NAME: ROBERT STANTON STAN WHISMAN, AGE 41, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 29, 1960 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES RALPH AND MARY LOIS (SUDDUTH) WHISMAN .

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN COALGATE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN RESIDENCE WAS   DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. AGE: 41 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY, GRADUATING IN 1978 WITH HONORS OF VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS CLASS, AND SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, WITH BUSINESS DEGREE, TEACHING DEGREE, AND MASTERS DEGREE.

OCCUPATION: STAN WAS A CATTLEMAN, AND HE WORKED 17 YEARS AS BOOKKEEPER FOR RUSTIN CONCRETE IN DURANT. HE TAUGHT SCHOOL THE PAST THREE YEARS AT COTTONWOOD IN COAL COUNTY.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE ATTENDED DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.

STAN WAS A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION AND HE WAS FOSTER PARENT TO OVER 20 CHILDREN THROUGH DHS.

SURVIVED BY

SONS: JAMES WHISMAN AND WIFE ADELIA OF HASKELL, OK. CHAD WHISMAN OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.

MOTHER: MARY LOIS WHISMAN OF DURANT, OK.

BROTHER: CHARLES S. WHISMAN AND WIFE JANNETTE OF DURANT, OK.

SISTERS: CHARLA A. RUSTIN AND HUSBAND PHILIP OF DURANT, OK. JUDY COMPTON AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF CALERA, OK. ELAINE HARKIN AND HUSBAND LEE OF CANEY, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: CHARLES R. WHISMAN. BROTHER: THOMAS MICHAEL WHISMAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2001 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WOODBERRY FOREST CEMETERY ~ MADILL, OK.

OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING: REV. WINSTON WILSON.

CASKETBEARERS: KENNY SLAWSON, DR. LARRY THOMPSON, JAMES FOX, DR. RANDY RANDLEMAN, DANNY CRITES, ROY TAYLOR.