Obit of Griffin, Jack L. - Texas County, Oklahoma

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::Hooker Cemetery--Hooker OK

Jack L. Griffin

TYRONE, Okla. - Jack L. Griffin, 72, died Friday, Nov. 19, 1999.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Tyrone Baptist Church with the Rev. 
Carl Hein officiating. Burial will be in Hooker Cemetery at Hooker by 
Roberts Brothers Funeral Home of Hooker.

Mr. Griffin was born in Dalhart and grew up in the Dalhart and Delores, 
Colo. areas before moving to Hooker. In 1945, he graduated from Hooker 
High School and joined the Army to serve during World War II. He was a 
member of the Tyrone Board of Education and worked for Hugoton Plains Oil 
and Gas Company until his retirement in 1989. He served as the Scoutmaster 
of Tyrone Boy Scout Troop 100 and was a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award.

He married Mildred Nagel in 1947. She died in 1977. He was also preceded 
in death by three infant grandchildren.

He married Charlene Koehn in 1987 at Perryton, Texas.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Marcia Rudd of Edmonds, Wash., 
Shirley Kilpatrick of Yukon, Jacque Bryant of Midland, Texas, and Gayle 
Cain of Tyrone; two stepdaughters, Michelle McCray of Wichita, Kan., and 
Cindi Mills of Hooker; a stepson, Kevin Koehn of Hooker; three sisters, 
Etoile Witt of Hooker, Raylene Winn of Calhoun, Mo., and Margaret Serfoss 
of Clinton; two brothers, Roy Griffin of San Leandro, Calif., and Bob 
Griffin of Breckenridge, Texas; nine grandchildren; and four great-
grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to the Boy Scouts of America, the Adobe 
Walls Council and may be left at the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 
745, Hooker, OK 73945.

Amarillo Sunday News-Globe Nov. 21, 1999
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