David Lamar Okelberry

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Obituary
David Lamar Okelberry
Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, May 2012, from clipping posted on Ancestry.com
Said to have been published on September 8, 1993 in the Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Murtaugh-David Lamar Okelberry, 84, of Murtaugh, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 1993, at his residence.

He was born Sept. 5, 1909, in Milner, the son of John Parley and Sarah Jane Campbell Okelberry. He attended school in Murtaugh. he married Hildred McGuire in Twin Falls in 1932. They were later divorced. Mr. Okelberry had resided in Port Townsend, Wash., prior to his marriage to Marjorie Wilcox on July 29, 1942, in Burley. Following their wedding, the resided for a short time in Caliente, Nev. and later for a time in King Hill.Throughout most of his married life, and at the time of his death, he was residing in Murtaugh.

Mr. Okelberry attended the Hansen Assembly Church of God Church and Gideon International. He had been self-employed as a farmer, a builder and a logger.

Survivors include his wife of Murtaugh; three daughters, Mary Ellen Okelberry of Trinidad, Calif., Maria Clare Duncan of Orolino, and Nada Lynn Rickert of Murtaugh, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, a granddaughter, and a great grandson.

The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1992, at the Valley Assembly of God Church, 215 Main St. in Hazelton with the Rev. Wesley Johnson and Bradley Worden officiating. Burial will follow at Paul Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before the funeral today at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Payne Mortuary in Burley.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Gideon Memorial Fund for Recognition Bibles in care of Payne Mortuary.

David married Hildred "Hilly" Mamie McGuire on 3 Dec 1931 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Hildred (daughter of Henry David McGuire and Anna Mary "Mamie" Kuykendall) was born on 23 Nov 1910 in Red Creek Farm, Dewey County, Oklahoma; died on 14 Jun 1983 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

David married Marjorie Wilcox on 29 Jul 1942 in Burley, Cassia County, Idaho. Marjorie was born on 10 Nov 1907 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah; died on 8 Aug 2003 in Orolino, Clearwater County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]