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EVELEEN EMMA KOONCE OBITUARY
Reprinted with Permission
© Shawnee News Star




EVELEEN EMMA KOONCE
1903 - 2001


Eveleen Emma Jones Koonce died Tuesday in Oklahoma City at age 98.
She was born August 3, 1903, in Pocohontas, Arkansas, the daughter of John I. and Eliza Ann Baxter Jones.
She moved to Lincoln County at age seven with her family. She grew up in the Morning Star community south of Chandler.
On October 20, 1920, she married Robert Wesley Koonce. They moved to Union, north of Chandler.
After farming for many years at several locations, the couple moved to Chandler, where they started Koonce Dairy. Eveleen worked as a homemaker while helping with the dairy and working at several places in Chandler.
She was active in the Friends Church. She and her husband helped start the Union Friends Church north of Chandler and later helped start the Chandler Friends Church. She helped with the nursery for many years. She was also active in the Women's Missionary Society and many other projects in the church.
She lived alone after her husband's death and recently moved to Oklahoma City to live with her daughter and son-in-law because of her health.
Preceding her in death were her husband, parents, one daughter, four sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Melba and John Shaver of Oklahoma City; and Marjorie and Steve Harmon of Springfield, Colorado; a sister, Maize Lindsay of Chandler; two sisters-in-law, Sybil Jones of Roswell, New Mexico; and Lula Phillips of Lovington, New Mexico; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Chandler with the Rev. Bruce Newby officiating.
Burial will follow at New Zion Cemetery in Chandler.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service, Chandler.
Published November 8, 2001.


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