NAME: HOWARD HENRY SOESTER, AGE 86, A DURANT RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: MARCH 22, 1921 TO HENRY AND MINNIE ALICE (WRIGHT) SOESTER AT CRAWFORD, NE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 86 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: HOWARD ATTENDED CRAWFORD, NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A 1940 GRADUATE. MARRIED: EDITH JEWELL WILSON ON MAY 30, 1958 AT OAKLAND, CA. OCCUPATION: HOWARD WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE U. S. NAVY WITH 34 YEARS OF SERVICE, SERVING HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. KOREAN WAR, AND VIETNAM AS WELL AS U. S. NAVAL RESERVE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE, MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, CADET SCOUTS, AND NAVY LEAGUE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: EDITH SOESTER OF THE HOME IN DURANT, OK. DAUGHTERS: RANDIE WALKER AND HUSBAND BILL OF CORAL SPRINGS, FL. ALICE PUENTE AND HUSBAND BUDDY OF FT. WORTH, TX. SONS: KEITH SOESTER AND WIFE LINDA OF TELFORD, PA. BARRY SOESTER AND WIFE KAREN OF CORAL SPRINGS, FL. GRANDDAUGHTERS: VICTORIA PUENTE OF FT. WORTH, TX. ANDREA PUENTE OF FT. WORTH, TX. GRANDSONS: JAY SOESTER OF CORAL SPRINGS, FL. MATTHEW WALKER OF CORAL SPRINGS, FL. GOD DAUGHTERS: CHRISSY LAWTON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF CHEASPEAKE, VA. STARLA MULLEN OF DURANT, OK. SISTER: DORA HALE OF CRAWFORD, NE. SISTERS AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW: VERNA SOESTER OF LUSK, WY. MAXINE WILSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. RUTH MORRIS OF DURANT, OK. ELOISE AND J. C. BINGHAM OF DURANT, OK. PENO WILSON OF TUSHKA, OK. FERMAN WILSON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND MINNIE SOESTER. BROTHERS: KENNETH AND RAYMOND SOESTER. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: ELLIS HALE AND KENNETH "BUTCH" WILSON.

*********************************************************************************************** DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: CDR. CLARENCE L. PREVOST, CHAPLIN U.S.N.R. CASKETBEARERS: STEVE SWINDALL, ROY GENE MCINICH, EMMETT WILSON, BILL MULLEN, ZACHARY LEE, PENO WILSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIM MORRIS, DALE NANNY, NOEL POWELL.