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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dorothy Lorine Terry
Dorothy Lorine
Terry
January 21, 1925 – June 17, 2012
Dorothy Lorine Terry's Obituary
Dorothy Lorine Terry, 87, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Dorothy was born on January 21, 1925, on the Jonas Hawkins place in the Bear community east of Calvin, Oklahoma, to Joe Everett McEwin & Retha Frances (Lucas) McEwin. She attended Calvin Public Schools. Dorothy accepted Christ as her savior as a young girl, at Spring Creek Free Will Baptist Church. She married Joseph Glen Terry on September 16, 1942, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. They lived in Midwest City, Oklahoma, in Baltimore, Maryland for seven years, then moved to California and lived forty-three years in both Carson and Yucca Valley. Due to failing health, Dorothy & Glen moved back to Holdenville in August, 1992.
Dorothy enjoyed spending time with her family and her grandchildren; she enjoyed camping, reading, and spent hours playing cards with her daughter Glenda.
Dorothy is survived by her two children, Glenda Terry of Holdenville and Rick Terry and wife Linda, of Carson, California; three grandchildren: Trisha Dellis and husband Jeff, of Nevada City, California, Melissa Martin and husband Aron, of Rough and Ready, California, and Brian Terry and wife Bea, of Cathedral City, California; four great grandchildren: Zachary Dellis and Brandon Dellis of Nevada City, California, and Cody Martin and Faith Martin of Rough and Ready, California; one sister-in-law, Louise McEwin of Eufaula, Oklahoma, and one brother-in-law, Orville 'Shorty' Nowlin of Holdenville; nephews Joe McCarty of Holdenville, Larry McEwin of Oklahoma City, Les McEwin of Eufaula, Max Pace of Midwest City, Craig Pace of Arlington, Texas, and one niece, Loeita Sharp of Holdenville; numerous great nieces, great nephews, cousins and friends.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Joseph Glen Terry; her parents, Joe & Retha McEwin; four siblings: Helen Bennett, Doyle McEwin, Bonnie Nowlin and Betty Kay.
Funeral services will be Friday, June 22, 2012, 10:30 a.m. at Fisher Funeral Home's Lillye Chapel, and Dorothy will be laid to rest in the Holdenville Cemetery. Rev. John Ewers is the officiating minister. Pallbearers are Brian Terry, Max Pace, and Phillip Sharp. Honorary pallbearers are Joe McCarty, Larry McEwin, Les McEwin, and Craig Pace.
Services are under direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville.
Dorothy was born on January 21, 1925, on the Jonas Hawkins place in the Bear community east of Calvin, Oklahoma, to Joe Everett McEwin & Retha Frances (Lucas) McEwin. She attended Calvin Public Schools. Dorothy accepted Christ as her savior as a young girl, at Spring Creek Free Will Baptist Church. She married Joseph Glen Terry on September 16, 1942, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. They lived in Midwest City, Oklahoma, in Baltimore, Maryland for seven years, then moved to California and lived forty-three years in both Carson and Yucca Valley. Due to failing health, Dorothy & Glen moved back to Holdenville in August, 1992.
Dorothy enjoyed spending time with her family and her grandchildren; she enjoyed camping, reading, and spent hours playing cards with her daughter Glenda.
Dorothy is survived by her two children, Glenda Terry of Holdenville and Rick Terry and wife Linda, of Carson, California; three grandchildren: Trisha Dellis and husband Jeff, of Nevada City, California, Melissa Martin and husband Aron, of Rough and Ready, California, and Brian Terry and wife Bea, of Cathedral City, California; four great grandchildren: Zachary Dellis and Brandon Dellis of Nevada City, California, and Cody Martin and Faith Martin of Rough and Ready, California; one sister-in-law, Louise McEwin of Eufaula, Oklahoma, and one brother-in-law, Orville 'Shorty' Nowlin of Holdenville; nephews Joe McCarty of Holdenville, Larry McEwin of Oklahoma City, Les McEwin of Eufaula, Max Pace of Midwest City, Craig Pace of Arlington, Texas, and one niece, Loeita Sharp of Holdenville; numerous great nieces, great nephews, cousins and friends.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Joseph Glen Terry; her parents, Joe & Retha McEwin; four siblings: Helen Bennett, Doyle McEwin, Bonnie Nowlin and Betty Kay.
Funeral services will be Friday, June 22, 2012, 10:30 a.m. at Fisher Funeral Home's Lillye Chapel, and Dorothy will be laid to rest in the Holdenville Cemetery. Rev. John Ewers is the officiating minister. Pallbearers are Brian Terry, Max Pace, and Phillip Sharp. Honorary pallbearers are Joe McCarty, Larry McEwin, Les McEwin, and Craig Pace.
Services are under direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville.
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