WILLIAM "BILL' RAYMOND DANIELS

© Published in Enid, OK. News

Thursday, December 8, 2005

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

WILLIAM "BILL' RAYMOND DANIELS

The funeral for William "Bill" Raymond Daniels, 70, of Cherokee, OK., will be 2 p.m. Friday at Friends Church, Cherokee. The Rev. Tom Cooksey will officiate. Burial will be in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Cherokee, OK. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today with the family present 6 to 7 p.m.

He was born April 28, 1935, in Byron, OK. to Sam and Alta May Walton Daniels and died Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, in Enid, OK.

He graduated from Byron-Driftwood High School in 1953. He then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK.

He married Dolly Marie Ferrell June 25, 1955, in Driftwood, OK. They made their home in Cherokee.

He worked at Dick Bright's Sinclair Station, and later for Alfalfa Electric Cooperative for 14 years as a line supervisor. He was a farmer / rancher. He was fire chief of Cherokee Fire Department from 1988 to 1992. He was on the board of directors of ACB Bank and a member of Byron Christian Church, Byron, OK.

Surviving are his wife, Dolly of Cherokee, OK.; four children, Carla Kildow and Christy Schanbacher, both of Cherokee, OK., Cindy Hoffman of Edmond, OK. and Cheryl Thurman of Kiowa, Kan.; two sisters, Pat Case of Hemet, Calif., and LaVada Bennett of Enid, OK.; one brother, Jim White of Cherokee, OK.; and eight grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Cherokee Fire Department.

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