Dee Villa Thomas

1906 - 1987  (81 years)

• Name	Dee Villa Thomas  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	4 Feb 1906	Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Sep 1987	Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Burial	Elm Grove Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Notes	Described as "of southwest Stillwater" Payne County area schoolteacher Dee Villa Clark of Perkins died Thursday, Sept. 3, 1987 in Stillwater Medical Center at the age of 81. Her funeral is scheduled Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church in Perkins. Internment will be held in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Charles Wall and the Rev. C. Jeffrey Gill will officiate at the service, which are being arranged by Strode Funeral Home. Mrs. Clark was born in Ripley on Feb. 4, 1906, the daughter of Edwin V. and Orpha (Phenis) Thomas. She lived in the Ripley area most of her early life, except for a year when her parents lived in Tonkawa. She married Earl Harrison Clark on Feb. 21, 1934, on her parents farm west of Ripley. The couple lived in or near Stillwater until he retired in 1968 and they moved to Perkins. She graduated from Oklahoma A & M College in 1930 and earned her teaching certificate. She taught school for 38 years in a number of towns in the area and was a member of the First Christian Church. Mrs. Clark is survived by her husband; one son, Arthur Edwin Clark of Oklahoma City; one grandchild; one brother, Wayne Haskell Thomas of Yukon; and one sister, Mrs. Howard (Lorene) Mahurin of Olympia, Wash.
  Person ID	I5901	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward Valejo Thomas,   b. 14 Apr 1872, Xenia, Bourbon County, Kansas d. 30 Jan 1945, Ripley Oak Park Cemetery, Ripley, Payne County, Oklahoma (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Orpha Anise Phenis,   b. 28 Sep 1875, Madison, Greenwood County, Kansas d. 24 Sep 1953, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1904	Agra, Lincoln County, Oklahoma   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F3021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl Harrison Clark,   b. 9 Aug 1902, Oklahoma d. 30 Nov 1994, Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1934	Payne County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F3059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 3 Sep 1987 - Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Oklahoma, Stillwater, Newspress (1953) newspaper cutting titled "Services Planned for Mrs. Thomas." Probably of Judith Keeth (1997). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.). [S211] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, McWethy, Franklin Mead (1956) "McWethy Family Tree." (Duplicated by unpublished 31 page typescript.).