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STEPP, John Robert
Sapulpa Herald, Creek Co. OK
10-09-1987

BRISTOW - Mr. John Robert Stepp, 63, of Bristow, died Wednesday in the Bristow Hospital.

He was born June 15, 1924, in Tulsa, and had lived in Bristow for 23 years, moving there from Cushing. Mr. Stepp retired as a supervisor from Southwest Packaging in December 1986. Prior to that, he was a salesman for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Mr. Stepp was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, member of the V.F.W., St. Alban's Episcopal Church of Cushing.

Survivors include his wife Betty of the home, one son Terry Steele of Washington, D.C.; five daughters Melinda Williams and Alison Bethel, both of Bristow, Sherry Baker, Debora Laughlin and Glenda Osburn, all of Sapulpa; one brother, Charles of Tulsa; two sisters Virginia Mattingly of Catoosa and Mary Smittle of Bartlesville; 11 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Services were at 2 pm today at First Christian Church in Bristow with Father Vincent Hoying of Tulsa officiating.

Burial will be in Magnolia Memorial Gardens with arrangement by Schumacher Funeral Home of Bristow.