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Obit for Gerald Roland Warkentin

Gerald Roland Warkentin, 63, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002 in Weatherford.
Graveside services were held Saturday at 9:15 a.m. at the Corn Cemetery with
memorial services following at 9:45 a.m. at the Corn Heritage Village Chapel
officiated by Paster Ken Gardner. Services were under the direction of the
Stanley-Lee Funeral Home of Clinton. 

Gerald Roland Warkentin was born in Cordell, OK on July 30, 1938 to H. Irwin
Warkentin and Edna (Janzen) Warkentin and passed away on July 3, 2002. 

Gerald was a lifelong member of the Corn Mennonite Bretheren Church, having
accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior during his years at the Corn Bible
Academy. He spent many years working for local area farms and on road
construction crews in Oklahoma, Arkansas until finally the cumulative effects of
mild cerebal palsy kept him from working. In his later years he was in several
nursing homes in the area. 

Gerald was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, John and Kathryn
Peters Janzen; his paternal grandparents, H.J. and Anna Leppke Warkentin; his
mother Edna and two brothers, Floyd Wayne and Wendell. 

He is survived by his father, H. Irwin Warkentin, sisters Frances Gathright and
husband Jack of Oklahoma City; Rowena Rhodes and husband Carl of Corn;
brothers Richard Warkentin of Concord, CA, and Michael Warkentin and wife
Georgia of Norman, niece Brianna Auge and husband Ethan of Weatherford,
Margaret Gathright of Oklahoma City and nephew Jeffery Gathright and wife
Michelle of Midwest City and a host of surviving special aunts and uncles and
their spouses, cousins and friends. 

The family has suggested those wishing to give memorial contributions may do so
to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, C/O Seven-Eleven Store #85, 1729 W.
Main St., Norman, OK 73069.