WALTERS, Okla. - Memorial service for Leola Dean Kerr, 96, Walters were held at the Walters First United Methodist Church with Dr. Kip Wright, pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Kerr died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Lawton.
Service is under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.
She was born December 26, 1911, in Nevada, Texas, at the Love Hotel to Walter W. and Myrtle (Graham) Dean. She grew up south of Temple, Oklahoma after the death of her father at the age of 8. At the age of 12, her mother married Roy Alexander and they moved to the Cookietown community where she attended school at Union Valley. She graduated from high school with the class of 1928. She attended Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater for one year. In 1929 she married W. B. (Bill) Kerr and they resided and farmed in the Cookietown area until they retired from farming and moved to Walters in 1978. Mrs. Kerr was active in the Walters First United Methodist Church serving on the church board, starting the church library and serving as the librarian for many years, teaching the Questors Sunday School Class and serving as teacher of the Susannah Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Cotton County Art Council, and served as the Chairperson of the Walters Deport Restoration. She was a watercolor artist and enjoyed working in her garden.
Patti Kerr, Bartlesville; and Janell and Morris Gene Philpott, Walters; six granddaughters and their spouses: Debbie Fassnacht and Steve Thompson, Chicago; Robin Hurst and Drew Niles, Madison, Wisconsin; Jana and Chris Lipscomb, Walters; Wendy and Mark Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Stephanie and Greg Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Michelle and Chawn Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; two grandsons and their spouses: Russell and Carrie Philpott, Walters; Dean Kerr and Robbie Lacrosse, Wichita Kansas; six great grandsons: Sky Waters, Madison, Wisconsin; Tyler Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Lucas Lacrosse, Wichita, Kansas; Riley and Eli Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Brodey Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; and three great granddaughters and spouses: Leah Philpott, Walters; Chloe Philpott, Walters; Mallory and Sammy Vanderburg, Duncan; and great-great granddaughter: Sarah Elizabeth Vanderburg, Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her step-father, and a brother, Joe Roy Alexander.
Mrs. Kerr died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Lawton.
Service is under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.
She was born December 26, 1911, in Nevada, Texas, at the Love Hotel to Walter W. and Myrtle (Graham) Dean. She grew up south of Temple, Oklahoma after the death of her father at the age of 8. At the age of 12, her mother married Roy Alexander and they moved to the Cookietown community where she attended school at Union Valley. She graduated from high school with the class of 1928. She attended Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater for one year. In 1929 she married W. B. (Bill) Kerr and they resided and farmed in the Cookietown area until they retired from farming and moved to Walters in 1978. Mrs. Kerr was active in the Walters First United Methodist Church serving on the church board, starting the church library and serving as the librarian for many years, teaching the Questors Sunday School Class and serving as teacher of the Susannah Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Cotton County Art Council, and served as the Chairperson of the Walters Deport Restoration. She was a watercolor artist and enjoyed working in her garden.
Patti Kerr, Bartlesville; and Janell and Morris Gene Philpott, Walters; six granddaughters and their spouses: Debbie Fassnacht and Steve Thompson, Chicago; Robin Hurst and Drew Niles, Madison, Wisconsin; Jana and Chris Lipscomb, Walters; Wendy and Mark Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Stephanie and Greg Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Michelle and Chawn Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; two grandsons and their spouses: Russell and Carrie Philpott, Walters; Dean Kerr and Robbie Lacrosse, Wichita Kansas; six great grandsons: Sky Waters, Madison, Wisconsin; Tyler Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Lucas Lacrosse, Wichita, Kansas; Riley and Eli Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Brodey Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; and three great granddaughters and spouses: Leah Philpott, Walters; Chloe Philpott, Walters; Mallory and Sammy Vanderburg, Duncan; and great-great granddaughter: Sarah Elizabeth Vanderburg, Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her step-father, and a brother, Joe Roy Alexander.
WALTERS, Okla. - Memorial service for Leola Dean Kerr, 96, Walters were held at the Walters First United Methodist Church with Dr. Kip Wright, pastor, officiating.
Mrs. Kerr died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Lawton.
Service is under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.
She was born December 26, 1911, in Nevada, Texas, at the Love Hotel to Walter W. and Myrtle (Graham) Dean. She grew up south of Temple, Oklahoma after the death of her father at the age of 8. At the age of 12, her mother married Roy Alexander and they moved to the Cookietown community where she attended school at Union Valley. She graduated from high school with the class of 1928. She attended Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater for one year. In 1929 she married W. B. (Bill) Kerr and they resided and farmed in the Cookietown area until they retired from farming and moved to Walters in 1978. Mrs. Kerr was active in the Walters First United Methodist Church serving on the church board, starting the church library and serving as the librarian for many years, teaching the Questors Sunday School Class and serving as teacher of the Susannah Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Cotton County Art Council, and served as the Chairperson of the Walters Deport Restoration. She was a watercolor artist and enjoyed working in her garden.
Patti Kerr, Bartlesville; and Janell and Morris Gene Philpott, Walters; six granddaughters and their spouses: Debbie Fassnacht and Steve Thompson, Chicago; Robin Hurst and Drew Niles, Madison, Wisconsin; Jana and Chris Lipscomb, Walters; Wendy and Mark Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Stephanie and Greg Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Michelle and Chawn Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; two grandsons and their spouses: Russell and Carrie Philpott, Walters; Dean Kerr and Robbie Lacrosse, Wichita Kansas; six great grandsons: Sky Waters, Madison, Wisconsin; Tyler Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Lucas Lacrosse, Wichita, Kansas; Riley and Eli Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Brodey Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; and three great granddaughters and spouses: Leah Philpott, Walters; Chloe Philpott, Walters; Mallory and Sammy Vanderburg, Duncan; and great-great granddaughter: Sarah Elizabeth Vanderburg, Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her step-father, and a brother, Joe Roy Alexander.
Mrs. Kerr died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Lawton.
Service is under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.
She was born December 26, 1911, in Nevada, Texas, at the Love Hotel to Walter W. and Myrtle (Graham) Dean. She grew up south of Temple, Oklahoma after the death of her father at the age of 8. At the age of 12, her mother married Roy Alexander and they moved to the Cookietown community where she attended school at Union Valley. She graduated from high school with the class of 1928. She attended Oklahoma A&M at Stillwater for one year. In 1929 she married W. B. (Bill) Kerr and they resided and farmed in the Cookietown area until they retired from farming and moved to Walters in 1978. Mrs. Kerr was active in the Walters First United Methodist Church serving on the church board, starting the church library and serving as the librarian for many years, teaching the Questors Sunday School Class and serving as teacher of the Susannah Sunday School Class. She was a member of the Cotton County Art Council, and served as the Chairperson of the Walters Deport Restoration. She was a watercolor artist and enjoyed working in her garden.
Patti Kerr, Bartlesville; and Janell and Morris Gene Philpott, Walters; six granddaughters and their spouses: Debbie Fassnacht and Steve Thompson, Chicago; Robin Hurst and Drew Niles, Madison, Wisconsin; Jana and Chris Lipscomb, Walters; Wendy and Mark Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Stephanie and Greg Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Michelle and Chawn Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; two grandsons and their spouses: Russell and Carrie Philpott, Walters; Dean Kerr and Robbie Lacrosse, Wichita Kansas; six great grandsons: Sky Waters, Madison, Wisconsin; Tyler Woodell, Wayne, Oklahoma; Lucas Lacrosse, Wichita, Kansas; Riley and Eli Stackenwalt, Stillwater; Brodey Ward, Bethany, Oklahoma; and three great granddaughters and spouses: Leah Philpott, Walters; Chloe Philpott, Walters; Mallory and Sammy Vanderburg, Duncan; and great-great granddaughter: Sarah Elizabeth Vanderburg, Duncan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her step-father, and a brother, Joe Roy Alexander.
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