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Ortha Adams Venable

Birth: 7 Oct 1918
Death: 27 Jun 2005 (aged 86)
Burial: Bixby Cemetery

Bixby, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Wife of George W.Venable

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John H. Adams

1876–1960
Fannie Cowell Adams

1890–1971

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George Washington Venable

1899–1987

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Pearl Mae Adams Stubbs

1915–2005
Corby Adams

1920–1994
Norma Oda Adams Green

1922–2010

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Georgia Ann Venable Hart

1946–2015
Georgia Ann "Georgie" Venable Lippert-Hart

1946–2015
Jerry Dale Venable

1947–1995

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"Page Pioneer" Ortha Venable (4th from right and 6th from left) with other Page High School Kitchen Workers, taken October, 1962, in "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona.

(A fuzzy copy of this original photo also appears in the 1963 PHS "Sage & Sand" yearbook.)

(Left to Right):

Gladys Kerns,
Irene Wolkow,
Ina Eddy,
Bitter Springs Bus Driver Jewel Price,
Lillien Enneking,
ORTHA VENABLE,
Janice Jones,
Manager Sue Bueford,
Patty Bousman

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"Page Pioneer" Ortha Venable - Page High School Kitchen Worker in October, 1962, in "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona.

Ortha Adams Venable & siblings
All born Limestone, Newton Co, AR

EMMA ADAMS (died before Ortha & Pearl)
Gladys Pauline (Custer) Davis 8-27-1910 - 1-2-2000;
Dorothy (Ray Allen) Blevins 5-7-1913 - 11-13-1955;
Pearl Mae ( Juel Junior) Stubbs 4-19-1915 - 9-25-2005;
Orville Adams 7-27-1916 - 12-11-1983;
Ortha (George Washington) Venable, 10-7-1918 - 6-27-2005;
Corby (Inez) Adams, 7-2-1920 - 2-18-1994;
Norma Oda (Eugene) Green, 4-1-1922 - 11-16-2010

as of 11-18-1955, Fairmount, IN

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"Page Pioneer" Ortha (Adams) Venable helped to birth "America's Last Frontier" -- Page, Arizona. In 1963, Ortha was a Kitchen Worker at Page High School.

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH ORTHA VENABLE IN OKLAHOMA - July 1989

Ortha Venable was born on October 7, 1918 in Limestone, Arkansas to John Henry Adams & Fannie (Cowell) Adams. She was Promoted to Glory, entering into the Presence of her Lord Jesus Christ, on June 27, 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 86 years, 8 months & 20 days.

Ortha moved to the Bixby community in 1986 from Clarksville, Arkansas. She retired after many years of working for the Clarksville Shoe Factory. After becoming settled into Bixby, she became a longtime member of the Shellenbarger Free Will Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, "Page Pioneer" George W. Venable on August 20, 1987 as well as by her parents, one son; "Page Pioneer" Jerry Dale Venable and five siblings; Gladys Pauline (Custer) Davis (1910-2000), Dorothy (Ray Allen) Blevins (1913-1955), Orville Adams (1916-1983), Corby (Inez) Adams (1920-1994), & Emma Adams.

She was survived by two daughters; "Page Pioneer" Frances "Fran" Garner Pierce of Norman, OK, & "Page Pioneer" Georgia Ann Venable (Lippert) Hart of Owasso, OK; two sisters; Pearl Mae Stubbs (1915-2005) & Norma "Oda" (Gene) Green (1922-2010) both of Bixby, five grandchildren; Greg G. (Phoebe) Garner, Pamela Rose Lippert Elder, Sheilia Ann Lippert Collins, Rhonda Kaye Lippert Apalategui & Angela "Angie" Dale Venable, seven great-grandchildren; Ryan Garner, Kaytlyn Garner, Jorgia Elder, Avery Elder, Spencer Collins, Morgan & Guy Apalategui as well as several nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends.

Casket bearers were Greg Garner, Jerry Green, Joe Ray Blevins, J.C. Stubbs, Grady Davis & Wayne Adams. Music was provided by Pat Cox & Donna Gibson.

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