Obit of Wimberley, William Kent "Will" - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: WIMBERLEY, AUSTIN, MOORE, DAVIDSON, YOUNG, GERKIN, BONNER, STATON,
from 1-21-2003 Examiner Enterprise

William K. Wimberley

Mr. William Kent "Will" Wimberley, 51, Carter Hospice Nurse and husband of 
Mrs. Donna M. Wimberley died at 10:52 p.m. on Saturday in the Jane 
Phillips Medical Center.

Funeral services for Mr. Wimberley will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday 
in the Memory Chapel of the Arnold Moore Funeral Residence. Father Stephen 
Austin will be the officiate. Private family final rites will be directed 
by the Arnold Moore Funeral Residence.

Mr. Wimberley will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of the Arnold Moore 
Funeral Residence where friends may call for visitation.

A native of Oklahoma, William Kent Wimberley was born March 29, 1951. He 
was the son of the late Billie Leroy Wimberley and Mrs. Ruth Irene (Moore) 
Wimberley. The Wimberley family moved to Tulsa during his early youth. He 
was reared there attending the public schools and completed his education 
in Tulsa. He was awarded a scholarship and attended Cambridge University, 
England. William Wimberley was enlisted in the United States Navy in May 
of 1969 and received an honorable discharge on July 17, 1969. He began a 
Produce Distributorship business and worked in several states. He and the 
former Miss Daphne Davidson were married on June 25, 1986 at Wimberley, 
Texas and established their home in Kalispell, Montana. He continued his 
business there and began employment with the Ronan Indian Home Health Care 
on the tribal reservation. In 1988 he attended the Kalispell Community 
College and was graduated with an Associates Degree in 1990. Mrs. Daphne 
Wimberley preceded him in death in Kalispell on March 19, 1990. He 
returned to Oklahoma in 1991 and made his home at Avant. William Wimberley 
was a student of the Tri County Technology School in Bartlesville and was 
graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse. He was employed with Nurse 
Finders and with Carter Hospice. He and the former Ms. Donna Marie Young 
were married January 7, 1997 in Las Vegas, Nevada and established their 
home here. Mr. Wimberley remained active until his death. He was an avid 
fisherman and trapper.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Donna Marie (Young) Wimberley, of the 
home; his son, William Sean Wimberley, Tulsa, Okla.; his mother, Mrs. Ruth 
Irene (Moore) Wimberley, Tulsa, his sister, Mrs. Sue Gerkin and her 
husband, Dr. Steve Gerkin, Tulsa, his grandmother, Mrs. Elva Bonner, 
Tulsa; two daughters, Ms. Christine Staton and Ms. Catherine Staton, both 
of Bartlesville, Okla.; three grandchildren, Lily Staton, Mikayla Staton 
and Gage Staton, Bartlesville, Okla. In addition to his father and former 
spouse, he was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald David Wimberley.
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