Donald Elmo "Don" Sams
Mar 5, 1935 - Jun 13, 2017
Posted by: Ann Weber
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BARTLESVILLE EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Interment will
be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are
under the direction of Walker-Brown Funeral
Home.
Donald Elmo Sams was born March 5, 1935 in
Dewey, OK to Elmo and Fern (Loe) Sams. Don
married Loua Watson Harley on May 2, 1957 in
Bartlesville. Don was a long time member of East
Bartlesville Christian Church. He retired from
H. C. Price Company working as a grounds
keeper/maintenance employee with over 20 years
of dedicated service. Don was an avid animal
lover and enjoyed training mules to jump. He
once trained a mule to jump 72" which set a
world's record.
Don is survived by two daughters; Sheri and
husband Arrick LaVasseur of Bartlesville and
Ladona and husband Dennis Harrison of Skiatook,
OK. He was blessed with five grandchildren:
Heather Duncan, Kendl Breeding, Hannah LaVasseur,
Aaron LaVasseur, Adam LaVasseur and ten great
grandchildren: Kailyn, Madi, Brynlee and Beau
Breeding, Wyatt, Lyla and Tyson Duncan, Kadynce,
Trenton and Lucas LaVasseur. Also surviving are
two sisters; Velma Allen, Patty and husband Gary
Stamper, numerous nieces, nephews and many
friends.
Don was preceded in death by his wife of 53
years, Loua Sams, his parents and sister,
Shirley Groves.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
Skiatook PAWS & CLAWS Animal Rescue, PO Box
1033, Skiatook, OK 74070.
Online condolences for
the family can be made at
www.walkerbrownfuneralhome.com.
Walker-Brown Funeral Home
4201 Southeast Nowata Road
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
918-333-7665
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from June 16 to July 15, 2017