Ruth Imogene “Jean” Carico

Funeral services for Ruth Imogene “Jean” Carico, 77, of Oklahoma City were held Jan. 24, 2007 in the Chapel of Roses at Resthaven Memory Gardens in Oklahoma City with chaplain David Oxley and chaplain Cathy Tisher officiating. Services were under the direction of Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.

Mrs. Carico died Jan. 20, 2007 at Alterra Sterling House in Oklahoma City. She was born July 11, 1929 in St. Louis, Okla., the second of eight children of Willie Benjamin Elledge and Daisy Lee O”Bryant Elledge. During her younger years, she lived in Ardmore and her family later moved to Edmond where she attended high school.

She married Jack Dempsey Seabolt. Mr. Seabolt was in the U.S. Air Force and the couple lived in a number of states including Mississippi and Oregon. After his retirement, they settled east of Noble.
While living in Mississippi she worked at the Biloxi Air Force Base and while living in Killeen, Texas, she worked at Fort Hood. When the couple moved to Noble she worked at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City until her retirement.

While living in Noble she was a member of Twelve Corners Baptist Church where she played the piano. After Mr. Seabolt’s death, she married Boniface Carico. They made their home in McLoud until his death. For the past four years she had been a resident of the Alterra Sterling House in Oklahoma City.

She was preceded in death by two husbands; one daughter, Carole Ann Seabolt; one infant older brother and one younger brother, Ronald Elledge.

Survivors include her daughter, Rena Seabolt Horton of Jones; two sisters, Maxine Rudkin and her husband, Pat, of Guthrie and Barbara Lorenz and her husband, Roger, of Lexington; three brothers, David Elledge and his wife, Naomi, and Kenneth Elledge and his wife, Donna, all of Oklahoma City and Donald Elledge of Norman.
Pallbearers were David Elledge Sr., David Elledge Jr., Kenneth Elledge, Roger Lorenz, Chad Anderson and Chris Elledge.

Shawnee News-Star, The (OK) -
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
 

Boniface W. "Bon" Carico , 78, McLoud, died Saturday at an Oklahoma City hospital.

He was born June 14, 1924, in McLoud to John Wesley and Annie O. (Oburne) Carico .   Carico attended White Rock School.  A lifetime resident of McLoud, he served in the U.S. Navy.

On March 11, 1956, he married Doris Caldwell in McLoud. She preceded him in death in 1984.

He retired from Tinker Air Force Base and the McLoud Fire Department.

He was a member of the McLoud Church of Christ and the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association.

Carico also was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth I. Carico of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Ronnie and Rebecca Carico , McLoud; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jarenda and William Garner, Oklahoma City, and Treva and Bobby Gamble, Okarche; grandchildren, Ashley, Brandon, Harlee and Courtney Carico , McLoud; Rusty and Kim Garner, Oklahoma City; Randy Garner, Oklahoma City; and Bradley Gamble, Okarche; and great-grandchildren, Anakin and Lois Garner, Yukon, and Dylan Gamble, Oklahoma City; and number of nieces and nephews.

Services will be 2 p.m. today at McLoud Church of Christ with Wayne Price officiating.

Burial will be at Dale Cemetery under the direction of Walker Funeral Service.