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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma December 6, 2015 November 13, 1934 ~ December 1, 2015 Celebration of Life and Remembrance service for CMSGT [Ret] Frank Gosnell Jr, 83, of Enid, will be held 10 am Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Pastor Ted Kuschel will officiate. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4-5 pm today at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Frank was born November 13, 1934, in Enid, Okla., to Frank Sr and Inez Musser Gosnell and passed away December 1, 2015, in Enid, Okla. Frank grew up in Enid and graduated from Enid High School in 1950, where he was captain of the Enid High basketball team. He attended Oklahoma State University and entered the US Army as a 2nd lieutenant. Later, he joined the US Air Force and married Sidney Firestone in Atlanta, Ga. He served in the US Air Force for 32 years until his retirement in 1989 as a chief master sergeant, having assignments in Korea, Germany, Japan, Alaska, Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Texas and Alabama. He retired at Vance Air Force Base earning many awards and medals including the Air Force Commendation Medal. Frank was then employed as the director for the US Census Bureau in Enid in 1990. He also served in the Employment Security Commission, which facilitates employment for veterans. Frank was a member of First Baptist Church of Enid, where he was baptized at age 7. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church and a member of the Sojourners Class. He and his wife, Sidney, enjoyed many years traveling in their motorhome to Monaco rallies throughout the United States and Canada. Frank is survived by his wife, Sidney; son, Jeff M. Taylor [Alicia] Enid; daughter, Cindy Gosnell, Pearland,Texas; Melissa Taylor, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sally [Bob] Joines; Janice [John] McCollum; Kim [Jeff] Hines of Prattville, Ala.; and Kathy [James] Marten, Grand Prairie, Texas; grandchildren: Lt. Zac [Jenny] Koehler, Daniel Kolhler, K.K., Darby, Natia, Jamie, Christy, Will, Katy, Brandon and Elliott; a sister, Janice Poore [Jim], Friendswood, Texas. Frank was preceded in death by his parents and his beloved hunting dog, Rocky, who loved to hunt quail and pheasant. Memorials may be made to the Enid SPCA with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home as custodian of the funds. Submitted by Family |
Enid, Oklahoma February 2025 June 2, 1936 ~ February 24, 2025 Sidney Gosnell died Monday, February 24, 2025, at 88 years old in the loving care of the Greenbrier Nursing Home team in Enid. She was born Sidney Firestone in 1936 near Pittsburgh and spent many happy summers and joyous holidays running around the Firestone family farm, which remains in the family to this day, in the beautiful Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania. After high school, she started her lifelong civil service career in Washington, DC, when young ladies were recruited to work in federal offices. She shared a tiny flat with new girlfriends where, each night, they washed clothing in the sink and hung them to dry over the tub. There, in the nation's capital, beautiful Sidney from the North met a handsome Army man from the South named Joseph Taylor. Joe wrote sweet, long love letters to her which she saved, and we were delighted to discover upon her death. Sidney also was a model during her early years. They married and moved to Montgomery, Alabama, home of Maxwell Air Force Base, and raised daughter Melissa Taylor and son Jeffrey Taylor. Their military connection continued as Sidney worked at Maxwell and Joe built a moving & storage company for military families. Sadly, their marriage ended. Starting a new chapter, Sidney met and married Frank Gosnell Jr who was stationed at Maxwell after Air Force assignments took him around the world. Frank and Sidney transferred to Vance AFB in Enid where he grew up and graduated from OSU. Frank's mother was an infant in a Sooner land run, and the family still owned its land. Sidney and Frank became active in civic, military, and church circles and loved spending time with family and friends over the decades. Sidney adored her PEO sisters, her precious neighbors Betty, Bridget, and Cari, and the fellowship of Enid Emmanuel Church. She loved to laugh - especially during irreverent teasing by her nephew Bryce Firestone and son-in-law Scott Koehler, and with her always entertaining niece Becky Poggi. Frank died in 2015, and ten years later, Sidney has left us to join him. She also was preceded in death by Joseph, sister Jean [Firestone] Maust Rogers, daughter-in-law Alicia Taylor, wife of Jeffrey, and sister-in-law Janice [Gosnell] Poore. |
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