NAME: VAY VOLNA (KAMPPLAIN) WINTERS, AGE 95, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 9, 1905 AT QUINTON, OKLA. TO ROBERT AND EMMA (BEARD) KAMPPLAIN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 95 YEARS 4 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT REDDEN AND GREASEY BEND. MARRIED: IRVING ELBERT BERT WINTERS ON JULY 31, 1923 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: VAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OPERATORS FOR THE STRINGTOWN TELEPHONE SYSTEM. SHE LATER WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A COOK FOR RAYS DINER IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: VAY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN ALL THE CHURCH SERVICES AT THE NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDED THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BETTY JO HEINSOHN AND HUSBAND MARV OF RIDGECREST, CA. LOU ANN LOWE AND HUSBAND TOOPIE OF ATOKA, OK. IRVING BO WINTERS AND WIFE VI OF ANTLERS, OK. BOBBYE LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. KAY COX OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JIMMY AND STEVE COPELAND. ALAN, BRAD, AND CLINT COMPTON. GINNY WOOD. SUSAN FERGUSON. CAROL CAUTHEN. MICKEY LOWE. LISA HENSLEY. WALLACE AND TONY WINTERS. FRED LOWRY. DEBBIE SMITHART. BO AND CROCKETT COX. 27 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. BROTHER IN-LAW: JOHN WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: BERT WINTERS ON MAY 10, 1948. PARENTS: ROBERT AND EMMA KAMPPLAIN. SON: RONNIE DALE WINTERS. DAUGHTER: SUE COPELAND. GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID WINTERS, BETTY COPELAND, AND RONNIE LOWRY. BROTHERS: BUD, VINEY, AND BUSTER KAMPPLAIN. SISTERS: BEAULAH NEWSON, FLORENCE LANE, AND LAURA EVANS. SON IN-LAW: CROCKETT LOWRY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING: EVERETT MCGEE. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JIMMYCOPELAND, STEVE COPELAND, ALAN COMPTON, BRAD COMPTON, CLINT COMPTON, MICKEY LOWE, WALLACE WINTERS, TONY WINTERS, FRED LOWRY, BO DON COX, CROCKETT COX. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ABBOTT JONES, D. W. SIKES, BARNEY MCCALL, DON BARNARD, CLIFFORD BROWN, ARNOLD ABLES, RAY POWELL, DR. BUDDY HAYES, BILL MILLER.