NAME: MARYETTA A. (WALZ) SPENCE, AGE 74, LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT, AND FORMER SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 2, 1922 AT FLAGSTAFF, AZ TO MAX C. AND MAE (GRIFFITH) WALZ. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1996 AT MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 74 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SAN ANTONIO, TX, GRADUATING FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939. MARRIED: JAMES H. SPENCE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1940 AT GREENVILLE, MS. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF TUSHKAS BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS REARED BY AN AUNT WHO ADOPTED HER AND HER SIBLINGS WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG. SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AND RAISING FLOWERS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JAMES SPENCE OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. SON: JAMES H. SPENCE IV AND WIFE CAROL ANN OF TUSHKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: MARGERY A. VALLAR AND HUSBAND CARL OF SANTA MARIA, CA. LINDA L. THILLEMAN AND HUSBAND TOM OF KENOSHA, WI. CAROL S. TUTOR AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF GREENVILLE, MS. JOY THOMAS AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: FAYE WALKER OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC. NORA BELL GRIFFITH OF AUSTIN, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MAX AND MAE (OCTOBER, 1973) WALZ OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. SON: JOE TALLEY SPENCE. SISTER: LOUELLA WILKINS ON DECEMBER 15, 1993.

GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. MEMORIAL SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1996 AT 10:30 A.M. ~ TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. ASSISTING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: BUBBA TUTOR, SONNY TUTOR, JAMES SPENCE, WAYNE TUTOR, BOB DECKER, MACK STOBAUGH, BOB THOMAS.