George Allen Warthen of Shawnee Oklahoma died Saturday in a local hospital. He was 82.

Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. C. C. Atcheley officiating.

Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park.

George Allen Warthen was born November 2, 1916, in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Joseph S. and Emma Lewis Warthen.

He attended Macomb Schools and on January 13, 1935 he married Laura Ellen Francis in Fort Cobb.

He had served as an automotive mechanic in the headquarters and service company of the 851st Engineer Aviation Battalion in the European Theater of Operations during World War ll from June 1943 to November 1945.

Mr. Warthen was employed by the Harvey Gibson Implement Co. of Carnegie.

After moving to Shawnee in 1952, he worked for Shawnee Motor Supply before purchasing the Park Street Garage.

After retiring from his work as a mechanic, he worked at The Shawnee News Star for thirteen years.

He was a lifelong member of the Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church and had served as an umpire for Pony Baseball Leagues in Shawnee.

Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife, Laura; two brothers and one sister.

Survivors include two daughters, Rhonda Montgomery, Oklahoma City; and Cecilia Rigg of Shawnee; grandchildren and their spouses, Steven and Melissa Montgomery; Jerry Rigg and Kyle Ueltzen, all of Shawnee; Allen Montgomery, Dena Montgomery and Robert Crowder, all of the home; and Jamie and Bart Jackson, Konawa; great grandchildren, Cody Montgomery, Stephany Montgomery, Alexandria Montgomery, Joel Rigg, Luis "Junior" Contreras and Devin Hill; sister in law, Descygne Shubert and nephew, Bob Francis.