Nettie Marie (Ake) Gunsaulis was born February 13, 1926 to Almer “Bus” and Rosie (Whitacre) Ake at their home west of Fairview. She was the eighth child of eleven children. She went to her heavenly home on July 26 at the age of ninety-two years, five months and thirteen days. She met Howard Gunsaulis at the age of seventeen while working at the White Rock Café in Fairview. They were married the following year on February 23, 1944 in Taloga, Oklahoma. They spent their entire lives in Major County, Oklahoma with the exception of one year, 1954, in Enid, Oklahoma. To this union four children were born: Howard Raydean, LaNetta Fern, Darrell Floyd, and Randy Keith.
Nettie was a homemaker and farmed with her husband. Her many hobbies were sewing clothing for her children and others, quilting and doing various creative craft projects. She loved her flowers and feeding the various birds including her favorite, the hummingbirds, that she fed on the patio. She went with Howard doing custom wheat harvest and prepared meals and did laundry for the harvest crew for about 15 years. She spent her adult life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren and doing it in a loving manner.
Nettie Marie Gunsaulis was baptized in the summer of 1951 at Red Bluff by Sister McCartney and Sister Love of the Midway Assembly of God Church.
Nettie and Howard were married 47 years before Howard’s death in June of 1991. Nettie married Jess Kooken in January of 1995. There were able to travel to many places together with their dog, Mitsie. Nettie and Jess were married 14 years before his death September 29, 2009.
Nettie spent the remainder of her years at her home in Fairview where she loved her independence. Nettie relished going to the Fairview Senior Citizens Center. She especially loved playing cards (ten-point pitch) and treasured it even more when she won, which was often.
Nettie was preceded in death by her parents, Rosie and Almer Ake; five brothers, Loyd, Clifford, Everett, Ernest and Frank Ake; two sisters, Zella Fay Ake (infant) and Elsie Mae (Ake) Turner; two sisters-in-law, Jackie Ake and Loraine Ake; three brothers-in-law, Albert Turner, Virgil Mollett and Jerald Holt; a grandson, Charles Ray Gunsaulis, and nine nephews and two nieces.
Nettie is survived by her four children, Raydean and wife, Joye, Longdale, OK, LaNetta Fern and her husband, Delbert Appleton, Okeene, OK, Darrell and his wife, Linda, Longdale, OK and Randy and his wife, Linda, also of Longdale, OK; 12 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 10 great, great grandchildren; one brother, JL Ake and wife, Sue Ann, Wichita, KS; two sisters, Opal Holt, Enid, OK and Willadean Mollett, Chester, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation with the family present will be held from 6-8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, July 29, 2018 at Pierce Funeral Home, 721 S. Main, Fairview. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at Orion Baptist Church with Rev. Orville White and Mike Gunsaulis officiating. Interment will follow in Orion Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Fairview. The casket will be open prior to the service only.
Nettie was a homemaker and farmed with her husband. Her many hobbies were sewing clothing for her children and others, quilting and doing various creative craft projects. She loved her flowers and feeding the various birds including her favorite, the hummingbirds, that she fed on the patio. She went with Howard doing custom wheat harvest and prepared meals and did laundry for the harvest crew for about 15 years. She spent her adult life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren and doing it in a loving manner.
Nettie Marie Gunsaulis was baptized in the summer of 1951 at Red Bluff by Sister McCartney and Sister Love of the Midway Assembly of God Church.
Nettie and Howard were married 47 years before Howard’s death in June of 1991. Nettie married Jess Kooken in January of 1995. There were able to travel to many places together with their dog, Mitsie. Nettie and Jess were married 14 years before his death September 29, 2009.
Nettie spent the remainder of her years at her home in Fairview where she loved her independence. Nettie relished going to the Fairview Senior Citizens Center. She especially loved playing cards (ten-point pitch) and treasured it even more when she won, which was often.
Nettie was preceded in death by her parents, Rosie and Almer Ake; five brothers, Loyd, Clifford, Everett, Ernest and Frank Ake; two sisters, Zella Fay Ake (infant) and Elsie Mae (Ake) Turner; two sisters-in-law, Jackie Ake and Loraine Ake; three brothers-in-law, Albert Turner, Virgil Mollett and Jerald Holt; a grandson, Charles Ray Gunsaulis, and nine nephews and two nieces.
Nettie is survived by her four children, Raydean and wife, Joye, Longdale, OK, LaNetta Fern and her husband, Delbert Appleton, Okeene, OK, Darrell and his wife, Linda, Longdale, OK and Randy and his wife, Linda, also of Longdale, OK; 12 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 10 great, great grandchildren; one brother, JL Ake and wife, Sue Ann, Wichita, KS; two sisters, Opal Holt, Enid, OK and Willadean Mollett, Chester, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation with the family present will be held from 6-8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, July 29, 2018 at Pierce Funeral Home, 721 S. Main, Fairview. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at Orion Baptist Church with Rev. Orville White and Mike Gunsaulis officiating. Interment will follow in Orion Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Fairview. The casket will be open prior to the service only.
Nettie Marie (Ake) Gunsaulis was born February 13, 1926 to Almer “Bus” and Rosie (Whitacre) Ake at their home west of Fairview. She was the eighth child of eleven children. She went to her heavenly home on July 26 at the age of ninety-two years, five months and thirteen days. She met Howard Gunsaulis at the age of seventeen while working at the White Rock Café in Fairview. They were married the following year on February 23, 1944 in Taloga, Oklahoma. They spent their entire lives in Major County, Oklahoma with the exception of one year, 1954, in Enid, Oklahoma. To this union four children were born: Howard Raydean, LaNetta Fern, Darrell Floyd, and Randy Keith.
Nettie was a homemaker and farmed with her husband. Her many hobbies were sewing clothing for her children and others, quilting and doing various creative craft projects. She loved her flowers and feeding the various birds including her favorite, the hummingbirds, that she fed on the patio. She went with Howard doing custom wheat harvest and prepared meals and did laundry for the harvest crew for about 15 years. She spent her adult life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren and doing it in a loving manner.
Nettie Marie Gunsaulis was baptized in the summer of 1951 at Red Bluff by Sister McCartney and Sister Love of the Midway Assembly of God Church.
Nettie and Howard were married 47 years before Howard’s death in June of 1991. Nettie married Jess Kooken in January of 1995. There were able to travel to many places together with their dog, Mitsie. Nettie and Jess were married 14 years before his death September 29, 2009.
Nettie spent the remainder of her years at her home in Fairview where she loved her independence. Nettie relished going to the Fairview Senior Citizens Center. She especially loved playing cards (ten-point pitch) and treasured it even more when she won, which was often.
Nettie was preceded in death by her parents, Rosie and Almer Ake; five brothers, Loyd, Clifford, Everett, Ernest and Frank Ake; two sisters, Zella Fay Ake (infant) and Elsie Mae (Ake) Turner; two sisters-in-law, Jackie Ake and Loraine Ake; three brothers-in-law, Albert Turner, Virgil Mollett and Jerald Holt; a grandson, Charles Ray Gunsaulis, and nine nephews and two nieces.
Nettie is survived by her four children, Raydean and wife, Joye, Longdale, OK, LaNetta Fern and her husband, Delbert Appleton, Okeene, OK, Darrell and his wife, Linda, Longdale, OK and Randy and his wife, Linda, also of Longdale, OK; 12 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 10 great, great grandchildren; one brother, JL Ake and wife, Sue Ann, Wichita, KS; two sisters, Opal Holt, Enid, OK and Willadean Mollett, Chester, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation with the family present will be held from 6-8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, July 29, 2018 at Pierce Funeral Home, 721 S. Main, Fairview. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at Orion Baptist Church with Rev. Orville White and Mike Gunsaulis officiating. Interment will follow in Orion Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Fairview. The casket will be open prior to the service only.
Nettie was a homemaker and farmed with her husband. Her many hobbies were sewing clothing for her children and others, quilting and doing various creative craft projects. She loved her flowers and feeding the various birds including her favorite, the hummingbirds, that she fed on the patio. She went with Howard doing custom wheat harvest and prepared meals and did laundry for the harvest crew for about 15 years. She spent her adult life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren and doing it in a loving manner.
Nettie Marie Gunsaulis was baptized in the summer of 1951 at Red Bluff by Sister McCartney and Sister Love of the Midway Assembly of God Church.
Nettie and Howard were married 47 years before Howard’s death in June of 1991. Nettie married Jess Kooken in January of 1995. There were able to travel to many places together with their dog, Mitsie. Nettie and Jess were married 14 years before his death September 29, 2009.
Nettie spent the remainder of her years at her home in Fairview where she loved her independence. Nettie relished going to the Fairview Senior Citizens Center. She especially loved playing cards (ten-point pitch) and treasured it even more when she won, which was often.
Nettie was preceded in death by her parents, Rosie and Almer Ake; five brothers, Loyd, Clifford, Everett, Ernest and Frank Ake; two sisters, Zella Fay Ake (infant) and Elsie Mae (Ake) Turner; two sisters-in-law, Jackie Ake and Loraine Ake; three brothers-in-law, Albert Turner, Virgil Mollett and Jerald Holt; a grandson, Charles Ray Gunsaulis, and nine nephews and two nieces.
Nettie is survived by her four children, Raydean and wife, Joye, Longdale, OK, LaNetta Fern and her husband, Delbert Appleton, Okeene, OK, Darrell and his wife, Linda, Longdale, OK and Randy and his wife, Linda, also of Longdale, OK; 12 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, and 10 great, great grandchildren; one brother, JL Ake and wife, Sue Ann, Wichita, KS; two sisters, Opal Holt, Enid, OK and Willadean Mollett, Chester, OK and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation with the family present will be held from 6-8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, July 29, 2018 at Pierce Funeral Home, 721 S. Main, Fairview. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at Orion Baptist Church with Rev. Orville White and Mike Gunsaulis officiating. Interment will follow in Orion Cemetery under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Fairview. The casket will be open prior to the service only.
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