Obit of Mahan, Maurice Edwin - Woodward County OK

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::Altus Cemetery--Altus OK

Maurice Edwin Mahan

ALTUS, Okla. - Maurice Edwin Mahan, 83, died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at 
Bethany.

Private graveside services will be at Altus Cemetery followed by a 
memorial celebration service at 11 a.m. Friday at Lowell Tims Chapel 
with the Rev. Don English officiating.

Mr. Mahan was born in Quinlan. He graduated from Quinlan High School 
in 1932. He graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1937 with a degree in 
agronomy.

He worked with the state of Oklahoma surveying soil, then with the 
Soil Conservation Service where he worked in Oklahoma and Texas, 
including San Angelo, Brownwood, Ranger and Fabens.

He moved to Altus in 1944. In 1948, he became a Prudential Insurance 
agent and moved to a farm near Hetrick, where he farmed. In 1952, he 
moved to Altus and founded the Mahan Agency, retiring in 1991. He was 
a certified senior appraiser and served as president of the Western 
Oklahoma Life Underwriter's Association in 1961-62. He was a member 
of the Altus Board of Realtors, serving as president in 1970.

Mr. Mahan was a charter member of Grace United Methodist Church of 
Altus, where he served on the administrative board and was active in 
Methodist Men. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Altus 
Noon Lion's Club, serving as president in 1970-71.

In 1991, he was named a Melvin Jones Fellow, the highest honor given 
by the Lions Clubs International Foundation. He was involved with 
Associated Christian Ministries serving as president and working on 
the Crop Walk.

He worked with the Boy Scouts of America as a scoutmaster and with 
the Girls Scouts as a board member.

He did volunteer work with the Salvation Army, Meals on Wheels, 
Association of Christian Ministries House, the Senior Council of 
Jackson County, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, the American 
Association of Retired Persons, Hospice of Jackson County and the 
Roadrunners.

In 1987, he was honored as a Living Legend sponsored by the Museum of 
the Western Prairie and KWHW Radio in Altus.

He married Leatha Marie Washburn in 1937 at Quinlan.

Survivors include his wife; six children, Susanna Mahan Norman of 
Amarillo, James C. Mahan of Altus, Terry Mahan of Phoenix, Jan Mahan 
Ford of Azle, Texas, Dr. Ben Mahan of Tullahoma, Tenn., and Shari 
Mahan Portman of Oklahoma City; two brothers, John Mahan of Oklahoma 
City and the Rev. James Mahan of Altus; a sister, Lola Fritzler of 
Derby, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials be to the Maurice E. Mahan charitable 
Foundation at the First State Bank, 721 N. Main, Altus, OK 73521.

Amarillo Daily News May 19, 1999
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