Lorene Virginia Carlton Devery

© Enid News and Eagle

03-04-2010

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

© Enid News and Eagle

© Glenn

ALVA — The funeral for Lorene Virginia Devery, 98, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel, Alva. The Rev. Terry Martindale will officiate. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

She was born July 1, 1911, in Lahoma to Benton Clint and Ora May Goodhue Carlton and died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.

She was raised and educated in Lahoma, graduating from Lahoma High School in 1929. She then attended Phillips University, where she received herteaching certificate. She taught several years in rural schools in Garfield County.

She married James Theodore Devery Aug. 23, 1934, in Enid. They moved to Alva in 1945, where they founded, owned and operated Devery Implement Co., where she worked for many years. He died April 8, 1963.

She also graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State College with a degree in elementary education. She taught at Waynoka and Enid schools. She also worked at Alva City Library from 1970 to 1976. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Alva, Chapter C, PEO, and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Surviving are three grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, Jim, she was preceded in death by one daughter, two brothers and one sister.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation.

Condolences may be made at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.

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