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Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell, 46, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Sunday, September 21,
2003, in Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral
Services will be held at 2:30 P.M.,
Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at Bethel
Baptist Church in Norman, Oklahoma
with Reverend Joe Grizzle officiating.
Interment
will follow at the I.O.O.F.
Cemetery in Norman, Oklahoma.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman, Oklahoma.
Mr. Mitchell was born September 3, 1957 in Norman,
Oklahoma, to E. Newton and Martha Jane Brown Mitchell. He grew
up in Norman and graduated from Norman High School in 1975. He
was a member of the 1975 Championship swim team at Norman
High. Scott then attended Oklahoma State University. His family
owned and operated fireworks sales. He was involved in farming and
cattle raising in partner with his father. Scott was also a mail carrier
for twenty-five years serving the Norman and Noble area. He took
pride in his yard work and his family. He loved to hunt and to make
people laugh.
Mr. Mitchell was preceded in death by his mother, Martha in
1982. Survivors include his wife, Julie of the home; father, E.
Newton of Goldsby, OK; son, Trey; two daughters, Brandi and
Savannah, all of the home; brother, Newt Mitchell Jr and wife, Gina
of Norman; paternal grandmother, Ruby Ratliff of Norman, OK and
numerous relatives and friends.
Joline F. Hall
Joline Furnace Hall, 85 of Norman,
Oklahoma, died unexpectedly, Saturday,
September 6, 2003 in Norman, Oklahoma.
Interment will be at 11:30 a.m.,
Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at the
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Norman,
Oklahoma. Memorial Services will follow
at 1:00 p.m. at the McFarlin Memorial
United Methodist Church, 419 South
University Blvd., Norman, Oklahoma.
The family has requested there be no
visitation. Services are under the
direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Hall .was born May 24, 1918, the second child of James
and Sarah M. Furnace. She attended elementary and high school in
Belton, Texas and graduated from Mary Hardin Baylor College in
1940. She was employed by the Texas Child Welfare Department
when the program first started in Texas. She was assigned to
Sherman, Texas, where she met and married Rufus G. Hall in 1944.
She moved to Norman after World War II, where her husband was
employed at the University of Oklahoma, in the Political Science
Department. Joline was a member of the McFarlin United Methodist
Church. She was active in the Norman Senior Citizens program,
taking part in their travel programs and playing bridge with many of
her friends. She was devoted to her family and actively involved in
helping them.
Mrs. Hall was preceded in death by her parents, husband;
Rufus, in 1991. Survivors include her two children; daughter, Nancy
Hall of Austin, Texas and Son, Robin Hall and wife Sharon of
Arlington, Texas, three grandchildren; Brandon and Andrew Hall of
Arlington, Texas and Amy Hill of Austin, Texas. She is also
survived by her sister; Annie Laura Gibbs of Belton, Texas.
Paul Friesen
Paul Friesen, 86, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Monday, September 1, 2003
in Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral Services will
be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 5,
2003 at Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel in
Norman with Reverend Cal Brannon
officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00
P.M., at the Canute Cemetery in Canute,
Oklahoma with Military Honors. Pallbearers
will be Lowell V. Cunningham, LeRoy
Cunningham, Chris Cunningham, Toby Friesen, Tory Friesen and
Lance Friesen.
Loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend was born May
22, 1917 near Weatherford, OK to Peter & Katherine Friesen. He
graduated from Weatherford High School in Weatherford, OK. After
serving in the Navy in World War II, he attended college in
Okmulgee, OK. Then he was employed as a machinist at Tinker Air
Force Base for a number of years, retiring in 1965. After retirement
he purchased a car wash on Lindsey St, Serving the public from 1965
to 1980. In August 1947, he married Ruth Cotter; together they were
blessed with two sons, Gary & Shawn. The family has resided in
Norman, OK where all were Members of McFarlin Methodist
Church.
Paul & his family have been avid OU football fans attending all home
games for 30 plus years. During off season football, Paul and Ruth
enjoyed traveling throughout the United States in their motor home.
He loved his home, always working on the landscaping & garden as
long as health would permit.
Paul is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Ruth, of the
home; two sons, Gary Friesen and wife, Karen, and Shawn Friesen,
all of Norman; three grandsons, Toby, Lance, & Tory Friesen, all of
Norman; one sister, Florence Anglin of Texas; three nieces and two
nephews; other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his
parents, Peter & Katherine Friesen; five brothers and three sisters.
Family & friends will miss him greatly.
Nettie Jane Adams
Nettie Jane Adams, 84, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Saturday, July 10, 2004 in
Norman, Oklahoma. Graveside Services will be
held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery with Leon Dennis
officiating. Pallbearers are Scott Henderson,
Stephen Henderson, Jay Adams, Kevin Cox, Bob
Cox, Jr., and Scott Rothschild. Honorary
pallbearers will be the Westside Church of Christ
Ladies’ Bible Class. Services are under the
direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Nettie Jane Adams (maiden name Ledbetter), born July 24, 1919 in
Huntsville, Arkansas to Lemon & Oleva Ledbetter (maiden name
Dennis). She was raised in Bristow, OK where she graduated from
high school and began her career with Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company as an operator in 1936 and retired in 1981 from
Southwestern Bell as a manager in Oklahoma City. She was baptized
in the Church of Christ as a teenager in Bristow. Her family moved
to New Mexico from Bristow and she met and married John Wood
Adams in 1940. They returned to Oklahoma and eventually made
their home in Norman in 1960. Her children and grandchildren were
the highlight of her life. She loved cooking for her family, especially
Thanksgiving and Christmas, working in her garden, and doing the
daily crossword puzzles. She was a member of the Bristow Historical
Society and the Telephone Pioneers of America and the Westside
Church of Christ in Norman.
Mrs. Adams was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and
oldest son, Jerry Adams. She is survived by a son, Paul Adams of the
home, daughter and husband, Dianne and Jerry Henderson of
Norman, daughter-in-law Pat Adams of Norman, grandsons Scott and
Stephen Henderson and Jay Adams of Norman, granddaughter Kelly
McBride of Norman, two great-grandchildren Kelsey and Mark
McBride, two sisters, Gaye Cox of Bella Vista, Arkansas, and Edna
Rothschild Champeau of Norman, many nieces, nephews, and friends
from Southwestern Bell and Westside Church of Christ.
