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John Blenford Chadwick
Sep 5, 1920 - Mar 2, 2006
Posted by: Jo Aguirre
Enid News and Eagle 03 03 2006
A memorial service for John Blenford Chadwick,
85, of Stillwater, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at
Zion Lutheran Church, Stillwater. Arrange-ments
are by Brown-Dugger Funeral Home, Perry.
He was born Sept. 5, 1920, in Yates Center,
Kan., to Charles Hanley and Alma Medearis
Chadwick and died Thursday, March 2, 2006.
The family moved to Orlando in 1927, where he
graduated from Orlando High School in 1939. He
attended both the University of Central Oklahoma
and Oklahoma State University.
In 1943, he received his commission as a first
lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Army Air Corp and
flew 23 combat missions over Japanese territory
in the South Pacific as a B-24 bomber pilot. On
one of his missions, he observed the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima. He was honorably
discharged in 1945 and received a number of
decorations, including the Air Metal with Oak
Leaf Clusters.
He married Annabel Henke Dec. 9, 1945, in
Orlando, where they made their home. He operated
Chadwick’s General Merchandise until 1958. He
later served the Orlando-Mulhall community as a
rural mail carrier for 27 years. He also worked
part time in the pipeline division of Conoco Oil
Co. for 36 years.
He was an elected member of Orlando school board
and held memberships in Lions Club, Orlando fire
board, American Legion and mental health board.
He helped found the first Orlando Community Club
and the water and sewer boards and received the
Banker’s Award for Soil Conservation.
He was an active member of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Orlando, later transferring to Christ
Lutheran Church in Perry. In 2001, they moved to
Stillwater and became members of Zion Lutheran
Church.
He served as an officer at the Stillwater Senior
Center and Country Club Village Home-owners
Association.
Surviving are his wife, Annabel, of the home;
one daughter, Joan Hubbard of Ponder, Texas; a
son, John Jr. of New York City; one brother,
Roscoe of Riverside, Calif.; two granddaughters;
and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and two
brothers.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home,
1010 N. 7th Street, Perry, OK 73077 to the
Judith Karman Hospice Inc., Zion Lutheran Church
of Stillwater, or the Lutheran Hour Ministries.
Condolences may be made online at
www.brown-duggerfuneralhome.com.
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