NAME: KENNETH ALVIN FAHRNY, AGE 76, LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 23, 1920 AT BOGGY DEPOT, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO ERNEST AND EILEEN (HIGGINBOTHAM) FAHRNY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1996 AT MEDICAL CITY, DALLAS, TX. AGE: 76 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BOGGY DEPOT. MARRIED: ETTA CAMPBELL ON OCTOBER 24, 1957 AT DENISON, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR THE U. S. POSTAL SERVICE WITH 35 YEARS OF SERVICE (10.5 AS POSTMASTER). CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF ATOKA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII IN THE U. S. ARMY IN THE HAWAIIAN, MARSHALL, AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WAS A MEDIUM TANK GUNNER IN THE 767TH TANK BATTALION AND OBTAINED THE RANK OF CORPORAL. HE WAS WOUNDED IN 1944, AFTER 3.5 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE RECEIVED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC SERVICE MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND THE PURPLE HEART. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE DAV - ATOKA CHAPTER. KENNETH WAS ALSO A TALENTED MUSICIAN AND COULD PLAY PIANO, MANDOLIN, GUITAR, AND BANJO. HE LOVED TO READ AND STUDY THE BIBLE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ETTA FAHRNY OF THE HOME. SON: BILLY FAHRNY OF DURANT, OK. DAUGHTERS: LINDA EVANS AND HUSBAND DR. BILL EVANS OF ATOKA. DEBBY THOMAS AND HUSBAND MARK OF ATOKA. GRANDCHILDREN: LYNSEY AND BO EVANS. HEATH AND TANNER THOMAS. FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW: HASKELL AND GENEVA CAMPBELL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: DAPHENE PATTERSON OF HOUSTON, TX. UNCLES: EDGEL AND BEN HIGGINBOTHAM OF MCALESTER, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: ERNEST AND EILEEN FAHRNY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON HAZELL. ASSISTING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: ARVEL HALL, HARVEY CAPPS, JAMES WILLIAMS, BILL MALONE, BILL ROGERS, TINKER RAY, HENRY BROWN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: REV. HOGAN SCARBER, BOB BREEDEN, DALE NANNY, JAMES LOWE, REV. BOB JOHNSON, C. A. MCCALL.