Emmett Melvin Hauser
July 9, 1929 - May 31, 2026
Emmett M. Hauser, 96 years old, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2026. He was born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on July 9, 1929, to Melvin and Esta Hauser. Having exaggerated his age, he joined the Navy in 1945 at the age of 16 during World War Il. When the Navy tried to discharge him due to his age his father said to keep him which they did. He served aboard the escort destroyer USS Gunason in the Pacific Ocean as a sonar and radar specialist. He was discharged from the Navy on October 28, 1947, as a Seaman First Class.
After his Navy service he was looking for a job and went to the unemployment office in Bartlesville, Oklahoma where he met Mattie Robinson working there. He asked her for a date, and she came out to stand next to him and said you will do. They loved to dance. Emmett married Mattie Mae Robinson in Dewey, Oklahoma on February 6, 1948. Mattie and Emmett were married for 74 years until her passing in 2022. During his time in Bartlesville, Oklahoma Emmett was able to complete his high school work to receive his diploma.
Emmett and Mattie moved to California in late 1948 to find work. He and his family returned to the Bartlesville area in the early1950's where he became a Bartlesville fireman having the duty of body retrieval from drownings. In 1951, Phillips Petroleum was moving into the computer generation, and Emmett went to work for Phillips Petroleum as a computer programmer. This was when they programmed using plug in cords like a switchboard operator. Emmett worked into many positions while at Phillips Petroleum working his way up to Phillips Gas Company computing manager. Emmett retired from Phillips Petroleum in 1986 after 35 years of service.
While working for Phillips Emmett was a member of the Phillips Volleyball and bowling teams.
Emmett is survived by his daughter Sharon L. Hauser Davis and her husband Dewey of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, granddaughter Sonya Hauser of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and a brother Ralph Hauser and wife Janet of Bartlesville, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Mattie, his parents, son Gary Hauser, and sisters Joy Bodner and Betty Anderson.
In lieu of flowers if you would like to do something in remembrance of Emmett, please consider a donation to the Bartlesville Homeless Mission, 1411 Hensley Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74003.
Arrangements are under the direction of Stumpff Funeral Home, 1600 SE Washington Bivd.
(Hwy 75), Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Military Funeral Honors will be rendered by the Navy Honor Guard at the conclusion of the gravesite service. Interment will be in the Dewey, Oklahoma cemetery.
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