Obit of Artz, Doris Maxine - Washington County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 19 Mar 2006 Return to Washington County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/washington/washington.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Memorial Park Cemetery--Bartlesville OK The Grove Sun Daily Doris Maxine Artz 1917-2005 BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Doris Maxine Artz, 87, of Bartlesville, died at 8 a.m. on Sunday at the Silver Lake Care Center in Bartlesville. Graveside services for Mrs. Artz will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Bartlesville with Terry Long of the First Baptist Church officiating. Funeral services and interment will be under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home in Bartlesville. The family suggests that memorial finds be sent to the charity of the donor's choice. Mrs. Artz was born on June 9, 1917 at Bartlesville to Fredrick Ralph and Jennie Mae (Spalding) Snell. She grew up in Bartlesville and graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1935. She was married to Seaton Artz on March 24, 1936. They were longtime residents of Bartlesville where they owned and operated The Sport Shop until 1966 when they moved to Grove. They operated the Seaton Artz Marina in the Grand lake area where they continued the Mercury Outboard Motor Dealership until Mr. Artz's death on Jan. 13, 1982. Mrs. Artz continued her home at Grove until returning to Bartlesville in Jan. of 2004. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Grove, a member of the Grove General Hospital Auxiliary (the Cherry Red Organization) for 21 years, a member of the order of Eastern Star Chapter #209 at Grove, the Women of the Moose #1771 at Grove, the Prestige Club at Joplin, Mo., and in Bartlesville had belonged to the Credit Women's Breakfast Club, the Pilot Club, and the Business Women's Association Mrs. Artz is survived by her three brothers, Robert "Bob" Snell of Bartlesville, G.W. "Bill" Snell of Bartlesville, and C.G. Snell of Aztec, New Mexico, two sisters, Bettie Higbee of Bartlesville and Pat Henderson of Sand Springs, and a number of nieces and nephews. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Washington County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/washington/washington.html