April, 1995 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CHRISTOPHER NARANJO, AGE 34, ATOKA RESIDENT AND FORMER RESIDENT OF ARIZONA.
 
BORN:    MARCH 27, 1961  AT HOLBROOK, ARIZONA TO EDDIE B. AND THELMA (LILLARD) NARANJO.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1995.
AGE:   34 YEARS    1 MONTH   AND  8 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA
 
MARRIED:   KATHY COUVILLON ON MAY 23, 1980 ARIZONA.
 
OCCUPATION:    CHRIS WORKED  CONSTRUCTION.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    CHRIS WAS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH.
 
CHRIS WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND OUTDOORSMAN AND TOOK HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS FISHING EVERY CHANCE HE COULD.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    KATHY COUVILLON OF PORTALES, NM.
 
DAUGHTER:    KRYSTAL NARANJO OF PORTALES, NM.
 
MOTHER:    THELMA NARANJO OF ATOKA.
 
FATHER:    EDDIE NARANJO, SR. OF ARIZONA.
 
BROTHERS:  JAMES PETERS OF ARIZONA.
                         LARRY PETERS OF BENTLEY.
                         DONALD NARANJO OF HOLBROOK, AZ.
                         TONY NARANJO OF PHOENIX, AZ.
                         EDDIE NARANJO, JR. OF CANEY, OK.
                         DAVID NARANJO OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 1995 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON.
ASSISTING:   FATHER MALES OF DURANT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   BROTHERS; EDDIE NARANJO, LARRY PETERS, DONALD NORANJO, DAVID NORANJO, TONY NORANJO, JAMES PETERS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    RUTH (McMURTREY) BUTLER OFFIELD, AGE 83, ATOKA RESIDENT AND FORMER RESIDENT OF HOBBS,  NEW MEXICO AND VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS.
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 28, 1912 AT TUSHKA TO LORA AND IRENE (COX) McMURTREY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1995 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   83 YEARS   1 MONTH AND  19 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   MONZEL BUTLER IN 1931 AT ATOKA,  SHE LATER MARRIED ROBERT OFFIELD IN 1949.
 
OCCUPATION:    RUTH WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:   MARLAND M. BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    BETTY WILSON OF PASADENA, TX.
 
SISTER:    BEATRICE ANDERSON OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.
                   MILDRED FAULKENBERRY OF ARIZONA
                   FRANCIS BREWER OF ARIZONA.
 
1 GRANDDAUGHTER, 2 GRANDSONS, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    LORA McMURTREY
MOTHER:    IRENE FRINZEL
HUSBANDS:    MONZEL.BUTLER of atoka in february, 1981.
                           ROBERT OFFIELD IN 1992.
BROTHERS:    JACK AND CLAUDE (september, 1960) McMURTREY
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY. APRIL 21, 1995 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA
 
INTERMENT:   FARRIS CEMETERY, FARRIS, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   RICK POOL
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ADOLPH WILLIAM LANSDALE, AGE 80, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 21, 1914 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO VIRGIL C. AND PEARL (NELSON) LANSDALE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1995 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   80 YEARS 8  MONTHS  AND 5 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:     MR. LANSDALE NEVER MARRIED.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED FARMER. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN ASSEMBLY OF GOD.
 
MR. LANSDALE WAS AN AVID GARDENER. OR, BY SOME ESTIMATES, A TRUCK FARMER, RAISING ENOUGH VEGETABLES TO SUPPLY MANY NEIGHBORS WITH FRESH HOME-GROWN GARDEN VEGETABLES.  HE WAS, AT ONE TIME, A CRAFTSMAN, MAKING MANY KINDS OF CRAFT ITEMS FOR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND RELATIVES. HE ALSO LOVED TO PLAY THE FIDDLE AND HARMONICA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
BROTHERS:    DOYLE LANSDALE OF KANSAS CITY, MO
                           JOHNNY LANSDALE OF MARSHALL, TX.
                           JACK LANSDALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK
 
SISTER:    MATTIE BARHAM OF STRINGTOWN, OK
 
STEPMOTHER:    ROSE LANSDALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   VIRGIL AND PEARL LANSDALE
BROTHERS:    JOHN W. lansdale on march 2, 1991.
                           TROY LANSDALE of atoka on october 28, 1988..
SISTER:    GERTRUDE LANSDALE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1995 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
 
INTERMENT:   MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOEY LANSDALE
ASSISTING:   REV. VIRGIL T. PATTON
 
CASKETBEARERS:   FLOYD McCARTY, JACK LANSDALE, DOYLE LANSDALE, JOHNNY LANSDALE, JERRY LANSDALE, SONNY EVANS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EVELYN FERN (REESE) WALLIS, AGE 54, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    APRIL 11, 1941 AT HENRIETTA, TEXAS TO D. E. AND HATTIE  (BOWMAN) REESE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1995 AT BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER IN DALLAS, TX.
AGE:     59  YEARS   AND 17 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   JIMMY DALE WALLIS ON JULY 17, 1959 AT BROMIDE, OK..
 
OCCUPATION:    FERN WORKED AS AN HABILITATIVE TRAINING SPECIALIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, SPECIALIZING IN WORKING WITH THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
FERN WAS A COMMUNITY SUPPORTER, AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND ATHLETIC EVENTS. SHE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA PTA, WAS INVOLVED IN VARIOUS BOOSTER CLUBS AS WELL. SHE EXCELLED IN ARTS AND CRAFTS THAT SHE SOLD AT MANY CRAFT SHOWS IN ARKANSAS, TEXAS, AND OKLAHOMA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   JIM OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SON:   LYNN DALE WALLIS AND WIFE CINDY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    SHEILA RENEE WALLIS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
FATHER:    D. E. REESE OF HENRIETTA, TX.
 
MOTHER:    HATTIE REESE OF HENRIETTA, TX.
 
GRANDSONS:     BRODY AND REESE WALLIS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    BOBBY REESE OF DEAN, TX.
                           WAYNE REESE OF HENRIETTA, TX.
 
SISTERS:   DORIS RUSSELL OF DEAN, TX.
                     DOROTHY REESE OF HENRIETTA, TX.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY. MAY 1, 1995 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY, ATOKA, OK
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. STEVE HAVENER.
ASSISTING:   REV. JERRY WILLIAMS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   ROBERT FORAN, JOE BEN WHITAKER, RONNIE HARPER, DON KING, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, RICK CHERRY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  KAYE WILLIAMS, ALICE FORAN, OLLIE COOK, EDNA KING, TERESA HYATT, DEBBIE ROGERS, JAN CHERRY, DOTTIE PRICE, SHARON CATHEY.
 
 
 
 
 
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