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April 11, 2011 Minnie Mae "Mazie" [Zipse] Griffin April 14, 1894 ~ March 27, 1990 In 1901 the Zipse family moved from Kansas in a covered wagon to a farm near Duncan. They spent almost a year in this area cutting timber for sale to other settlers. In 1902 they moved to a 160-acre school land farm four miles north and three miles east of Walters, Oklahoma. In 1917 oil was found on the homestead and Fred sold one half of his oil royalty for $50,000. That was a lot of money in those days. This oil find was a new discovery and those oil sands were named after the Zipse family. Since this is a somewhat difficult name to pronounce, the Zipse Oil Sands are also called Zippey, Zipsee, Zippe, and several other variations. With this new-found wealth, the family moved to Verden and purchased several farms in the area. They eventually sold all of the surface rights but retained half of all mineral rights. Today all of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are now sharing in these small royalty revenues. |
March 12, 1993 Eva [Gentry] Griffin November 12, 1901 ~ March 9, 1993 Services for long-time Stillwater resident Eva Gentry Griffin are planned Monday, March 15, at 2 pm in the Strode Funeral Home. The Rev Olaf Hoggard will officiate at the services, which include interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mts Griffin died Tuesday, March 9, 1993, in Rosewood Nursing Home at the age of 91. She was born in Spartanburg, SC, on November 12, 1901, the daughter of Saul Camp and Ola [Lowe] Gentry. She graduated from high school in Spartanburg. She earned a master's degree from the University of North Carolina and taught Latin at Spartanburg High School until her marriage to Mack Hall Griffin there on August 10, 1933. They moved to Oklahoma after their marriage and she taught one semester at Oklahoma State University. She has lived here ever since. Mrs Griffin was a Methodist and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of Confederacy, Daughters of the American Colonists and the Gamma Sigma honor society. She was predeceased by her husband, who died August 20, 1990, and two brothers and one sister. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Minnie Belle Clark of Douglas, Ga, and nephew, John Clark of Doublas, Ga. |
September 1992 Eunice LaRue [Hueston] Griffin November 20, 1915 ~ September 18, 1992 Services for Eunice LaRue Griffin of Perkins, will be at 10:30 am Monday, September 21, at the Strode Chapel in Stillwater with the Revs Ron Peyton and Max Radd officiating. Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. Mrs Griffin died Friday, Sept 18, 1992 at Westhaven Nursing Home. She was born November 20, 1915 in Kellyville to Harry Brace and Viola [Maples] Hueston. She graduated from Stillwater High School and attended Oklahoma State University. She married Woodrow Hugh "Griff" Griffin June29, 1946 in Arkansas. After their marriage the couple lived in Payne County and she worked at Katz Department Store as head of the alteration department for 12 years. She was also a homemaker and a member of the Lone Creek First United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband. Mts Griffin is survived by two sons, Doug Griffin of Perkins and Bruce Griddin of Stillwater; one daughter, Karen Payne Broan? of Stillwater; three brothers, Clifford Hueston of Albany, Ga, Bernard Hueston of Fall Church, Va, and Eddie Hueston of Stillwater; three sisters, Jeanie Cottingim of Stillwater, Fern Steward of Aline and Daisy Mae Wisely of Harper, Kan; and seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. |
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