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Wilbur "Dean" Bryson, 77-year-old Woodward resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 at the V.A. Center in Clinton. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, 2006 in the Elmwood Cemetery with the Rev. Ray Blakley officiating. Burial will follow with the Billings Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Wilbur Dean Bryson was born Sept. 19, 1928 in Alva, Okla. to Ralph and Bessie (Cottrill) Bryson. Dean was reared in Alva and graduated from Alva High School in 1946. He attended Oklahoma A&M until his third year of college when he enlisted in the United State Army Air Corp. After his honorable discharge, he moved to California where he worked for Chance-Voight and Northup at Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale, Calif. Dean then went to work at Lockheed Martin, retiring 1990, after 30 years of service. He was united in marriage to Marjorie Lee Rhoades on May 24, 1975 in Reno, Nev. They made their home in Santa Maria, Calif. until 1999 when they moved to Enid. They moved to Woodward in 2003 and have lived here since that time.
Dean enjoyed building planes and flying them. He also enjoyed playing golf and playing the piano.
He is survived by his wife Marjorie Bryson of the home; two daughters Tanya Burkhart and husband Dwight; Jackie Adams and husband Joe of Woodward; four grandchildren, Even Burkhart of Alva; Liberty Eller and husband Shane of Woodward; Tyler Grunewald of Woodward; Cori Adams of Woodward; four great grandchildren, Blake, Kasi, Riley, and Abby; one brother Darrel Bryson and wife JoAnn of Oklahoma City; other relatives and many good friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Woodward, Okla. — Marjorie L. Bryson, 83 year old Woodward resident, died Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in the Vici Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013 in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Don Whitman officiating. Private interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Marjorie Lee (Rhoades) Bryson was born on November 15, 1929 in Pond Creek, Oklahoma to Charles Mitchell and Josephine Alice Lydia (Kemph) Rhoades. At a young age her family moved to Alva. Marjorie graduated from Alva High School with the class of 1947. She then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Marjorie was a stay at home mom while her girls were young. She later worked for the Alva Police Department as Chief Dispatcher from 1967 to 1975.
Marjorie was united in marriage to Wilbur Dean Bryson on May 24, 1975 in Reno, Nevada they made their home in Sunny Vale, California. Marjorie and Dean moved to Enid in 1990 and then to Woodward in 2003 and have remained here since.
Marjorie enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, and building miniature doll houses.
Marjorie is survived by her two daughters, Jackie Adams of Woodward, Tanya Burkhart and Dwight Keltner of Alva; grandchildren, Tyler Grunewald and wife Sara of Woodward, Cori Adams of Woodward, Liberty Burkhart of Canadian, Even Burkhart of Gatesville, Texas; great-grandchildren, Caden Grunewald, Sydney Trenary, Blake Burkhart, Kasi Burkhart, Rylie Pugh, Abigail Eller, Kyler Schnoebelen; great-great-grandson, Paxton Stewart; other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband Wilbur Dean Bryson.
Remembrances may be shared online at www.billingsfuneralhomewoodward.com
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