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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma April 2000 August 19, 1922 ~ April 25, 2000 A graveside service for Polly A. Brashear, 77, will be 10 AM Saturday in Memorial Park Cemetery. Wesley D. Byrd will officiate. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home. She was born August 19, 1922, in Osage County to John Robert and Sylvia Clapp Thompson and died Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Highland Park Manor nursing home. She grew up on a farm in Osage County. On June 27, 1940, she married Henry R. Brashear at Independence, Kansas. They moved to Port Arthur, Texas, and owned a chicken farm. In 1945, they moved to Oklahoma. She graduated from Beetch's Beauty College and worked as a beautician for Beetch's and Sis's Hair Affair in Enid. She was a member of First Baptist Church since 1951 and PTA. She was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader. Surviving are two daughters, Gayle Brashier-Vest of Rose Hill, Kansas, and Sandra Jean Hendricksen of Fort Collins, Colorado; three sisters, Helen Brashear of Ellis, Kansas, Edna Ridgel of Casper Wyoming, and Lola Gray – Sibley of Nederland, Texas; one brother, Elmer Thompson of Bartlesville; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother and one sister. Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Garfield County Care Campus for Abused Children. |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma Febreuary 22, 2017 March 16, 1929 ~ February 17, 2017 The funeral for Richard Harold Brashear, 87, of Enid, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Saint Gregory's The Great Catholic Church, with the Rev Joseph Irwin officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Richard was born March 16, 1929, in Dewey, Okla., to Otto and Addie Brashear, and passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017, in Enid. He was a retired electrician in the U.S. Army, also serving in the Korean War. He married Maria Arana on Aug. 20, 2007, in Enid. Richard loved fishing and playing pool. He was always happy, never worrying about anything, loved kids, and always enjoyed being around people. He had a young soul, never letting anything slow him down. Richard always said he had a good life. He is survived by his wife Maria and several loving friends and family. He was preceded in death by his parents and 4 sisters; Gertrude, Audrey, Gene and Olivia. |
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