System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!C. Lee Nelson
MAUMEE, OHIO – Funeral services for Wewoka native C. Lee Nelson are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Burial will follow at a later date in Wewoka.
Services are under the direction of Foth-Dorfmeyer Mortuary.
Nelson died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002 in Medical College of Ohio at the age of 68.
He was born Jan. 1, 1934 in Wewoka to Roy and Jewell Nelson.
He was a 1952 graduate of Wewoka where he lettered in football, baseball, track.
Nelson also wrestled.
He continued his football career while attending Tulsa University and East Central State.
He also attended the Institute for Organizational Management at the University of Huston and the Industrial Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma.
Nelson was presented the Key Man Award by the Hugo Jaycees and was a member of the Economic Development Commission in Oklahoma.
In 1961, he was honored as one of 40 men picked from throughout the country to attend the first industrial development institute.
His working career began in Hugo where he manager of the Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce.
Nelson was also general manager of Industrial Development, Inc., a division of Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce in Texas.
He then served as executive vice president of the Orange, Texas Chamber of Commerce, as well in Odessa, Texas.
His first position with Owens, Illinois in Toledo was as manager of public affairs-forest products division, which was then followed by regional director of public affairs.
As Nelson advanced in the company, he was named director of public affairs, administrative assistant to the executive office and retired as vice-president and director of public affairs.
He was a member of the Social Lodge #217 F&AM in Lena, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Toldeo, Zenobia Temple and the Temple Guard, and Royal Order of Jesters Toledo Court #21.
He was also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, where he served, at the age of 25 in Hugo, as the youngest Exalted Ruler of any lodge in the United States.
Nelson was also a member of BPOE #53 and National Order of Turtles, Pond #1, in Toledo.
He also was a member of the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, the Public Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Society of State Legislators and the Government Relations Committee of the Glass Packaging Institute.
He previously served on the Board of the Toledo Mud Hens and was vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of Medical College of Ohio and Chairman of its hospital committee.
Nelson was also a past president of the Toledo Press Club.
He was listed in the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce publication, "Outstanding Young Men in America."
He also he been listed in "Outstanding Personalities in the South," "Outstanding Texas," "Personalities of the West and Midwest," and was named "Outstanding Young Man of 1965" by the Orange Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Nelson was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Carol Lee Gilmore Nelson.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; children, Janet Castillo, Brent Nelson and Cindy Hill; sisters, Helen McLain and Juanita Brand; one brother, Virgil Nelson; step-children, Debra Calevro, Keith Widener and Kevin Widener; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Elks Scholarship Fund, or Shriner’s Children’s Burn Unit.
Robert Nero
WETUMKA – Funeral services for Robert L. Nero, the brother of a Konawa resident, are scheduled for Friday at the First Baptist Church North.
Rev. Famous Cochran is set to officiate.
Interment is to follow in the Wisner Cemetery near Wetumka under the direction of Williamson Funeral Home.
Nero died Saturday, April 13, 2002 at Rainbow Terrace in Weleetka at the age of 80.
He was born Sept. 21, 1921 in Wetumka to Abraham Lincoln and Irene Carolina Nero.
He was raised in the Wetumka area where he attended the Wisner Chapel School.
In 1951, Nero moved to Flagstaff, Ariz. where he lived for ten years before returning to Wetumka.
He then moved to Oklahoma City and became employed by Cato Oil Company, which later became part of the Kerr-McGee Corporation.
He retired from Kerr-McGee.
Due to failing health, Nero turned to his home town of Wetumka in 1989.
He was a member of the Often Grove Baptist Church near Wetumka.
He was later baptized and became a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Konawa under the leadership of Rev. Famous Cochran.
Nero was preceded in death by four sisters, Lorita Samuel, Geneva Bruner, Gertrude Crooks and Sylvia Edwards; two brothers, Rev. Harvey Ishmel and Clifford Ishmel; his parents; and his stepfather, Sam Ishmel.
He is survived by two sisters, JoAnn Baker of Wetumka and Georgia Cochran of Konawa.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers and flower bearers.
Eddie Noah
A memorial service for Wewoka native Eddie M. Noah was held Monday at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball, Neb.
Doug Arnold of the Church of Christ of Wanette officiated.
Noah was born Nov. 24, 1930 to Coleman and Mary Etta (Strickland) Noah in Wewoka.
He attended Wewoka Schools and was a member of the Boy Scouts.
He worked for several years at Roberts Drug.
Noah married Margaret Yeager in Holdenville on May 4, 1948.
The couple lived in Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska, where he worked in the oil fields.
He retired from Antelope Energy in Kimball.
Noah was a member of the Church of Christ in Sidney, Neb.
He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Shriners.
He served as a Boy Scout leader for several years and as an Explorer Post leader.
Noah is survived by his wife of Kimball, Neb.; two daughters, Maurice Owens of Sterling, Colo. and Marcia Hettinger of Mitchell, Neb.; one son, Mike Noah of Kimball, Neb.; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Jessie Noah.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Boy Scouts of America.
Joseph ‘Hippie’ Nobert
Funeral services for Joseph Allen "Hippie" Nobert are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial is to follow at Brown Cemetery under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
Nobert died Saturday, April 13, 2002 in Lincoln County at the age of 20.
He was born March 15, 1982 in Shawnee to Earl Joseph and Pamela Denise (Hill) Nobert.
He attended school in Strother and Earlsboro.
Nobert worked as a roofer and framer for various contractors in the area.
He was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents.
He is survived by one daughter, Sailor Rae Blue Nobert; his parents of Earlsboro; three brothers, William Michael Alldredge of Seminole, Donald Ray Alldredge of Meeker, and Jeffrey Aaron Nobert of Earlsboro.
A fund to cover burial expenses has been set up. Contributions to the Joseph Nobert Fund may be made at any BancFirst.
James L. Norman
Funeral services for Konawa resident James L. Norman were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.
Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Norman died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002 at Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, Ga. at the age of 60.
He was born June 23, 1942 in McAlester to Jesse James and Vada (Merriman) Norman.
He married Marie Opolka on Nov. 25, 1961 in Ventura, Calif.
Norman was a self-employed truck driver.
He moved from California back to Seminole County in March of 1982.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jesse J. Norman; a brother, Bill Norman; a grandson, Ryan Norman; and a daughter, Katy Norman.
Norman is survived by his mother, Vada Norman of Seminole; his wife, Marie Norman of the home; one daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Paul Reeves of Seminole; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Denise Norman of Konawa; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Sylvia and Doyle Wall of Corona, Calif., Carolyn and David Bellini of Kingman, Ariz., and Linda and Bob Monroe of Corona, Calif.; grandchildren, Joshua and Yvette Norman of Cushing, Paul Norman of Seminole, Amanda Norman of Bowlegs, and Jacob and Shaylie Norman of Konawa; and one great-grandson, Dakota Norman.
Casket bearers were R.C. Norman, Lonnie Norman, Jack Bounds, Kenny Elliott, Gary Elliott, and Darrell Elliott.
Honorary bearers are Mark Norman, Donnie Elliott, Nolan Norman, and Charles Norman.
