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Obit for Emma Weeks



Emma Weeks



GUYMON, Okla. - Emma Weeks, 88, died Thursday, April 25, 2002.



Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Church of the Nazarene at Guymon with the

Rev. Terry Armstrong, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery

by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.



Mrs. Weeks, the daughter of Nancy Ellen (Hamilton) and James Wilson Pope,

was born Sept. 24, 1913, north of Guymon in what is now the Hough

community. She and Russell Weeks were married on June 28, 1933, in Liberal,

Kan.



She was a member and held many offices of home demonstration clubs for

more than 66 years and was also a member of Guymon Order of the Eastern

Star No. 419, serving as Worthy Matron and District Deputy.



She had been very active in the Morning Star Methodist Church and the

Straight Christian Church. Two weeks after their 59th anniversary, Russell

Weeks passed away on July 6, 1992.



Since moving to Guymon in 1994, she had made her church home at Guymon

Church of the Nazarene. She was honored as 1997 Pioneer Queen.



Survivors include a daughter, Phyllis Stephens and husband, Tom, of Guymon;

a son, Dwight Weeks of Edmond; four grandchildren, Vicki Jo Fehlberg and

husband, Randy, of Guymon, Tamra Kay Clawson and husband, Dan, of

Hardesty, Kimberly Ann Weeks of Amarillo and Douglas Allen Weeks of

Tulsa; 10 great-grandchildren; and a special niece, LoRee Booth and husband,

John, of Spearman.



The family suggests memorials be to Guymon Church of the Nazarene and will

be accepted at the church or at Henson-Novak Funeral Home, P.O. Box

1306, Guymon, OK 73942.



Amarillo Globe-News, April 28, 2002