Funeral service for Levearn Rinker, 69, of Tuttle, Oklahoma, will be held
at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at the First Assembly of God Church in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Levearn Rinker was born June 10, 1936 near Elmore City, Oklahoma and died Friday, November 11, 2005 in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, under the direction of
Sevier Funeral Home.
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Tuttle Times
17 November 2005
Funeral services for Levearn Rinker age 69 of Tuttle, were held 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at the First Assembly of God Church in Tuttle.
Levearn Rinker was born June 10, 1936 near Elmore City, Oklahoma to
Charlie ÒBuckÓ Hayes and Neoma Armour Hayes. She died November 11, 2005 at her home in Tuttle at the age of 69 years.
Levearn was raised in the Elmore City area and attended school there.
On December 12, 1951 she was married to Oscar Rinker at Pauls Valley,
Oklahoma.
They made Tuttle their lifelong home where they had recently celebrated
their fifty-third wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Rinker had worked at the Wrangler Restaurant in Newcastle and as
dispatcher for the Tuttle Police department, but is primarily remembered as a loving wife, mother and homemaker.
Levearn was a charter member of TOPS in Tuttle and she loved to sew. Her
handiwork could be seen in her crocheting, embroidery, quilting and other forms of needlepoint. She also enjoyed gardening, whether it was raising flowers or vegetables, and she canned many of the things she raised. On a beautiful day she could often be found participating in another of her favorite
pastimes, fishing.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Troy.
Survivors include: her husband: Oscar Rinker of the home in Tuttle; four
children and their spouses: Arlene Young and husband Richard of Tuttle, Leon Rinker and wife Gladys of Tuttle, Kathy Shatwell and husband Keith of Tuttle, Wayne Rinker and wife Regina of Checotah; her parents: Charlie "Buck" and Neoma Hayes of Modesto, California; three brothers: Harvey Hayes of Femley, Nevada, Jimmy Hayes of Oklahoma City, James Hayes of Modesto, California; one sister: Mildred Elston of Gustire, California; seven grandchildren: Allen, Crystal, Jason, Sasha, Kayse, Kari and Kristina; three great grandchildren: Bailey, Brooklyn, and Chanel; several nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends. She had a very special place in her
heart for her sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Interment was in Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Oklahoma under the direction
of Sevier Funeral Home of Tuttle.
