NAME: WILLIE LEON ANGEL, AGE 84, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA-CLARITA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 5, 1922 AT CLARITA, OK TO JAMES WESLEY AND GRACIE LEE (INGRAM) ANGEL.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 AT HIS CLARITA RESIDENCE.

AGE: 84 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 30 DAYS

EDUCATION: LEON ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, WAPANUCKA, AND MURRAY STATE COLLEGE.

MARRIED: BILLIE JUNE PARKER ON FEBRUARY 2, 1941 AT CADDO, OK.

OCCUPATION: LEON WAS A RANCHER AND WORKED WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AS A GAME WARDEN FOR 30 YEARS. IN HIS EARLIER DAYS, HE SERVED IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP (CCC CAMP).

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA METHODIST CHURCH AND LATER JOINED THE CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH.

HE ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, AND TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS. HE LOVED AND RESPECTED ALL ANIMALS.

LEON SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY FOR 3 YEARS IN NORTH AFRICA DURING WWII. HE WAS INJURED IN COMBAT AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BILLIE ANGEL OF THE HOME.

DAUGHTERS: KATHY ANGEL OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

ALICE MIGLIORINO AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF BROMIDE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS JOSEPH MIGLIORINO OF TAHLEQUAH, OK.

ELIZABETH ANGEL BURNEY AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF EDMOND, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LATHEN JOSEPH MIGLIORINO.

LARI JIMISON.

EMMA LYNN BURNEY.

AND EXPECTING 2 MORE.

BROTHER: J. R. ANGEL OF TOPEKA, KS.

SISTERS: LOUISE FAULK OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

ANNA ROMINES OF PIXLEY, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JAMES AND GRACIE LEE ANGEL.

BROTHERS: WILLIS, DENNY, AND HAROLD DEAN.

SISTERS: LARUE GRIFFIN, TOMMIE ELY.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BRENT SMITH.

CASKETBEARERS: ABE HERSHBERGER, RUFUS BATES, BENNIE HARNER, NICHOLAS MIGLIORINO, CHARLES MIGLIORINO, TOMMY REEDER, JIMMY HENTHORN

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK SMITH, TRENTON ANGEL

FAMILY NIGHT: NONE