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Graveside services for lifelong Seminole resident Emery Jasper Presley, 80, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Little Cemetery.
Rev. Fred Morrison will officiate at the services. Burial is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Presley died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999 at his Seminole home.
He was born Dec. 8, 1918 to Frank James and Eula (Houch) Presley.
A member of Church of Christ, Presley retired in 1982 from the oilfields.
He married Opal Annabelle (Hoover) Presley in Aug. 11, 1940 in Seminole. She preceded him in death in 1994.
Presley was also preceded in death by one brother, James Lon Presley in 1990; and one granddaughter.
He was survived by one son, James Presley Sr., Eufaula; one daughter, Carolyn Craft, Seminole; one brother, Bill Presley, Noble; one sister, Mildred Caves, Noble; and two grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are listed as Larry Stapleton, Loen Prince, John Craft, Kent Fuller, James Presley Sr., Billy Presley and James Presley Jr.
2-7-99
Claudia Preston
Graveside services for former Seminole resident Claudia Cleo Preston, 96, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Gordon Spencer will officiate at the service. Burial is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Preston died Thursday, March 12, 1999 in Mannford.
She was born April 26, 1902 in Blackwater, Ken. To Elihu and Grances Garrison.
Preston worked as an accountant for Home Lumber in Seminole for over 30 years.
A 60 year resident of Seminole, she moved to Mannford 10 years ago.
Preston was a member of Church of Christ.
She married A.R. Preston in March of 1926; he preceded her in death.
Preston was also preceded in death by her parents and one son, E.L. Preston.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. W.O. "Fran" Wozencraft, Mannford; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
3-12-99
Lonnie Price
Graveside services for Seminole native Lonnie Jack Price, 47, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Stroud Cemetery with Rev. Randall Miller officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Stroud.
Price died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1999 in an Oklahoma City hospital.
He was born Sept. 28, 1952 in Seminole to Troy and Sylvia (Castoe) Price.
A veteran, he served in the US Army, and worked as a carpenter.
He married Wilma Treanor in Stroud on Sept. 10, 1982. She survives him of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Nathan Price, Bristow, and William Price, Fort Sill; one stepson, Bobby Mosley, Norman; his parents, of Prague; and one sister, Karen Pope, Duncan.
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Ina Pritchard
Funeral services for former Seminole County resident In Pearl (Kelin) Pritchard, 87, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Chapel.
Harry Cobb of Wedowee, Ala., will officiate at the service. Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery.
Pritchard died Thursday, March 18, 1999 in Stillwater.
She was born Nov. 17, 1911 in Johnson Community to Lawrence and Maude (Batey) Kelin.
She attended Prairie Valley Schools in Seminole county, and lived in the Tecumseh and Shawnee areas.
A homemaker, Pritchard was a beautician for many years. She also owned and operated a ranch in Pottawatomie County, raising registered Hereford cattle.
She was a longtime active member of the Westside Church of Christ, Shawnee.
She was married to Vinson "V.J." Pritchard on Sept. 13, 1929. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 1996.
Pritchard was also preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Lucille Miller and Gela Ellison Miller; and two brothers, Wilbur and Laverne Kelin.
Survivors include one daughter, Peggy Valenzuela, Benton, Ark.; three sons, Dr. Jack Pritchard, Stillwater, Johnny Pritchard, and Jim Pritchard, all of Shawnee.
She was also survived by three sisters, Yolanda Crane, Chico, Calif., Glendoris Barnes, Pittsburg, Calif., and Joann Mitchell, Concord, Calif.; one brother, Guthel Kelin, Red Bluff, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.
3-21-99
Albert Prucha Jr.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Funeral services for Albert Charles Prucha Jr., 79, father of Seminole resident Albert Charles Prucha III, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Southwest Church of Christ.
Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens under the direction of Vondel L. Smith and Son Mortuary, Inc.
Prucha died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999.
He was born Nov. 26, 1919 in Houston, Texas to Opal and Albert Charles Prucha Sr.
His working career included many years as bank president of First National Bank, McAlester, First State Bank, Shawnee, and he worked in the later years as Southeast Plaza Bank and as an insurance underwriter with John Hancock in Oklahoma City.
Prucha served his country proudly in the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.
He served as a Deacon, then Elder of the Church of Christ for many years. He was most recently a member of the Southwest Church of Christ, Oklahoma City.
He was always happiest when working and serving others.
Prucha is survived by his wife, Mary Alyce, of the home; one son, Albert Charles Prucha III and his wife, Jama, of Seminole; three daughters, Carol Lynn McDonald and her husband, Gary, of Edmond, Beverly Ann Rutherford and husband Mark of Stillwater, and Mary Jane Maxwell and husband Jimmy of Oklahoma City.
Also surviving him are 12 grandchildren, Albert Charles Prucha IV, David Kirk Prucha, Leigh Ellen Prucha, Gary Edward McDonald Jr., Ashley Lynn McDonald, Robyn Kelley Rutherford, Randi Allison Rutherford, Rustee Meghan Rutherford, Lauren Nicole Maxwell, Meagan Renee Maxwell, Kimber Leigh Maxwell, and Alex Ryan Maxwell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the "In Search of the Lord’s Way" program, in care of Southwest Church of Christ, 2600 S. Agnew, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73108.
3-21-99
Orah Pumphrey
Funeral services for former Wewoka resident Orah Lee Knowles Pumphrey, 102, were held Monday morning at Stout Chapel.
Wayne Parker, pastor of First United Methodist Church, Wewoka, officiated at the service. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
Pumphrey died Friday, Jan. 8, 1999 at Grace Living Nursing Home, Oklahoma City.
She was born Nov. 6, 1896 in Jennings Mountain, Ark. to Alvie and Sonara (Cornett) Knowles.
Pumphrey grew up in the Jennings Mountain area, and moved to Wewoka in 1925.
She lived in Wewoka until 1990, when she moved to Lawton, then in 1991 she moved to Oklahoma City.
She married Claude Pumphrey Dec. 25, 1921 in Sheridan, Ark. He preceded her in death on March 30, 1973.
Pumphrey was also preceded in death by her parents in 1951, one brother, Alex Knowles, and two sisters, Effie Stringer and Blanche Sites.
Survivors include three children, Knowles Edward Pumphrey, Grand Prairie, Texas, Claudine Slavin, Lawton, and John Pumphrey, Oklahoma City; and five grandchildren.
1-12-99
Philip Quenneville
Word was just received of the death of Wewoka resident Philip Leon Quenneville, 47.
He died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999.
Quenneville was born in Holy Oak, Mass. to Leon and Juliette (Desbein) Quenneville.
He married Anna Willey on March 30, 1984 in Church Creek, Md. She survives him of the home.
The couple made their home north of Wewoka.
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Norma Quinalty
Billie Norma Jean Birkicht Quinalty went home to walk the streets of gold with her Mom and Dad and 2 daughters, July 11, 1999 at 5:14 A.M.
Born to Clarence and Clara Birkicht, Aug. 16, 1931 in Broken Bow, Okla. Norma Jean married Floyd Quinalty Feb. 25, 1950.
She is waiting by the Eastern Gate for her husband Floyd, her son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Hope Quinalty of Seminole; her daughter and son-in-law, Thresa and Robert Davis of Shawnee, Okla.; her two grandchildren Tony Quinalty of Shawnee and Jeannie Quinalty of Seminole, Okla.; and her three sisters - Faye Armstrong of Shawnee, Vivian Mitchell of Shawnee and Pat Bullock of Arlington, Texas.
Services are at 2 P.M. Wednesday, July 14, 1999 at Gleaners Holiness Church in Wewoka, Okla. Officiating will be Rev. Larry Chesser, Burial will follow at Little Cemetery.
Casket bearers are: David Young, Lloyd Cross, Steve Chesser, Robert Cranford, Barney Gibson and Jerry Green. Alt: Larry Chesser, Jr.
July 13, 1999
