Rogers Co. Obit for: Jerry O'Quin
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Date: 1/04/2003 by: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
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1/04/2003

Jerry Oquin

Funeral services for Jerry Oquin, lifetime Inola resident, will be 2 p.m.
 Friday, Jan. 3, 2003 at the First Baptist Church in Inola. Dr. Mike Butler 
will officiate. Burial will follow in Highland cemetery, under direction of 
Inola Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.

Jerry passed away Monday, Dec. 30, 2002 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa.
 He was 62.

The son of Dib and Jewel Medlock Oquin was born Dec. 9, 1940 in Porter. 

He graduated from Inola High School and continued his education at Northeastern 
State University in Tahlequah, where he received his masters degree in 
education. 

He married his college sweetheart, Charlotte Phillips, on Aug. 10, 1962, at the 
First Baptist Church of Inola. 

They completed their senior year and began their teaching careers at Burbank 
School in Osage County. 

The next year they moved back to Inola and Jerry took a teaching job in 
Claremore. 
In 1966, Jerry became the elementary principal in Inola. 

Jerry made a decision to get out of the teaching profession to sell insurance 
for a few years, but because of his associations with students and fellow 
teachers and his love of teaching, he returned to the classroom and later served 
as an administrative assistant. He retired from teaching in Inola Schools in 
1992. 

After retirement, Jerry and Charlotte moved northwest of Inola on the old Ellis 
Ranch. Jerry enjoyed ranching and having his friends and family in his home. 

He was an active member of the Inola First Baptist Church and involved in the 
Inola community.

He is preceded in death by his brother, Max Oquin.

Family members surviving are his wife, Charlotte of the home; children Kelly 
Lyn and husband, Mickey Martin of Inola, Stacy Ann and husband, Michael Payne 
of Verdigris, and Taft Ray and wife, Michelle Oquin of Inola; grandchildren, 
Kyla Ray Martin, Bryn, Stacia, and Laef Payne, and Gabe, Katey, Caleb, and Jerry 
Thomas Oquin; parents, Dib and Jewel Oquin of Inola; and sister-in-law Gail 
Whitworth of Inola; nieces Gaye Ann and son Dillon, and Erin Oquin of Inola.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church Building Fund, PO 
Box 160, Inola, OK 74036, or the RCB Jerry Oquin Scholarship Fund, PO Box 189, 
Inola, OK 74036.
 

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