

Survivors include: 1 daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Ed Wesner, the
Stickley Homeplade; 1 granddaughter, Sara Wesner, 1 grandson Chauncey
Wesner; sister-in-law, Jessie Fry of Canadian.  She was preceded in death by
seven brothers and sisters: Ed Swope, Leo Swope, Sr., Mary Trammell, Irene
Barbee, Cecilia O'Hearn, Nell York and Genevieve Redden.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK