JOHN ROSS
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
05-07-1991
MANNFORD - John Edward Ross, of Mannford, died Monday at St. John Medical Center
in Tulsa.
Services are pending with Smith Funeral Home.
JOHN ROSS
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
05-08-1991
MANNFORD - John Edward Ross, 70, of Mannford, died Monday at St. John Medical
Center in Tulsa.
Services are scheduled for 2 pm Thursday at Smith Funeral Chapel with the Rev.
Dr. Ben Husted officiating.
A military graveside service will follow at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Mannford.
Casketbearers will be Bart Davis, Truman Dunn, James Fields, Mike Porter,
Quenton Speegle and Jimmy Wheeler. Phillip Horacek will serve as honorary
bearer.
He was born Sep 1, 1920, in Bixby, and lived in Tulsa from 1948 to September
1966.
Mr. Ross was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps and a World War II
veteran who served in Panama, the Omaha Beach D-Day landing and in the ensuing
campaign for the liberation of Europe.
He served as a eight inch howitzer gunner in the 45th Division, 158th Field
Artillery Battalion and later was attached to the British Second Army and
American XIII Corps.
A 1947 plumbing graduate of the Kansas City National Trade School, he had been a
journeyumen member of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 205, of Tulsa, since April
1952.
He married Norma Ridley Ross Oct 27, 1964, in Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr. Ross was a member of the local Byrom-Loveall American Legion Post, of the
Mannford Methodist Church and a charter board member of the Keystone Crossroads
Historical Society.
He was a Pawnee County reserve deputy for four years and was an avid fisherman
and gardener.
He was preceded in death by his son, Robert Henry Ross, in 1978.
Survivors include wife, Norma; sisters Francis Dunahay of Claremore and Ima Jean
Beck of Siloam Springs, Ark.; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild; and
Phillip Horacek, who was raised by Mr. Ross and his wife.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family suggests donations to the Keystone
Crossroads Historical Society in Mannford.
JOHN ROSS
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co., OK
05-09-1991
Funeral services for John E. Ross were held today at Smith Funeral Chapel with
the Rev. Dr. Ben Hustad officiating.
Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford, under the direction of Smith
Funeral Home.
Casketbearers were Bart Davis, Truman Dunn, James Fields, Mike Porter, Quenton
Speegle and Jimmy Wheeler. Honorary bearer was Phillip Horacek.