Individual Details
Lucile Keeter
(30 Apr 1911 - 2 Apr 2007)
Duncan (Okla.) Banner, Wed., Apr. 4, 2007
Euless, Texas - LUCILE KEETER STONEKING, 95, passed away Monday, April 2, 2007.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Arrangements are under direction of Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home of Colleyville, Texas.
Lucile was born April 30, 1911, in the Cotton County region of Oklahoma, to Lonnie and Daisy Keeter. Following the death of her mother, her father, grandparents and stepmother, Eula, raised her. A strong woman of her generation, Lucile moved to California following the Depression, where she met her husband and married in 1944.
She made many friends during her years of traveling and living abroad with her husband. She was a loving and giving person who raised not only three stepchildren, but was also guardian for two immigrant daughters --- she was an angel.
A member of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 50 years, she enjoyed cooking, sewing, word puzzles and watching sports.
Survivors include stepsons, Gerald Stoneking Jr. and his wife Susie of California, and Nick Stoneking; sponsored daughters, Gan Stoneking, and Prissy Swindell and her husband Mitchell; ten grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Gerald Stoneking Sr., and stepdaughter, Gaye Stoneking.
Euless, Texas - LUCILE KEETER STONEKING, 95, passed away Monday, April 2, 2007.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Arrangements are under direction of Bluebonnet Hills Funeral Home of Colleyville, Texas.
Lucile was born April 30, 1911, in the Cotton County region of Oklahoma, to Lonnie and Daisy Keeter. Following the death of her mother, her father, grandparents and stepmother, Eula, raised her. A strong woman of her generation, Lucile moved to California following the Depression, where she met her husband and married in 1944.
She made many friends during her years of traveling and living abroad with her husband. She was a loving and giving person who raised not only three stepchildren, but was also guardian for two immigrant daughters --- she was an angel.
A member of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 50 years, she enjoyed cooking, sewing, word puzzles and watching sports.
Survivors include stepsons, Gerald Stoneking Jr. and his wife Susie of California, and Nick Stoneking; sponsored daughters, Gan Stoneking, and Prissy Swindell and her husband Mitchell; ten grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Gerald Stoneking Sr., and stepdaughter, Gaye Stoneking.
Events
| Birth | 30 Apr 1911 | Cotton County, Oklahoma | |||
| Marriage | 10 Jan 1929 | Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma - Austin L. Stafford |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 3 Apr 1930 | Hastings, Jefferson County, Oklahoma - Austin L. Stafford | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma - Austin L. Stafford | | | |
| Death | 2 Apr 2007 | Euless, Tarrant County, Texas | |||
| Obituary | 4 Apr 2007 | Duncan, Stevens County, Oklahoma | | | |
| Burial | Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Gerald Guy Stoneking Sr. (1907 - 1998) |
| Spouse | Austin L. Stafford (1908 - 1965) |
| Father | Lonnie B. Keeter (1892 - 1969) |
| Mother | Daisy May Eubanks (1893 - 1922) |
Notes
Marriage
Austin StoffordSex Male
Age 20
Birth Year (Estimated) 1909
Father's Name A M Stofford (signed permission for underage Austin to marry)
Spouse's Name Lucile Keeter
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1912
Spouse's Mother's Name Lonnie B Keeter
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 10 Jan 1929
Event Place , Cotton, Oklahoma
Census (family)
Auston Stafford head F 23 Oklahoma - Salesman, lumber yardLucile Stafford Wife F 18 Oklahoma
1940 household 347
Austin C. Stafford head F 31 Oklahoma - Manager, lumber yard (image 987)
Lucile Stafford Wife F 28 Oklahoma - Bookkeeper, lumberyard (image 1020)
Census (family)
1940 household 347Austin C. Stafford head F 31 Oklahoma - Manager, lumber yard (image 987)
Lucile Stafford Wife F 28 Oklahoma - Bookkeeper, lumberyard (image 1020)
Obituary
Lucile Keeter StonekingSex Female
Age 95
Birth Year (Estimated) 1912
Death Date 02 Apr 2007
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 04 Apr 2007
Event Place Oklahoma, United States
Event Place (Original) Oklahoma, United States
Newspaper Duncan Banner, The
Affiliate Name GenealogyBank, Inc.
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