Obit of Cruzan, Leonore Scott - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: Cruzan, Scott, Higden, Walker, Smith, Hynes, Ainesworth, 
          Summers, Fowler

from 4-15-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Leonore S. Cruzan

Mrs. Leonore Scott Cruzan, age 89, widow of Charles G. Cruzan and longtime 
resident of Bartlesville died Sunday, April 13, 2003, at Jane Phillips 
Geriatric Center.

She was born January 7, 1914 in Pottsboro, Texas, the daughter of Oliver 
Goldsmith Scott and Ruby Cecil (Higden) Scott. She was married to Charles 
Grant Cruzan in 1937 and they moved to Bartlesville in 1947 from New York 
City. She earned her Masters Degree in Education from Oklahoma State 
University and was a retired School teacher where she taught in the 
Ochelata, Claremore and White Oak School Systems. She was a member of the 
Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, Lion Tamers, The American 
Association of University Women and Oklahoma Retired Teachers Assn. She 
was an active member of the First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday 
school and sang in the Choir. She enjoyed sewing, playing bridge, and 
spending time with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by a son, Donald Charles Cruzan of Bartlesville; two 
daughters, Marletta Walker of Bartlesville and Jo Ann Cruzan Smith and 
husband Jimmy of Broken Arrow, OK; 7 grandchildren: Stacey, Lora and 
Hilary Cruzan, Reylene Hynes, Patricia Ainesworth, Emily Summers, and 
Scott Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles in 1991, a 
son, Carlyn Cruzan, and 1 brother.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cruzan will be Wednesday, April 16, 2002, at 
10:00 a.m. in Worship Center of the First Baptist Church with Dr. Joe Dan 
Fowler officiating. Interment will be held on the family plot of Memorial 
Park Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp Funeral Home. The family 
will receive friends at Neekamp Funeral Home, Tuesday, from 5:00 till 7:00 
PM.

Memorials may be made in Mrs. Cruzan's name to First Baptist Church 
"Sunday School Department" % Cherri Johnson, P. O. Box 1080, Bartlesville, 
Ok. 74005.
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