OBITUARY NAME: ESTHER AGNES (MALONE) MEZGER, AGE 96, ATOKA RESIDENT PAST 2 YEARSFORMERLY A LONGTIME SHAWNEE, OK RESIDENT BUT REARED IN KANSAS BORN: FEBRUARY 28, 1913 TO MICHAEL MALONE AND NETTIE ROSE STARR MALONE AT RAYMOND, KS PASSED AWAY: MARCH 25, 2009 AT ATOKA, OK AGE : 96 YEARS 0 MONTHS 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ESTHER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RAYMOND, KS AND ATTENDED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL. MARRIED: LAWRENCE W. MEZGER ON AUGUST 15, 1936 AT CHASE, KS. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER CHURCH AFFILIATION: ESTHER WAS A LIFELONG METHODIST; LONGTIME ACTIVE MEMBER OF WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SHAWNEE, OK; MEMBER UNITED METHODIST WOMEN; MEMBER OF EASTER STAR; AND SHE ENJOYED DOING GARDENING, QUILTING, CANNING AND DOING CRAFTS. SURVIVED BY SON: GARY MEZGER AND WIFE NICKI WICHITA, KS. DAUGHTER: JUDY ELLIOTT AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, OK GRANDCHILDREN: BRAD ELLIOTT OF ATOKA, OK DUSTIN ELLIOTT AND WIFE JERRI OF TULSA, OK KERT MEZGER AND WIFE JANICE OF BROOMFIELD, CO DERK MEZGER OF ROCKWALL, TX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: WHITLEY ELLIOTT OF ARIZONA BRADLEY ELLIOTT OF ATOKA, OK BRYN MEZGER OF BROOMFIELD, CO COLE MEZGER OF BROOMFIELD, CO BROTHER: THOMAS MALONE AND WIFE WANDA OF WEED, CA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED BY HUSBAND: LAWRENCE MEZGER PARENTS: MIKE AND NETTIE MALONE SISTERS: LENORA SHERMAN AND JOSEPHINE ROSE ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: ELLIOTT FUNERAL CHAPEL, HUTCHINSON, KS OFFICIATING: REV. DEE ANN MEZGER INTERMENT: HILL TOP CEMETERY, RAYMOND, KS CASKETBEARERS: BRAD ELLIOTT, DUSTIN ELLIOTT CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY E-MAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK