OBITUARY

NAME: Wesley Willard Sherrard, age 85, a longtime Lane, OK resident.

BORN: He was born on Monday, January 18, 1932, to Willard Little and Alice Grace (Stone) Sherrard, at Dallas, TX.

PASSED AWAY: Wesley passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Lane, OK.

AGE: 85 years, 1 month and 26 days.

EDUCATION: He graduated Sunset High School in Dallas, TX.

OCCUPATION: Wesley served his country in the Army for 23 years. He did two tours of Korea and three tours of Vietnam. He later retired from the state of Oklahoma.

MARRIED: He married Takako "Peggy" (Shiraki) on Tuesday, April 15th, 1952 at Fukuoka, Japan. They had 64wonderful years together.

CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: Wesley was a member of the DAV, Purple Heart Association, 11th Airborne, 101st Airborne, 187th Airborne RLT, 25th Infantry Division, and the Army National Guard.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: Takako "Peggy" Sherrard of the home in Lane, OK

SONS: Charlie Sherrard and wife Rosa of Lane, OK

Tom Sherrard and wife Cindy of Lane, OK

SISTER: Martha Bradford and husband Lester of Lane, OK

GRANDCHILDREN: Bubba Sandman and wife Tonya of Bethany, OK

Chris Sherrard and wife Liz of Lane, OK

Josh Sandman and wife Amy of LA

Amy Jones and husband Rick of Lula, OK

Shawn Sherrard and wife Stephanie of Stringtown, OK

Shannon Sherrard and wife Christina of Lane, OK

April Perryman of Dickson, OK

Ashlee Brodrick and husband Beau of Atwood, OK

24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD

along with other relatives and many dear and loved friends.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: Willard and Alice Grace (Stone) Sherrard

DAUGHTER: Donna Deatherage

GRANDSON: Travis Sandman

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DATE OF SERVICES: 2:00 PM Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

PLACE OF SERVICES: Brown's Funeral Chapel, Atoka, Oklahoma

OFFICIATING: Bro Raymond Humphrey

INTERMENT: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, Friday 1:00 PM

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