NAME: JOSEPH DOMINIC VOTO, AGE 91, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 27, 1906 AT COAL CITY, ILLINOIS TO JOSEPH AND STELLA MAE (CANTU) VOTO. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA. AGE: 91 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM LEHIGH HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. MARRIED: TERESINA OLIVIA PELLEGRINI ON DECEMBER 24, 1927 AT LEHIGH, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE AND IN 1931 HE BECAME THE BOOKKEEPER FOR CLAUDE COLLIER CHEVROLET. IN 1934 HE PURCHASED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND OPERATED IT FOR SOME 35 YEARS. IN THE 50'S HE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED VOTO DRUG. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ATOKA. JOE WAS A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND PAST ROTARIAN AND LION'S CLUB MEMBER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: TERESINA VOTO OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: CLO JEAN BUCHANAN AND HUSBAND BUCK OF DENVER, CO. GLORIA STRAIN OF ATOKA, OK. JOSEPHINE OSELL AND HUSBAND JON OF FT. COLLINS, CO. J. D. VOTO AND WIFE KAY OF ATOKA, OK. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: LUCY RODELLA OF CORVALLIS, OR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOSEPH AND STELLA MAE VOTO. SON: JOE D. VOTO, JR. SISTER: NETTIE VOTO CATES.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1997 AT 2:30 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: FATHER MIKE KNIPE. CASKETBEARERS: JOE DON VOTO, JAYSON DEAN