Washington County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  GEORGE ANTHONY LOVE L100

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GEORGE ANTHONY LOVE

OCNS - April 8, 2002 - George Anthony Love, 64, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 
died February 1, 2002, in the Jane Phillips Medical Center after losing a 
battle with a long term illness.

Mr. Love was born October 8, 1937, in Springfield, Illinois, to Charlie 
Monroe and Edith Marie (Wilson) Love.   He was reared and educated in 
Muskogee, Oklahoma, graduating from Muskogee High School in 1955.   He 
received his Bachelor of Arts in 1960 and his Masters in Education in 1967 
from Northeastern State College.

Mr. Love served his country in the United States Army from 1960 until 1963.   
Upon completion of his military service, he taught school in Mission, 
Texas, until 1966.   He moved to Bartlesville and began teaching school in 
the 1966-67 school year.   He met and married N. June (Tiger) Thomson on 
June 5, 1970, in Bartlesville. 

Mr. Love earned the Teaching Excellence Award from the Freedoms Foundation 
at Valley Forge in 1971 and received the High School Teacher Recognition 
Award from the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
in 1987.   He was a member of Copan Masonic Lodge #442, Bartlesville 
Knights Templar, Tulsa Scottish Rite and enjoyed hunting and fishing.   He 
retired from the Bartlesville school system in 1992.

Survivors include his wife, N. June Love of the home; their sons, Charles 
Love of Bartlesville, Tommy Thomson of Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Kenneth Love 
of Humble, Texas; a daughter, Lori Cook of Phoenix, Arizona, nine 
grandchildren.   He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services were held February 6, at the Eastern Heights Baptist 
Church in Bartlesville with Reverend Mark DeMoss officiating.   Interment 
was in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Stumpff Funeral 
Home.

A memorial was established in memory of Mr. Love, with the Bartlesville 
Fire Department, c/o Billy Phillips, 401 South Johnstone, Bartlesville, 
OK   74003.   The family wishes to recognize Bartlesville Ambulance 
Service for their service to the community.