Obit of Laizure Jr., Cecil Leon - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     9 Oct 2005
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Surnames: LAIZURE, AUSTIN, SMITH, MORIN

from 3-11-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Cecil L. Laizure Jr.

Mr. Cecil Leon Laizure, Jr., age 75, a native of Bartlesville and retired 
Oil Transfer Dispatcher for Phillips Petroleum Company, died Sunday 
evening, March 9, 2003, at the Jane Phillips Medical Center.

Rosary prayers will be said Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the 
sanctuary of St. John's Catholic Church. A funeral mass will be celebrated 
Thursday at 10:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of St. John's Catholic Church with 
Father Stephen Austin as the officiant. Burial will be on the family plot 
in White Rose Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp Funeral Home.

A memorial has been established in his name with Jane Phillips Hospice. 
Those wishing to remember him may do so in care of Jane Phillips Hospice, 
219 North Virginia, Bartlesville, OK 74003.

Mr. Laizure was born June 4, 1927 in Bartlesville, the son of Cecil Leon 
and Sarah Marie (Smith) Laizure, Sr. He was raised in Bartlesville and 
Oklahoma City and graduated from St. Gregory High School in Shawnee. He 
served in the U.S. Army during World War II and following his discharge 
from the service he start his career with Phillips Petroleum Company in 
the Supply and Distribution Department. He retired in 1986 after 40 years 
of service. He and Mary Louise Morin were united in marriage on June 27, 
1945 in Waco, TX. They made their home in Oklahoma City and Borger, TX, 
before settling in Bartlesville. Mrs. Laizure preceded him in death on 
July 24, 2000. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church. He probably 
caught more fish out the Verdigris River than any other fisherman.

He is survived by four sons, John A. Laizure and wife Debi of Broken 
Arrow, Joseph P. Laizure and wife Marjie of Mankato, MN, Jerry A. Laizure 
and wife Peggy of Norman, OK, and Anthony M. Laizure and wife Brenda of 
Tulsa; a daughter, Linda D. Laizure of Tulsa; fourteen grandchildren; and 
four great-grandchildren. His wife of 55 years, parents, three sons, Cecil 
L. Laizure, III, Robert C. Laizure, and Michael A. Laizure, and sister, 
Mary Lou Laizure preceded him in death.
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