World War II veteran, US Army. Veteran's Administration metal plaque is mounted on the cemetery memorial flagpole, main entrance, with other veterans. His military marker faces the road, and the regular monument is elsewhere in the cemetery.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War II Victory Medal; a decoration of the United States military which was created by an act of Congress in July 1945. The decoration commemorates military service during the Second World War and is awarded to any member of the United States military, including members of the armed forces of the Government of the Philippine Islands, who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.∼Hulbert, OK-Kenneth Halpain, 87, ironworker, died Thursday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
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Kenneth Ward Halpain was born on February 25th, 1924 in Hulbert, OK., the son of Philip and Vina (Morgan) Halpain. After graduating High School Kenneth worked on the farm and on February 25th, 1944 his twentieth birthday, Kenneth married the love of his life, Lucy Parris. In March of 1945 Kenneth joined the U.S. Army. He began his career as an iron worker in 1948 working on the Fort Gibson dam. After being an iron worker for 20 years Kenneth became the business agent for local "584" and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1982. Kenneth was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Wagoner, OK. The Lord called Kenneth to his eternal home on June 2, 2011 in Muskogee, OK., he was 87 years old. Kenneth will be greatly missed by all the lives he has touched. Kenneth is preceded in death by her parents, a son Gary Halpain, three brothers Howard, Virgil, and Buddy Halpain, and a sister Hazel Garroutte.
Those left to cherish his memory include his Wife Lucy of the home, daughter Linda Jamison and her husband Dean of Tulsa, OK., a brother Philip Halpain and his wife Virginia of Hulbert, OK., two sisters Edna Baily of Hulbert, OK., and Hattie Hunton of Pryor, OK., 8 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews family and friends.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War II Victory Medal; a decoration of the United States military which was created by an act of Congress in July 1945. The decoration commemorates military service during the Second World War and is awarded to any member of the United States military, including members of the armed forces of the Government of the Philippine Islands, who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.∼Hulbert, OK-Kenneth Halpain, 87, ironworker, died Thursday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
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Kenneth Ward Halpain was born on February 25th, 1924 in Hulbert, OK., the son of Philip and Vina (Morgan) Halpain. After graduating High School Kenneth worked on the farm and on February 25th, 1944 his twentieth birthday, Kenneth married the love of his life, Lucy Parris. In March of 1945 Kenneth joined the U.S. Army. He began his career as an iron worker in 1948 working on the Fort Gibson dam. After being an iron worker for 20 years Kenneth became the business agent for local "584" and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1982. Kenneth was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Wagoner, OK. The Lord called Kenneth to his eternal home on June 2, 2011 in Muskogee, OK., he was 87 years old. Kenneth will be greatly missed by all the lives he has touched. Kenneth is preceded in death by her parents, a son Gary Halpain, three brothers Howard, Virgil, and Buddy Halpain, and a sister Hazel Garroutte.
Those left to cherish his memory include his Wife Lucy of the home, daughter Linda Jamison and her husband Dean of Tulsa, OK., a brother Philip Halpain and his wife Virginia of Hulbert, OK., two sisters Edna Baily of Hulbert, OK., and Hattie Hunton of Pryor, OK., 8 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews family and friends.
World War II veteran, US Army. Veteran's Administration metal plaque is mounted on the cemetery memorial flagpole, main entrance, with other veterans. His military marker faces the road, and the regular monument is elsewhere in the cemetery.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War II Victory Medal; a decoration of the United States military which was created by an act of Congress in July 1945. The decoration commemorates military service during the Second World War and is awarded to any member of the United States military, including members of the armed forces of the Government of the Philippine Islands, who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.∼Hulbert, OK-Kenneth Halpain, 87, ironworker, died Thursday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
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Kenneth Ward Halpain was born on February 25th, 1924 in Hulbert, OK., the son of Philip and Vina (Morgan) Halpain. After graduating High School Kenneth worked on the farm and on February 25th, 1944 his twentieth birthday, Kenneth married the love of his life, Lucy Parris. In March of 1945 Kenneth joined the U.S. Army. He began his career as an iron worker in 1948 working on the Fort Gibson dam. After being an iron worker for 20 years Kenneth became the business agent for local "584" and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1982. Kenneth was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Wagoner, OK. The Lord called Kenneth to his eternal home on June 2, 2011 in Muskogee, OK., he was 87 years old. Kenneth will be greatly missed by all the lives he has touched. Kenneth is preceded in death by her parents, a son Gary Halpain, three brothers Howard, Virgil, and Buddy Halpain, and a sister Hazel Garroutte.
Those left to cherish his memory include his Wife Lucy of the home, daughter Linda Jamison and her husband Dean of Tulsa, OK., a brother Philip Halpain and his wife Virginia of Hulbert, OK., two sisters Edna Baily of Hulbert, OK., and Hattie Hunton of Pryor, OK., 8 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews family and friends.
The medal in the flowers section is the World War II Victory Medal; a decoration of the United States military which was created by an act of Congress in July 1945. The decoration commemorates military service during the Second World War and is awarded to any member of the United States military, including members of the armed forces of the Government of the Philippine Islands, who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.∼Hulbert, OK-Kenneth Halpain, 87, ironworker, died Thursday in Muskogee. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.
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Kenneth Ward Halpain was born on February 25th, 1924 in Hulbert, OK., the son of Philip and Vina (Morgan) Halpain. After graduating High School Kenneth worked on the farm and on February 25th, 1944 his twentieth birthday, Kenneth married the love of his life, Lucy Parris. In March of 1945 Kenneth joined the U.S. Army. He began his career as an iron worker in 1948 working on the Fort Gibson dam. After being an iron worker for 20 years Kenneth became the business agent for local "584" and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1982. Kenneth was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Wagoner, OK. The Lord called Kenneth to his eternal home on June 2, 2011 in Muskogee, OK., he was 87 years old. Kenneth will be greatly missed by all the lives he has touched. Kenneth is preceded in death by her parents, a son Gary Halpain, three brothers Howard, Virgil, and Buddy Halpain, and a sister Hazel Garroutte.
Those left to cherish his memory include his Wife Lucy of the home, daughter Linda Jamison and her husband Dean of Tulsa, OK., a brother Philip Halpain and his wife Virginia of Hulbert, OK., two sisters Edna Baily of Hulbert, OK., and Hattie Hunton of Pryor, OK., 8 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren as well as a host of nieces and nephews family and friends.
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