Obit of Padgett, Cleo Margaret - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: PADGETT, AUSTIN, SMITH, CRAMER, EASTER, BARTON, HARBISON, LAIZURE, 
HINKLE, MORIARTY

from 1-1-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Cleo M. Padgett

Mrs. Cleo Margaret Padgett, 96 year old widow of Earl Padgett and longtime 
resident of Bartlesville died Sunday, December 29, 2002, at Jane Phillips 
Medical Center.

Mrs. Padgett was born on May 4, 1906 in St. Paul, Kansas. The daughter of 
Joseph Albin and Sarah (Moriarty) Smith. Cleo and her family moved to 
Bartlesville when she was four. She received her formal education at St. 
John's Catholic School, graduating valedictorian of the first class to 
attend St John's from the first through eighth grade. Cleo worked as a 
telephone operator until she and Earl Padgett were united in marriage, in 
Nowata, on May 23, 1929. Mr. Padgett worked for the National Refinery 
before it became the Coop Refinery for 43 years, retiring in 1968. They 
moved to Peru, Kansas to live in retirement. Mr. Padgett preceded her in 
death on February 21, 1971, at which time Mrs. Padgett returned to live in 
Bartlesville.

Mrs. Padgett was a member of the St. John's Catholic Church, Westside 
Community Center Senior Citizens group and the Dewey Senior Citizens 
Center. She loved to sew, cook, play Bingo, and was known for her quilts. 
She was known for always visiting or sitting with sick friends that needed 
assistance.

Mrs. Padgett is survived by her three daughters, Mary Kathryn Smith of 
Nowata, Delores Ann Cramer and husband Jack of Bartlesville, and Lila Lou 
Hinkle of Bartlesville; a son, Gary Wayne Padgett of MT; a daughter-in-
law, Lois Padgett of Sedan, KS; a brother, John C. Smith of Copan; a 
brother-in-law, Max Harbison of Tulsa; two sisters-in-law, Helen Smith of 
Caney, KS and Ruth Smith of Bartlesville; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-
grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and 
nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a son, Earl E. 
Padgett; a daughter, Evelyn Maxine Padgett; 3 brothers, Mike, Ed, and 
Frank Smith; 2 sisters, Marie Laizure and Mildred Harbison; and 2 
grandsons, Earl Wayne Padgett and Gary E. Barton.

A rosary will be held 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 2, at St. John's 
Catholic Church and a mass will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 3, at 
St. John's Catholic Church with Father Stephen Austin officiating. 
Casketbeaers will be Gary Smith, Lary Smith, Jim Smith, Joe Cramer, Albert 
Padgett, and Mark Easter. Burial will be in the family plot of the White 
Rose Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp Funeral Home.
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