Obit of Western, Cathlene "Bernice" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: WESTERN, BROWN, WALLS, WALTERS, REITINGER, MELROSE, CARPENTER, BARRON
from 2-9-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Cathlene Western

Mrs. Cathlene "Bernice" Western, 77 year old widow of Charles G. Western 
and longtime resident of Bartlesville died Thursday morning, February 6, 
2003, at her residence.

Mrs. Western was born on December 7, 1925 in Tilton, Arkansas, the 
daughter of Lee and Elizabeth (Brown) Walls. She received her formal 
education in Tilton. On April 13, 1940, she and Charlie G. Western were 
united in marriage in Forrest City, Arkansas. They moved to Bartlesville 
in 1954 where Mr. Western worked for the Bureau of Mines and Mrs. Western 
worked in the Nursery at the Bartlesville Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Western preceded her in death on February 2, 1988. Mrs. Western worked 
for the Marple's Food Store and the Cardinal Food Store before retiring in 
1990. She loved to crochet, quilt, tend to her garden and birds.

Mrs. Western is survived by two sons, Charles L. Western and wife Jane of 
Sand Springs, OK and Stanley G. Western and wife Maria of Bartlesville; 
two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Walters and husband James of Bartlesville and 
Cathi S. Western-Reitinger and husband Gerry of Bartlesville; eleven 
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and special friend, Mary Lue 
Melrose of Collinsville. Her husband, parents, a granddaughter, Larissa C. 
Western and great-grandson, Jacob C. Carpenter preceded her in death.

Funeral services for Mrs. Western will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 
10, in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp Funeral Home with Rev. Stan 
Barron of Harvestime Assembly Church officiating. Burial will be in the 
family plot of Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of the Neekamp 
Funeral Home.
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