Albert A. Struble ~ ~ ~ 1918-2001

© The Ponca City News

Sun. Jan. 14, 2001

Submitted by: Shirley Harlan

Albert A. Struble, longtime Ponca City resident, died Friday morning, Jan. 12, 2001, at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 82. The funeral service will be Monday, 2 p.m. in the Chapel of the Trout Funeral Home with the Rev. Babe Standerfer, pastor, First Baptist Church, Lamont, officiating. Burial will follow in Longwood Cemetery.

Born April 19, 1918 at his grandmother's house in Burbank, he was the son of Leonard James and Pearl Naomi Ingerham Struble. He attended schools at Valley Grove near the Bressie community. During World War II he served with the United States Army.

On March 28, 1942 Albert and the former Maxine Reimer were married at Pawnee and they made their home in Ponca City. For many years Mr. Struble was self employed as a bulldozer operator working in soil conservation.

Albert enjoyed fishing, playing pool and cards, and driving his dozer. He loved his family and took great pride in his relationship with his sisters.

Surviving are his wife, Maxine, of the home; 3 daughters, Pat and her husband the Rev. John Robert McClung, Price, Utah; Sherri and her husband Ron Nuckols, Ponca City; and Jodi and her husband Mike Elswick, Arkansas City, Kan.; a son, Philip and his wife Sandy Struble, Dallas, Texas; 4 sisters, Deloris Smith, El Dorado, Kan., and Bernice Batt, Thelma Larimer, and Shirley Dugan, all of Ponca City; 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Sondra Gail, and 7 brothers.

Casketbearers will be Eric McClung, Tim McClung, Don Gaddis, Mark Myers, Travis Mullins and Morris Neighbors. Honorary casketbearers will be Bob Doyle, Ed Hundley, Glenn Reimer and Michael McClung.

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