NAME: GLADYS JEWEL ALLEN, AGE 91, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA SINCE 1993.

BORN: MAY 13, 1910 AT HONEY GROVE, TEXAS TO PHILLIP AND EVA (MCFARLAND) ALLEN. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 91 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM CADDO HIGH SCHOOL. GLADYS GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE IN1938 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AT TINKER FIELD IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1975. PRIOR TO HER EMPLOYMENT AT TINKER GLADYS TAUGHT AT THE INDIAN SCHOOL IN LAWTON AND LATER AT TUPELO, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: GLADYS WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF SUNNY LANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DEL CITY. GLADYS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD (DORIS GROUP) FOR ONE YEAR 1970-71. SHE SERVED SEVERAL TIMES AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE DORIS GROUP AND OFTEN SERVED AS AN OFFICER OR COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON; SHE WANTED TO DO HER PART WHENEVER CALLED UPON. BEFORE GOING TO ATOKA, GLADYS WAS APPOINTED SENIOR ADULT COORDINATOR AT SUNNY LANE AND SHE HELD THIS POSITION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. GLADYS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FAITH ORGAINIZATION FOR TWO YEARS 1981-1982, WAS TREASURER FOR TWO YEARS, SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR FOR FIVE YEARS, TRANSPORTATION CHAIR FOR THREE YEARS AND SERVED AS CHAIR OF DEVOTIONAL, NOMINATING, AND REGISTRATION COMMITTEES FOR ONE YEAR EACH. SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE WHERE NEEDED AND WANTED TO HELP OTHERS. SHE HAS BEEN GREATLY MISSED AT SUNNY LANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HER LIFE WAS SERVING AND HELPING OTHERS. SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS: DON LOFTIS AND WIFE VELTA OF ATOKA, OK. PAT LOFTIS AND WIFE JUDY OF ATOKA, OK. D. W. LOFTIS AND WIFE LETA OF DURANT, OK. BUDDY ALLEN AND WIFE MARGARET OF SHAWNEE, OK. RAY ALLEN AND WIFE MELODY OF ARLINGTON, TX. HORACE ALLEN AND WIFE MARGARET OF SHAWNEE, OK. NIECE: EVA JOY JOSLIN AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ARLINGTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PHILLIP AND EVA ALLEN. BROTHERS: VIRGIL, DEWEY AND RAYMOND ALLEN. SISTERS: VIOLA LOFTIS AND MERLE BRENTLINGER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2002 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: HIGHLAND CEMETERY ~ DURANT, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. ASSISTING: REV. RON KING. CASKETBEARERS: DON LOFTIS, PAT LOFTIS, BUDDY ALLEN, RAY ALLEN, HORACE ALLEN, STEVE LOFTIS.