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Home Stillwater, Oklahoma March 12, 2015 Charlotte Jean [Brock] Tarkington February 2, 1942 ~ March 12, 2015 Charlotte Jean Tarkington, 73, passed away on March 12, 2015. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in the Strode Chapel. She was born Feb. 2, 1942 in Tulsa, OK to Kenneth Eugene Brock and Helen Charlotte [Rolin] Brock. She attended Tulsa Public Schools and graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1959. She married Kendle Tarkington on May 8, 1960 at Southern Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa. They made their home in Stillwater. She worked as an Off-set printer operator in Stillwater, Oklahoma City, Boston, MA, and Brookfield, CT. While in CT she opened a Frame Shop called Frame It Yourself. In 1978 they moved to Springfield, IL where she again went back to Off-set operator at Lincoln Land Jr. College. In 1982 they moved backed to Stillwater where she worked at OSU as a secretary. In 1984 she went to work at the Oklahoma Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education as Format Specialist in the CIMC Division until she retired in 2003. Charlotte was a talented Artist and Singer. She painted and made many craft items. While in CT. she was a member and sang with Sweet Adelines and traveled all over New England with the group. In 2012 she and Kendle moved to Oak Harbor, WA. to be close to their son and daughter-in-law. She was preceded in death by son Daniel Kenneth Tarkington and both parents. She is survived by her hubsand of the home son David Kendle Tarkington ll and wife Judy, sister-in-law Margie Hensley [Fred], two granddaughters Vicci Hine [Henry] of North Haven CT. Tami Medthurst [Mike] of Greely CO. grandson Patrick Nordgren of Knoxville TN. 10 great grandchildren. Charlotte had no siblings growing up she adopted 3 ladies as sisters Dianna Jacobs, Lois Sharpton, And Peggy Turner. Condolences may be emailed to the family and an online obituary may be viewed by visiting www.strodefh.com. |
© Stillwater News Press Stillwater Payne County, OK March 25, 1942 Daniel Kenneth Tarkington April 11, 1965 ~ May 25, 1990 CITY CYCLIST IS FATALLY INJURED A Stillwater man died today from head injuries he suffered in a motocycle-car accident west of town Thursday night. Daniel Kenneth Tarkington, 25, of 1524 S. Springfield was flown to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, in critical condition. He died at 8:30 this morning, officials said. OHP Trooper David Neighbors said the accident happened at 10:30 p.m. a mile west of the city limites on S.H. 51. The car, driven by Zhenhai Yang, 17, of 16-3 N. University Place and Tarkington's motorcycle were both westbound, Neighbors said. He reported that Yang was in the right-hand lane and turned left in front of the motorcycle. The impact ejected Tarkington over the car and off the road. He was not wearing a helment. Yang was not injured, Neighbors said. The motocycle caught fire after impact and was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Battalion Chief Ray Barnard said the fire was contained to the motocycle and was extinguished with no problems. The wreckage blocked the west-bound lane of S.H. 51 and traffic was halted while emergency crews worked. © Stillwater News Press Stillwater Payne County, Oklahoma May 28, 1990 Daniel Kenneth Tarkington April 11, 1965 ~ May 25, 1990 TARKINGTON'S SERVICES SET Services for Daniel K. "Tark" Tarkington, 1524 S. Springfield, are planned Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Strode Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Phil McGehee will officiate at the services, which include interment in Glencoe IOOF Cemetery. He died Friday, May 25, 1990, in a Tulsa hospital from injuries he received in an automobile-motorcycle accident Thursday. Persons wishing to make memorial contributions are directed by the family to the Oklahoma Vocational-Technical Foundation, P.O. Box 269, or to the American Red Cross for organ donations. Tarkington was born in Stillwater on April 11, 1965, the son of Kendle and Charlotte Jean Brock Tarkington. He graduated from Stillwater High School in 1983 and attended Oklahoma State Technical School in Okmulgee. He was employed four years at Stillwater Safety Lane and was presently working at Pioneer Tire as a front-end technician. He was predeceased by paternal grandparents David and Genevieve Tarkington. Survivors include his parents in Glencoe; maternal grandparents Gene and Helen Brock of Cleveland, Oklahoma; and a brother David Tarkington II of San Diego, California. |
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