Obit of Frank R. "Toby" Star (s360) - Roger Mills County, OK Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 29 Aug 2002 ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ========================================================================= Surnames: Starr, Turtle Road, Threlkeld, Sage, Johnson, Downs, Zarytski, Blassingame, Celzade, Etticitty, Swinerton, Blackowl, Singinger, Curtin Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4986 Funeral services for Frank R. "Toby" Star, 70, Hammon resident will be held 1 p.m. Thursday in the Hammon High School Auditorium officiated by Rev. Jay Swallow, Rev. Joe Fletcher, Rev. David Flick and Rev. Clyde Johnson, Jr. with burial following in the Hammon Indian Mennonite Cemetery under the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home. Frank Roby "Toby" Starr was born January 1, 1928 to Harry and Freda Turle Road Starr in Hammon and died early Sunday April 12, 1998 in the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City following a bout with cancer. Farnk Starr was raised in the Watonga area and achiev ed in baseball while attending his schooling in Watonga and moved to the Hammon area before marrying his wife, Christine Finger Nail on August 28, 1951. He attended trade schools for plumbing and also auto mechanics. He worked for the Clinton Indian Hospital in the maintenance departemtn, for Oklahoma Furniture Factory in Guthrie, Oklahoma the Roger Mills County Barn and retired from the Hammon School in 1996 after 28 years of service. He was a member of the Native American Indian Church and had held numerous NAIC meetings from Taos, New Mexico across Oklahoma and other places he was called upon. He was also a member of the Hammon Indian Baptist Church. He had won the domino championship at the all Indian Tournament in Oklahoma City. He is survived by his wife, Christine of the home; six daughters, Leann Starr, Charlene Threlkeld, Marietha johnson, Barbara Sage all of Hammon, Joyce Starr of Taos, New Mexico and Sharon Downs of Ft. Worth, Texas; his son, Thurman Starr of Hammon; several adopted children, Linda Zarytski of Toronto, Canada, Tom Blassingame of Austin, Texas, Jess Celzade of Carrolton, Texas, Frank Ettenity of Kirland, New Mexico, Leslie Swinerton of Geary, Oklahoma, Wilma Blackowl of El Reno, Oklahoma, Lynn Singinger of California, Charlene Curtin of Clinton; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and several adopted grandchildren. There will be an all night wake service Wednesday, 7 p.m. in the Hammon Indian Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Charles Starr. The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK 14-Apr-1998