NAME: KNOLLY (CARTWRIGHT) HOFFELT, AGE 87, OF LANE, OK.

BORN: NOVEMBER 23, 1909 AT CHILDRESS, TX TO WILLIAM DAVIS AND ROBY ISABELLA (MCGINNIS) CARTWRIGHT. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1997 AT OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER IN TALIHINA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED LANE GRADE SCHOOL, ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL, AND EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN 1935 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. MARRIED: RAYMOND HOFFELT IN THE FALL OF 1950 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER AND PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER. KNOLLY SERVED HER COUNTRY IN THE W.A.C. DURING WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT WHERE SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB. KNOLLY NEVER DROVE A CAR, SHE WALKED EVERYWHERE SHE WENT. SHE BOARDED WITH FAMILIES WHERE SHE TAUGHT. SHE TAUGHT AT LIMESTONE GAP, WEBSTER, MCALESTER, KIOWA, LANE, AND COAL CREEK. SHE LOVED TO READ, OIL PAINT, QUILT, AND SEW. SHE LOVED CHILDREN AND STARTED THE KNOLLY CARTWRIGHT HOFFELT SCHOLARSHIP FUND. SURVIVED BY BROTHER: ZACK CARTWRIGHT AND WIFE JANE OF ST. LOUIS, MO. SISTERS: MAE BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK. DOLLIE MILLICAN OF DENVER, CO. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: ED HOFFELT OF WISCONSIN. CLAUDE WHITSON OF VANITA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: MINNIE CARTWRIGHT OF ATOKA, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: RAYMOND HOFFELT IN JANUARY, 1988. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND ROBY CARTWRIGHT. BROTHERS: J. B., W. O., JIM, AND SAM CARTWRIGHT. SISTER: KATIE MCMURTY WHITSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: LLOYD MCELHANEY OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, SAM HEARRELL, BILL COBEN, JACK HUMPHREY, TED NOWLIN, RONNIE DODSON.