Seminole Co., OK. - Obit for Altha BATESEL Submitted by: Howard Grisso hgrisso@hotmail.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Obit for Altha BATESEL Altha BATESEL Funeral services for Altha Alice BATESEL were held today at First United Methodist Church, Bowlegs. Rev. Robert Cocke officiated. Burial was in Wolf Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. BATESEL died Saturday (06 JAN 1990) at Seminole Municipal Hospital. She was 90 years old. She was born Oct. 6, 1899, in Clayton, OK. She moved to Seminole County in 1926 from Eureka, KS. She was a housewife and attended First Methodist Church, Bowlegs. She also was a member of Royal Neighbors of America, a charter member of Pink Ladies of Seminole Municipal Hospital and a lifetime member of WSCS of First United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Versal H. BATESEL, who died in October 1958; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. KANE, Bowlegs; two sons, James Robert BATESEL and Teddy Versal BATESEL; and five grandchildren. Survivors include five daughters, Ruth ROBBINS, Waelder, TX, Pheba GRISSO, Salt Lake City, UT, Mary CAMERON, Bowlegs, Vernia JENNINGS, Burney Falls, CA, and Clonia IVEY, DeKalb, TX; two sisters, Josephine TYREE, Grand Prairie, TX, and Lucy MORRISON, Bowlegs; 23 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers included Michael Robbins, Leon Coots, Don Henderson, Ray Vandever, Veron Coots and Jim Kane.