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Dennis R. Smith © Enid News and Eagle 09-26--2013 Submitted by: Ann Weber
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ENID, Okla. - Funeral service for Dennis R. Smith, 87, of Enid, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Pat Sutherland of Enid Church of the Covenant will officiate. He will be escorted to the cemetery by the Patriot Guard. Masonic graveside rites will be conducted by Masonic lodge 125. Full military graveside rites will be conducted by the U.S. Air Force Silver Talon Honor Guard. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Dennis was born on his family farm June 10, 1926, to Fred Hanbour and Ina Viola Ryburn Smith in Meridian, Okla., and passed from this life on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
He was raised and educated in Meridian, graduating from Meridian High.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until honorably discharged at the end of World War II.
He returned to Meridian, working his family farm for a brief time before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force.
He married Elizabeth Tingler Nov. 25, 1955, in Enid. He attended the Church of the Covenant.
He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1971, after more than 20 years of honorable service to his country.
He then worked as a superintendent at Champlain Refinery, retiring after 15 years in 1988.
He, along with his wife, were charter members of First Seniors AMBUCS. He was a member of Kiwanis, Delta Theta Guys, a Life Member Mason, and a member of the Pond Creek 125 and Kremlin 383, Luftbruecke Lodge 838 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was a volunteer at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center and installed the lifeline systems for them.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth of the home; daughter, Dona Kenly and husband Christopher; sons, Kenneth Smith and wife Ann and their daughters, Gillian and Kathryn; son, Raymond Smith; and sister, Maggie Grace Fitch.
He was preceded by his parents; three brothers, Harold, Ralph and Fred; and one sister, Mariola Hunt.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in his name may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research, Alzheimer?s division, with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.
Memorials may be made to the family at Brown-Cummings.com.
(Submitted by family)
Elizabeth Beatrice Tingler Smith © Enid News and Eagle 10-28-2020 Submitted by: Glenn
© Enid News and Eagle
February 13, 1924 - October 23, 2020
The services celebrating and honoring the life of Elizabeth "Beth" Beatrice Tingler Smith will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel with pastor Diane Stein officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Masks are required.
Elizabeth "Beth" was born Feb. 13, 1924, to Jess Oliver Tingler and Helen Gertrude Yearout Tingler in Enid, Okla., and passed from this life Oct. 23, 2020, in Enid.
Beth graduated from Enid High School with the class of 1942 while working at Garfield Furniture. She then attended Business School at Phillips University going to work for Judges Musser and Green in Enid. In 1954 she began working in the Vance Air Force Base Legal Offices where she met and then married Dennis R. Smith in 1955. Sons Raymond and Kenneth followed and later adopted daughter Dona Kaye. With Dennis in the Air Force we spent time Wiesbaden, Germany, traveling to Switzerland, Italy, the British Isles and all points in between.
The family then returned to the United States living in Rapid City, S.D., where Dennis was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base before returning to Enid. She worked as a legal secretary for the Air Force until retiring in 1977.
She was a member of Davis Park Christian Church, University Place Christian Church and Christian Church of the Covenant. She was a charter member of the First Seniors AMBUCS and did taxes for AARP for 26 years.
In 1952, she joined the area chapter of Delta Theta Chi Sorority and was a lifelong member holding many offices in her service to the sorority.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Dennis R. Smith, parents Helen and Jess Tingler; four brothers, Russel (infant), James Oliver "Jimmy" Tingler, Hewlett Ray "Ray" Tingler, William Nelson "Bill" Tingler; sisters Gertrude "Sally" Thornton and Agnes "Aggie" Cooper, and daughter Dona Kaye Henson Smith- Kenley.
She is survived by her sons Raymond Smith and Kenneth and wife Ann Dyer Smith; their daughters, Gillian Leigh Smith and Kathryn "Katie" Nicole Brisk with husband Isaac Brisk; their daughter Finnley Brisk and son in law Christopher Kenley; along with many nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws and many, many friends in many states and a few countries.
She loved to quilt, cross stitch and did tatting and knitting, keeping all of us in doilies, quilts and warm sweaters.
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at WWW.Brown-Cummings.com.
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