System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Martha Ellen Walker
Mrs. Martha Ellen (Kinney) Walker, 48, Wewoka resident, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, in Oklahoma City.
Martha was born June 28, 1956, to Wilson and Jennie Chupco Kinney, and grew up in the Wewoka area.
She began school at New Lima and later attended Wewoka schools, graduating in 1974. She attended Seminole Jr. College and graduated from Central State University in Edmond with a bachelor of science degree in Family Relations and Child Development in 1979.
Wake services will be held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Stout-Phillips Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Walker will be moved at 4 p.m. on Friday, to the Wewoka Indian Baptist Church, where wake services will be held at 7:30 p.m. that evening.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Wewoka.
Martha came to know the Lord on June 4, 1964, during Vacation Bible School.
Rev. E.J. Kearney baptized her June 6, 1964, at the First Baptist Church in Wewoka.
Martha was involved in mission work prior to her marriage.
She took part in summer missions in Arizona and California.
She worked as an instructor for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.
Martha married Kellos Walker on April 9, 1982. Of this union two wonderful sons were born.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Wilson and Jennie Kinney; three brothers, Robert, C.W., and Reuben; and two sisters, Wilma and Julia.
Martha is survived by her husband Kellos Walker, Wewoka; two sons, Gerren, Okemah, and Ira of the home; one grandson, Gavon; four brothers, Jerry Baker, Wetumka, Woodrow Kinney, Shawnee, George Kinney, Wewoka and Curtis Kinney, Muskogee; two sisters, Augusta Smith of Tahlequah, and Agnes Webster of Oklahoma City; one aunt, Lydia Harjo, Shawnee; and a host of relatives and friends.
Dan Wallace
Seminole Oilman, Leader Dies at 64
Dan Wallace could tell you stories.
He could talk about the day the Fixico No. 1 came in as though he’d been there.
His colorful tales about Seminole’s oilfield past – the wells, the people, the technology – and his theories on why America should use American oil made him a popular speaker to the international media and a respected activist for the petroleum industry.
The stories ended Monday, May 31, 2004, when Wallace, 64, lost his battle with cancer at Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City.
"His passing is a huge loss for our community, " said fellow oilman and civic leader Melvin Moran.
"He has helped our community in so many ways, many of which were anonymous."
Moran referred to Wallace’s numerous enterprises -- as one of the original owners of the Ramada Inn, housing addition builder, founder of the Oklahoma Oil Museum in Seminole and a booster for Seminole’s economic development.
"He will be dearly missed by all who knew him, " Moran said.
Wallace’s funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church.
Rev. Robert Cocke and Dr. Allen Schnieder will co-officiate.
Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Wallace was born Dec. 3, 1939, in Sumner, Ill., to Jewel (Sullivan) and Carl Finley Wallace.
He moved to Seminole 48 years ago.
He was an independent oil producer, owner of Columbus Oil and Wallace, Inc.
He was Seminole’s Citizen of the Year this year and had been named to the Oklahoma Oil Museum Hall of Fame.
He was the Historical Society’s first Oilman of the Year.
He was active with the Seminole Historical Museum of Oil and Gas and First United Methodist Church, both of which have been designated by the family as appropriate for memorial donations.
Wallace was a member of the board of the Oklahoma Independent Producers Association.
He married Darlene Saunders on Sept. 29, 1979; she survives him, of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Danny V. Wallace and his wife, Megan, of Prairie Village, Kans., and Jeff Wallace and his partner, Dr. Mike Carragher of Los Angeles, Calif.; one daughter, Whitney D. Wallace, Seminole; one brother, Carl E. Wallace, Detroit, Mich.; two grandchildren, Katie and Molly Wallace, Prairie Village.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Elita Grey Wallace Novotny.
Pallbearers will include Max Hause, Clark Campbell, B.W. Sullivan, Steve Nelson, Tim Poplin, Jim Richardson and Jim Delong.
Honorary casketbearers will include Fredda Pack, Mike Kahn, Mike Dundee, Jim Morgan, Larry Minihan, Fred Gipson, Frank Seay, Art Dietz and Joe Tom Cox.
Michael Walters
Graveside services for Michael Walters of Dustin are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, May 6 at the Tecumseh Cemetery with Noel Sneed officiating.
Interment will follow under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
Walters died Saturday, May 1, 2004, at the age of 79 in Seminole.
He was born Dec. 6, 1924, in Detroit, Mich. to Michael Walters and Mildred Vendetta (Crumrine) Walters Haney, but grew up in Pennsylvania and California.
Walters served in the Pacific in the 4th Marines during World War II.
He married Audrey Walters in the late 1950’s.
He began his commercial pilot career about 1950 with Bonanza Airlines based in Phoenix, Ariz. and Las Vegas, Nev.
He later flew for the "Flying Tigers" (Slick Aviation) in and out of Tinker Air Force Base and Viet Nam.
During this time, since the 1950’s, he also flew for Capitol Airlines until his retirement in 1985.
Throughout his career, he flew DC-3’s, "The Argosy", DC-stretch 8’s and DC-10’s.
He lived in Tecumseh for several years before moving to Dustin in 1972.
He raised quarter horses and enjoyed traveling while buying and selling horses.
He was a self-taught historian.
He loved to teach his family about livestock and ranching, telling stories about his travels and the war.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Walters in 1980; his parents; and stepfather, Gerald Haney.
He is survived by three sons, Michael Walters Jr. of Lake Arrowhead, Calif., Joel Walters of Holdenville and Jerry Walters of Wetumka; two daughters, Susan Walters-Brittingham and Laurie Walters, both of Seminole; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two brothers, Clark Knotts of Colorado and Glenn Knotts of Washington; and two sisters, Jane LaPrath and Mary Haney, both of California.
Ernest A. Wanner
Funeral services for longtime Seminole County resident Ernest A. Wanner are scheduled for Saturday, March 20, at 2 p.m. at the historic Strothers Chapel.
Interment will follow at the Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Wanner died Thursday., March 18, 2004, at the age of 92 in Seminole.
He was born Nov. 24, 1911 in Sommersville, Mo. to Albert Ernest and Bertha (Hoppe) Wanner.
He moved to Seminole from Kiefer in 1928.
He married Ann (Clifton) Wanner on May 25, 1935, in Ada.
He graduated from Seminole High School in 1929.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church.
He owned and operated Sinclair Service Stations in Seminole.
He finished his career at Arkla Natural Gas Company in Seminole where he retired in 1976.
He joined the Seminole Masonic Lodge in 1944 where he served as a Worshipful Master.
He received his 50 year pin in 1994 and continued as a lifetime member.
He was a 32-percent Scottish Rite Mason and was elected to the order of KCCH.
He was also an active certified lecturer in Masonary.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ann on Aug. 14, 2001; two brothers and three sisters..
He is survived by a son, E. Stephen Wanner of Huntersville, N.C.
Edna Wantland
A memorial service for longtime Seminole resident Edna Louise Wantland is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.
Officiating the service will be her son, the Rt. Rev. William C. Wantland.
Services will be under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Wantland died Monday, Feb. 2, 2004, at Seminole Estates Nursing Home.
She was born April 15, 1913, in St. Joseph, Mo., to Lula Mae (Morris) and Samuel August Yost Jr. She moved to Seminole 69 years ago from Kellyville.
She married William L. Wantland on June 4, 1933, in Edmond.
He was president of Wantland Oil and Reclaiming Company and she was secretary-treasurer of the company.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, PEO and several bridge clubs.
She was a founding member of Modern Literature Club.
Wantland was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, who died on Dec. 20, 1978, and six siblings.
Survivors include two sons, William C. Wantland of Seminole and Robert L. Wantland of California; one daughter, Judith McMahon of St. Louis, Mo.; five grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
