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Sunset Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum Cemetery
Payne County, Oklahoma



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Gerald Lee Estes ~ Loretta Sue [Ham] Estes

Obituary
Sunset Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum Cemetery
Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Cheryl

© Strode Funeral Home
Stillwater, Oklahoma
April 2010

Gerald Lee Estes
December 7, 1937 ~ April 29, 2010


Gerald Lee Estes, 72, died on April 29, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater, with Reverend Michael L. Chace officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

He was born on December 7, 1937 to Walter J. and Ethel (Bishop) Estes. He married Loretta Sue Ham on November 19, 1967 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

He graduated from high school, then went to work at a Stillwater grocery store. Later Gerald worked at Ditch Witch in Perry. He enjoyed fishing, playing cards, and watching college football.

He was preceded in death by parents, Walter and Ethel; brother, Bill Estes; and sister, Maxine Gramley, two nephews Richard and DeWayne Estes and one niece Audrey Bench.

He is survived by his wife Sue; brother Roy and Margaret Estes; brother-in-law, Richard Fagan and wife Betty (Ham) Fagan; sister-in-law, Carolyn (Ham) Murray and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made in his name to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be emailed to the family and an online obituary may be viewed by visiting www.strodefh.com .

Obituary
Sunset Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum Cemetery
Payne County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Cheryl

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© Strode Funeral Home
Stillwater, Oklahoma
January 2011

Loretta Sue [Ham] Estes
August 24, 1940 ~ January 8, 2011


Sue "Ham" Estes, 70, died on January 8, 2011 at Stillwater Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Strode Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Michael L. Chace officiating. Interment followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

She was born on August 24, 1940 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Roy Perry Ham and Emma Louise Graham Ham. She married Gerald Lee Estes in November of 1967. He preceded her in death in April of 2010.

She worked for Oklahoma State University for twenty years at the Student Union and ten years in Student Housing before retiring in 2005.

She had no children, but she considered her many nieces and nephews as her own, and they all loved their Aunt Sue and looked forward to her deviled eggs.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her sister, Annita Eades.

She is survived by her two sisters, Betty Fagan and her husband, Richard, of Stillwater, and Carolyn Murray of Colorado Springs; a brother-in-law, Frank Eades of Perkins; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311.

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