NAME: OPAL LORENE (CRITES) HOWARD, AGE 71, A CANEY AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1962.

BORN: NOVEMBER 7, 1932 AT BOGGY DEPOT IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WALTER VAUGHN AND EFFIE EDNA (BUCKNER) CRITES.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR CANEY, OK. AGE: 71 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED POSTOAK, LIBERTY, AND CANEY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: PHILLIP D. HOWARD ON JUNE 16, 1948 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF CANEY PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH.

OPAL AND PHILLIP FOUNDED CANEY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND OPERATED A CHILDREN'S SUMMER CAMP FOR 19 YEARS. THEY MADE MANY MISSIONARY TRIPS TO BURMA, MEXICO, MALAYSIA, AND SINGAPORE. THEY BUILT 8 CHURCHES DURING THEIR MISSIONARY TRIPS.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: DEBORAH FERGUSON AND HUSBAND FRED OF TAHLEQUAH, OK. DAVID HOWARD AND WIFE DARLENE OF STRATFORD, OK. PENNY HOWARD AND TIM DUNCAN OF CANEY, OK. JUDY JONES AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF TULSA, OK. BEN HOWARD AND WIFE CONNIE OF CANEY, OK.

15 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: MARGARET KAPCHINSKE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.

BROTHER: DREW CRITES AND WIFE CHARLENE OF OAKLAND, OR.

COUSIN: WAYNE CRITES OF ORANGE GROVE, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: PHILLIP HOWARD ON NOVEMBER 30, 1989. PARENTS: WALTER AND EFFIE CRITES. INFANT DAUGHTER: TERRY LYNN HOWARD. BROTHERS: WALTER, KERMIT, RICHARD, KENNETH, EDGAR, BOB, AND WILLIAM CRITES. SISTERS: RACHEL SAMPIER AND LILLIAN WRIGHT.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. HAROLD BREWER. ASSISTING: REV. MAX BOGGS.

CASKETBEARERS: CRAIG JONES, ANDREW JONES, PHILLIP WOOD, JARED HOWARD, PAUL HENRY, SHAWN HOWARD.