Fairfax City Cemetery

Fairfax, Osage County, Oklahoma

Melvin L. "Meb" Bethel

©Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Bartlesville, OK Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Melvin L. "Meb" Bethel, 87, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019 in Pawhuska.

Meb was born January 18, 1932 to Charlie and Mamie Pearl (Yocum) Bethel in Foraker, OK. He married Linda Sue Thomison in Pawhuska, OK on September 10, 1953. They had seven children. He worked all of his life as a truck driver. When he wasn't on the road, he was home spending time with his children and grandchildren. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and caring for his dogs.

Meb is survived by his daughters Sue Ballard of Bartlesville, and Cindy Falder and husband Ken of Pawhuska; his son John Bethel of Shidler; his grandchildren Megan and Charlie Bethel of Shidler, as well as dozens of other grandchildren, great grandchildren, other relatives, and friends who loved him. Meb was preceded in death by his wife Linda Thomison Bethel, his son Charles Bethel, daughters Melinda Kerr, Jeanne Lewis, and Michelle Wise, his mother and father Charlie and Mamie Pearl Bethel, his brother Alfred Bethel, and his sister Madeline Bethel Kirkwood.

Graveside services will be held on October 3, 2019 at 10:00am, at Foraker Cemetery with Bill Long presiding. Arrangements are under the direction of Kendrick McCartney Johnson Funeral Home of Pawhuska.

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.