Juanita P. Templeton

Mrs. Juanita P. (Zimmerman) (Hilderbrand) Templeton Mrs. Juanita P. (Zimmerman) (Hilderbrand) Templeton, 94, of Dewey, died at 12:14 A.M. on Thursday at the Forrest Manor Nursing Home in Dewey. A visitation reception with family and friends will be held at the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 from 2 P.M. until 4 P.M. Public viewing will be held at Stumpff Funeral Home from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday. Private interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Mrs. Templeton was born in Major County, Oklahoma on May 31, 1920 the daughter of Charles Bennett Zimmerman and Ethel Jane (Baker) Zimmerman. She grew up and received her education in western Oklahoma living on the family farm. She came with her family to eastern Oklahoma in 1936. She was married to Henry Clay “Dutch” Hilderbrand in 1942 and during his military service they were stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico and at Wendover Field, Utah. Following World War II they returned to Oklahoma and made their home in Craig County and she was a nurse at the state hospital. They lived at Eugene, Oregon for a brief time until returning to Vinita, Oklahoma to make their home. They moved to Coffeyville, Kansas for six years and then made their home on a farm near Wann, Oklahoma for six years until establishing their home in Dewey, Oklahoma. She was later married to Barton Leroy Templeton on October 18, 1971 at Jay, Oklahoma. They made their home in Dewey and Mrs. Templeton was employed as a nurse at the Washington County Memorial Hospital and briefly at Jane Phillips Hospital until her retirement in 1973. She and Mr.. Templeton loved to fish together and during retirement they worked as gatekeepers at several of the area lakes. She also loved to crochet abd was a member of the First Christian Church in Dewey. Mrs. Templeton is survived by one son, Terry L. Hilderbrand and wife Terri of Bartlesville, one daughter, Jayne A. Rowe of Bartlesville, two sisters, Ila Jane Yelton of Ponca City, Okla., and Barbara Leverich of Bartlesville, three grandchildren, Heather Brown, Marshall Brown and Michael Rowe, and four great grandchildren, Rebecca Juanita Brown, Wesley Thomas Owen, Owen Brown and Abigail Brown. In addition to her husband, Barton E, Templeton who preceded her in death on September 20, 2001, Mrs. Templeton was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, John D. Zimmerman and Falas (Vic) Zimmerman. PDF Printable Version

Juanita P. Templeton

May 31, 1920 - September 4, 2014