Delores Mildred Charter

DELORES MILDRED CHARTER Delores Mildred Charter, 94, of Grove formerly of Barnsdall died Tuesday January 31, 2012 at the Grove Nursing Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Charter will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday February 3, 2012 at the First Assembly of God Church in Barnsdall, with Rev. Phil Clements pastor of the church and assisted by Pastor Mark Shelton. Interment will be in the Ethel Reece Cemetery, Barnsdall under the direction of the Stumpff -Barnsdall Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association 6465 S. Yale Suite #312 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-7804 Mrs. Charter was born on January 8, 1918 at Douglas County, near Richville Missouri to Oliver Edwin and Zella Bell (Gibbons) Dickison. She grew up and received her early education there. She was married to Paul Lee Charter on Nov. 10, 1936 at West Plains Missouri. They made their home at Skiatook for a short time until coming to Barnsdall area in 1943, where her first job was at the White’s Drug Store as a clerk. She later worked at the Munsingwear plant in Hominy for a number of years as an inspector until she retired in 1978. Mr. Charter was employed at Petrolite plant which later became Bareco where he retired from also in 1978. Mr. Charter preceded her in death on March 17, 2000. The Charter’s were active in the Assembly of God Church in Barnsdall, where she was active as a Sunday school teacher, Women’s Missionary Council, and was a Youth leader for Christ Ambassadors for a number of years. She had also led singing, and had served also as a Lay minister, holding revivals all around the area. Her hobbies, included sewing and quilting, and was a devoted mother, prayer warrior and Christian. She had been in ill health the past few years and had made her home in Grove since 2002, where she had been a resident of Grove Nursing Center. Mrs. Charter is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Pauline(Art) Slaybaugh,of Grove, Mrs. Delores(Daryle) Alsup of Barnsdall, three sons, Harold(Edith) Charter of Longview, Texas, Kenneth(Mildred) Charter of Barnsdall, and Garry Charter, of Houston Texas, by nine grandchildren 17 great grandchildren, and 21 great great grandchildren, and by numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives. In addition to her husband Paul, she was preceded in death by her parents, by one brother, Thomas Dickison, and by one sister Wynona as a infant, and by two grandsons, Harold William Charter Jr. in 2008, and James Earl Davis in 1993, and by one great great granddaughter Chelsea Gosney in 2005. Pallbearers for Mrs. Charter will be her grandsons, Cleve Alsup, Steven Davis, Joe Davis, Tyler Shelton, Tyson Shelton, and Allen Moore. Funeral Services and interment were under the direction of the Stumpff-Barnsdall Funeral Home. PDF Printable Version

Delores Mildred Charter

January 8, 1918 - January 31, 2012