Rogers Co. Obit for: Carl Dean Heltzel 
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Date: 3/23/2003 by: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
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Carl Dean Heltzel
3/05/2003

Services for Carl Dean Heltzel will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2003 
in the Chapel of the Garden at Rice Funeral Service. Burial will follow 
at Ketchum Cemetery. Friends may visit from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at 
the funeral home. Carl passed away on Monday, March 3, 2003. He was 63.

Born on Feb. 6, 1940 in Oklahoma City to Charles and Madge Spears Heltzel, 
Carl was reared and educated in Pryor from the age of 2. He entered the 
military, serving for 20 years. Carl was blessed with three lovely 
daughters. And for each, from their birth throughout their adulthood, 
he was there for his girls. 

Following his honorable discharge, Carl returned to Pryor and built a 
log home, almost entirely by hand, next door to his childhood home. 
Beginning his first career at an early age, he had time for a second. 
After working for several years for Moorman's Feed Company, he retired 
from there as well.

Twice retired, Carl now found time for some of his favorite things. A 
gifted woodworker, he enjoyed that craft a great deal in his spare time. 
He also loved the hobby of cycling and one of his proudest achievements 
was surviving - at the age of 62 - the Texas "Hotter Than Hell 100," a 
ride spanning 100 miles of possibly 100 degrees. Another of his cycling 
accomplishments was a Free Wheel 400-mile ride across Oklahoma, which he 
completed two years in a row. Some of his less-exhaustive pastimes 
included weekend trips in his R.V. Most of the past winter was spent in 
Texas. But probably the highlight of his life were his adored grandchildren. 
And that adoration was reciprocated by all nine of them who equally treasured 
their "Papa."

Carl is survived by his children, Laurel Matthews and her husband, Dan of 
White Heath, Ill., Linda Balmer of Claremore and Cinda Horner and her 
husband, Joe, also of Claremore; grandchildren, Luke, Jimmie and Michelle, 
all of White Heath and Candice, Celeste, Ashlee, Shelby, Cole and Mallory, 
all of Claremore; fiancee Wendy Lewis; sisters, Delma Mongold of West 
Virginia, Evelyn Brewer of Texas and Kathryn Hutchenson of Chelsea. He was 
preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Madge and his brother, Henry.


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