Published: August 28, 2008 12:10 pm            

8-28-08 obituaries

Billy DePrater

Services for Billy Lenard DePrater, 72, Konawa, are 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Ed Bray will officiate. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at South Heights Cemetery, 1815 S. Ridgeway Street in Sapulpa.

Mr. DePrater died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at an Ada hospital. He was born Oct. 4, 1935, in Sapulpa to William J. and Maude DePrater.

He lived in Keifer until he was 12 when his family moved to Konawa. He attended Vamoosa schools and graduated in 1953. He then attended Bethany Penile (now known as Bethany Nazarene) in Bethany. He graduated with a bachelor of science in chemistry from East Central University in 1958, and was employed by Oklahoma State Department of Health. He received a Public Health Service Grant to attend the University of Oklahoma where he received a masters degree in Sanitary Science and Public Health (Industrial Hygiene). He continued his career with the Bureau of Mines at the Helium plant in Keys, Okla., and later he transferred to the Bartlesville Petroleum Research division where he worked in Physical Chemistry in the development of rocket fuels and propellents. He was co-author on several scientific papers out of this facility.

He transferred to the Public Health Service and was the chief chemist on the Delaware Estuary Study working to clean up the Delaware and Raritan Rivers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He developed several tests to study estuary waters. He also taught mini classes in Mass-Spectroscopy at Rutgers University and CC&Y. He transferred to the Robert S. Kerr Regional Laboratory in Ada., in 1965, and worked there until 1982.

He married Ann Brewer in 1956.

Survivors include two sons, William DePrater and wife, Shawna of Ada, and Bruce DePrater of Fresno, Calif., three daughters, Cindy DePrater of The Colony, Texas, Cheryl Gurley and husband, Gary of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Stacy Shelton and husband, Douglas of Norman; two grandchildren, Brealyn Brashier and Oliver Shelton; two sisters, Vera Bland and Margaret Paxton, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, William J. DePrater, who died in 1963, and his mother, Maude Stephens DePrater who died in 1996.

Messages of condolence may be left online at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa



BUTCH FRISCH III

SULPHUR — Services for George "Butch" Frank Frisch III, 61, Sulphur, are 1 p.m. Friday at The Rock at Sulphur Park (Chickasaw National Recreation,) Sulphur. Mr. Frisch died Aug. 26, 2008.

Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur



ELVA WILSON

ADA — Services for Elva Lee Wilson, 91, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Jim Ragland will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Wilson died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at her home. She was born Oct. 23, 1916, at Oakman, to Marsh and Mary Jane Miller Ragland.

She married Kenith Wilson March 16, 1935. He died Oct. 9, 1992.

Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker.

Survivors include four children, Phillip Wilson and wife Binnie, Ada, Juanita Pratt, Ada, Ann Humphrey and husband Dale, Skiatook, and Dee Munoz and husband Pete, Jacksonville, Fla; a half-sister, Zora Williams, Ada; six grandsons; three granddaughters; 19 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Bearers will be her grandchildren.

Messages of condolence may be left online at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



LOIS THOMASSON

DAVIS — Services for Lois Thomasson, 93, Davis, are 2 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Davis. Ms. Thomasson died Aug. 27, 2008.

Krien Funeral Home, Davis



CAROLE FAIRBANKS

ADA — Memorial services for Carole Fairbanks, 66, Ada, are 1 p.m. Friday at the Church of Christ on 32nd Street, Brandon Stephens officiating.

Mrs. Fairbanks died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1942, at Ada to Lindsey and Jaunitta Campbell Scott. She attended Latta School, where she graduated in 1959. She then attended Wright Business College in Oklahoma City and worked as a bookkeeper at Griffin-Haney for 20 years. She was affiliated with Galey Church of Christ.

She married Warren Fairbanks on May 26, 1984.

Survivors include her husband, Warren Fairbanks, of the home; two daughters, Tamra Young and husband David, Stigler, and Diane Smith, Ada; three sons, Roy Deering and wife Beverly, Ada; Greg Deering and wife Melanie, Norman; and Lance Fairbanks, Ada; a brother, Don Scott, Ada; and her mother, Jaunitta Kessinger, Ada; 12 grandchildren; and a special family friend, JoAnn Hughes.

Bearers are James Prince, Charles Hill, Doug Haney, Don Crisp, and José Ramirez. Honorary bearer will be Ron Smith.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada

MARY ANDERSON

ADA — Services for Mary Kathyrn Anderson, 71, Ada, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. A Committal service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Stroud Cemetery.

Mrs. Anderson died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at a Shawnee hospital.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada

        

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