NAME: HOYLE STEVEN STRICKLEN, AGE 80, A TUSHKA-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 5, 1924 AT CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO HARVEY AND WILLIE MAE (PRIDDY) STRICKLEN.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 2004 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 80 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS

EDUCATION: HOYLE ATTENDED MATOY AND CANEY SCHOOLS AND SE STATE UNIVERSITY.

MARRIED: MINA MORGAN IN THE EARLY 1950'S.. WILDA SHACKLEFORD IN THE MID 1960'S..

OCCUPATION: HOYLE WORKED AT LTV IN FORT WORTH, TX AND LOCKHEED AND BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANTS AND WAS RETIRED FROM THE SAVANNA AMMUNITION PLANT AS QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SAFETY INSPECTOR.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST AND HAD A LONG AFFLIATION WITH THE MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANEY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 45TH INFANTRY FIGHTING THUNDERBIRDS AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII AND THE KOREAN WAR.

SURVIVED BY

SON: STEVE STRICKLEN OF TUSHKA, OK.

DAUGHTER: LORETTA SANDERS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF LITTLE ROCK, AR.

STEPDAUGHTERS: LIZ COMBEST AND HUSBAND TIM OF TUSHKA, OK. PAT CHRISTEN AND HUSBAND KEN OF CANADIAN, TX.

FORMER WIVES: MINA ELLSWORTH AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF REDDING, CA. WILDA STRICKLEN OF EUFAULA, OK.

8 GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER: JOE STRICKLEN AND WIFE BONNIE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER: JUNE LOVE OF BARTLESVILLE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HARVEY AND WILLIE MAE (PRIDDY) STRICKLEN. STEP FATHER: LEROY TIGERT.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY JULY 19, 2004 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL

CASKETBEARERS: MARVIN LEEPER, J. R. MCCARTY, JACK SANDERS, FRANK GLOVER, CHARLES DUNCAN, WILBUR ALLEN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLARD OLSEN, SAMMY BURKE, RICKEY BURKE AND THE 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMBERS.