Stanley Main DONNELLEY

Sept. 18, 2008, Enid Morning News Enid, Garfield Co., OK

Submitted by: Lois Burdick

Recent Deaths

Enid, OK — Mass of Christian burial for Stanley Main Donnelley, 80, of Enid, will be 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Rev. Larry Kolawski will be the Celebrant. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Enid, with military honors. Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

Stanley was born on Oct. 18, 1927 in Stillwater, Okla., to Herndon Ford and Lois (Main) Donnelley and died on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Enid, Okla. He grew up in Enid and graduated from Enid High School in 1945. Stan enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II on Nov. 1, 1945, and was discharged on Oct. 8, 1946. He was awarded the Victory Medal. Following his discharge, he lived in Indiana, where he had his own business. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on Oct. 30, 1951, and served in the Korean Conflict. Stanley was discharged from the Air Force on Jan. 22, 1962. While in the U.S. Air Force he received the following medals: National Defense, United Nations Service, Good Conduct, and Korean Service.

He met Nancy Kaiser Estabrooks and they were married on July 22, 1978, in Midwest City, Okla. Stan and Nancy moved to Enid in 1983. Stan later received his Bachelor of Science degree from Central State University on July 30, 1985. He taught for 12 years at Northeast High School in Oklahoma City. Following his retirement from teaching in 1990, he worked at O’Reilly Auto Parts Store. He was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

Stan was preceded in death by his daughter, June Estabrooks, on Aug. 26, 2005, and one brother, Herndon F. Donnelley, Jr.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy, of the home; seven children, Major R. Della Denison of Blanchard, Okla., John and wife Jackie Estabrooks of Bell City, La., George and wife Susan Estabrooks of Midwest City, Okla., Ann Val Bracht of Houston, Texas, Andrew and wife Chris Estabrooks of Midwest City, Okla., Wesley and wife Mickala Estabrooks of Ada, Okla., and CSM Harold P. and wife Shana Estabrooks of Sharpsburg, Ga.; three sisters, Ruth Silveus of Arlington, Wash., Lorine Reed of Perkins, Okla., and LeaAnn Walker of San Diego, Calif.; 20 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church.

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