Lora "Jane" Head, age 87, formerly of Mangum, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Linwood Village Nursing Home in Cushing from congestive heart failure.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the First Baptist Church in Mangum with Casey Paxton officiating. The service is under the direction of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing.
Jane was born in Granite on September 19, 1924 to Emmet L. Bevis and Anne Holbert Mackey Bevis She attended grade school in Granite and graduated from Mangum High School in 1942. After graduation she attended Hills Business College.
On November 13, 1949, Lora Jane Bevis and Kenneth Mint Head were united in marriage at the Central Christian Church in Hobart, Oklahoma. They had two daughters, Carol Ann and Lora Jane.
Jane worked for the government for many years, serving first in the Soil Conservation Service and then in the Selective Service. After her government service she worked as a secretary in insurance and as a bank teller. She was the Class of 1942 secretary for many years. Jane also enjoyed being a Girl Scout leader.
Jane was a kind, generous and thoughtful person. She had a special interest in and affection for cats and they loved her too. She enjoyed yard work, picking up her pecan crop each year, playing Solitaire, reading, but her greatest joy was serving her family and friends.
Jane professed her Christian faith at First Baptist Church in Granite where her mother taught the Young People's Sunday School Class for 25 years.
Jane was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-five years, Kenneth; her parents; one daughter, Lora; one brother, Joe Bevis; one sister, Ruth Pace.
As Jane was a very generous person, memorial contributions may be made to any charity of your choice.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the First Baptist Church in Mangum with Casey Paxton officiating. The service is under the direction of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing.
Jane was born in Granite on September 19, 1924 to Emmet L. Bevis and Anne Holbert Mackey Bevis She attended grade school in Granite and graduated from Mangum High School in 1942. After graduation she attended Hills Business College.
On November 13, 1949, Lora Jane Bevis and Kenneth Mint Head were united in marriage at the Central Christian Church in Hobart, Oklahoma. They had two daughters, Carol Ann and Lora Jane.
Jane worked for the government for many years, serving first in the Soil Conservation Service and then in the Selective Service. After her government service she worked as a secretary in insurance and as a bank teller. She was the Class of 1942 secretary for many years. Jane also enjoyed being a Girl Scout leader.
Jane was a kind, generous and thoughtful person. She had a special interest in and affection for cats and they loved her too. She enjoyed yard work, picking up her pecan crop each year, playing Solitaire, reading, but her greatest joy was serving her family and friends.
Jane professed her Christian faith at First Baptist Church in Granite where her mother taught the Young People's Sunday School Class for 25 years.
Jane was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-five years, Kenneth; her parents; one daughter, Lora; one brother, Joe Bevis; one sister, Ruth Pace.
As Jane was a very generous person, memorial contributions may be made to any charity of your choice.
Lora "Jane" Head, age 87, formerly of Mangum, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Linwood Village Nursing Home in Cushing from congestive heart failure.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the First Baptist Church in Mangum with Casey Paxton officiating. The service is under the direction of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing.
Jane was born in Granite on September 19, 1924 to Emmet L. Bevis and Anne Holbert Mackey Bevis She attended grade school in Granite and graduated from Mangum High School in 1942. After graduation she attended Hills Business College.
On November 13, 1949, Lora Jane Bevis and Kenneth Mint Head were united in marriage at the Central Christian Church in Hobart, Oklahoma. They had two daughters, Carol Ann and Lora Jane.
Jane worked for the government for many years, serving first in the Soil Conservation Service and then in the Selective Service. After her government service she worked as a secretary in insurance and as a bank teller. She was the Class of 1942 secretary for many years. Jane also enjoyed being a Girl Scout leader.
Jane was a kind, generous and thoughtful person. She had a special interest in and affection for cats and they loved her too. She enjoyed yard work, picking up her pecan crop each year, playing Solitaire, reading, but her greatest joy was serving her family and friends.
Jane professed her Christian faith at First Baptist Church in Granite where her mother taught the Young People's Sunday School Class for 25 years.
Jane was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-five years, Kenneth; her parents; one daughter, Lora; one brother, Joe Bevis; one sister, Ruth Pace.
As Jane was a very generous person, memorial contributions may be made to any charity of your choice.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in the First Baptist Church in Mangum with Casey Paxton officiating. The service is under the direction of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing.
Jane was born in Granite on September 19, 1924 to Emmet L. Bevis and Anne Holbert Mackey Bevis She attended grade school in Granite and graduated from Mangum High School in 1942. After graduation she attended Hills Business College.
On November 13, 1949, Lora Jane Bevis and Kenneth Mint Head were united in marriage at the Central Christian Church in Hobart, Oklahoma. They had two daughters, Carol Ann and Lora Jane.
Jane worked for the government for many years, serving first in the Soil Conservation Service and then in the Selective Service. After her government service she worked as a secretary in insurance and as a bank teller. She was the Class of 1942 secretary for many years. Jane also enjoyed being a Girl Scout leader.
Jane was a kind, generous and thoughtful person. She had a special interest in and affection for cats and they loved her too. She enjoyed yard work, picking up her pecan crop each year, playing Solitaire, reading, but her greatest joy was serving her family and friends.
Jane professed her Christian faith at First Baptist Church in Granite where her mother taught the Young People's Sunday School Class for 25 years.
Jane was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-five years, Kenneth; her parents; one daughter, Lora; one brother, Joe Bevis; one sister, Ruth Pace.
As Jane was a very generous person, memorial contributions may be made to any charity of your choice.
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