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Bessie I "Bette" Droke
1914 - 1989 (74 years)-
Name Bessie I "Bette" Droke Nickname Bette Birth 18 Aug 1914 Olney, Coal County, Oklahoma 
Gender Female Death 2 Jun 1989 Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Burial Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Notes - Ada Evening News - June 4, 1989 Bette Threlkeld Ada-Services for Bette Threlkeld, 74, Ada, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Southwest Church of Christ, Dr. John Stuckey conducting rites. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Threlkeld died June 2, 1989, at a local nursing home following a long illness. She was born Aug. 18, 1914 in Olney, to William A. and Josie Darnell Droke. She moved to Ada as a child and was a graduate of Ada High School. She retired from the Ada Blue Cross office in 1974 after 20 years employment. She was a longtime active member of Southwest Church of Christ. On Jan. 20, 1935, she and Creston Threlkeld were married at Wewoka. Survivors include her husband, Creston, of the home; two sons, Jim Threlkeld, Mesquite, Texas, Gary Threlkeld, The Colony, Texas; one brother, Jerry Droke, Ada; one sister Essie Frye, Ada; and two grandchildren. Bearers will be Elmer Gerth, Alvin Jamar, Glendel Hatton, Haskell Hill, Leo Sims and Harold Blackburn. The family says those who wish may make contributions in Mrs Threlkeld's memory to Tipton Home, Box 37, Tipton, Okla. 73570. Criswell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BESSIE I THRELKELD 18 Aug 1914 02 Jun 1989 74820 (Ada, Pontotoc, OK ) (none specified) 446-09-0799 Oklahoma
Person ID I13958 Strong Family Tree Last Modified 17 Aug 2014
Family James Creston Threlkeld, b. 4 May 1908, Francis, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma d. 24 May 1999, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 91 years) Marriage 20 Jan 1935 Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma Children 1. Living 2. Living Family ID F2931 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Dec 2006
- Ada Evening News - June 4, 1989 Bette Threlkeld Ada-Services for Bette Threlkeld, 74, Ada, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Southwest Church of Christ, Dr. John Stuckey conducting rites. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Threlkeld died June 2, 1989, at a local nursing home following a long illness. She was born Aug. 18, 1914 in Olney, to William A. and Josie Darnell Droke. She moved to Ada as a child and was a graduate of Ada High School. She retired from the Ada Blue Cross office in 1974 after 20 years employment. She was a longtime active member of Southwest Church of Christ. On Jan. 20, 1935, she and Creston Threlkeld were married at Wewoka. Survivors include her husband, Creston, of the home; two sons, Jim Threlkeld, Mesquite, Texas, Gary Threlkeld, The Colony, Texas; one brother, Jerry Droke, Ada; one sister Essie Frye, Ada; and two grandchildren. Bearers will be Elmer Gerth, Alvin Jamar, Glendel Hatton, Haskell Hill, Leo Sims and Harold Blackburn. The family says those who wish may make contributions in Mrs Threlkeld's memory to Tipton Home, Box 37, Tipton, Okla. 73570. Criswell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Event Map 
Birth - 18 Aug 1914 - Olney, Coal County, Oklahoma 
Marriage - 20 Jan 1935 - Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma 
Death - 2 Jun 1989 - Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma 
Burial - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
Threlkeld, James & Bette (Droke)
The photo of this double tombstone was taken prior to the death of James Creston Threlkeld in 1999.
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