| Adeline Josephine LeCrone Gower January 13, 1911 November 27, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Opal Straw E-mail = opal.straw@cox.net Phone Number = 316-524-5582 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = My mother and Adeline was such good friends. She looked after my mother when she got bad. She was always a very caring and loving christian which is now home with our Father. Name = Bev Couch E-mail = BCouchOSU@cox.net Phone Number = 405.470.2017 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = Betty and girls. So sorry to hear about the loss of your mom when Betty called me Thanksgiving evening. I will always remember the hours we spent playing with our doll furniture at your home, plus the mean ole rooster that chased me. The quilt background is so appropriate for her and the hours she spent quilting uptown. I'm glad you had her around for so many years, but know you will miss her so. Name = Carol LeCrone E-mail = cllecr@bresnan.net Phone Number = 970-243-6043 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = Adeline was an amazing woman I was glad to have met and become acquainted with. My kids marvel that she knew who we all were when we arrived on her doorstep unexpectedly just a few summers ago. Her mind and body remained agile and active for nearly 98 years... and she was such a joyful person to be around. I'm sorry we won't be able to join your family tomorrow as you celebrate her life and mourn her passing. We will be with you in thought and spirit. Name = Scott LeCrone E-mail = swlecr@bresnan.net Phone Number = 970-243-6043 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = Carol and I will not be able to attend todays services. Give our regards to all those in attendance. A special thanks to Maruerite for all her work in keeping the Gower and LeCrone family together with her e-mail updates on a very special aunt. We will miss her and always remember her smile and laugh, the way she always greeted you that made everyone feel loved. God blessed her and us. Love Scott & Carol Name = Patrick & Joyce Thornburgh E-mail = thornfarms@kanokla.net Phone Number = 580-626-4745 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = Neither Patrick nor I will be able to attend Adeline's service today. I deeply regret that because what a blessed and exemplary life to celebrate. We send our deep regards to the family members, especially to Ronal and Marguerite, who have become such cherished friends. God bless and comfort the family. Our love, Patrick and Joyce Name = Ron & Darlene Justice E-mail = rdjustice@unpluggedtech.net Phone Number = 4052242407 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = Your are in our thoughts and prayers. Name = Jody LeCrone E-mail = javelin_69@hotmail.com Phone Number = 580-758-3311 Memorial Name = Adeline Gower Comments = So sorry to hear of Adeline's passing. She was a wonderful lady. She and Glen were as good of neighbors as you could ask for! Rest in God's arms young lady. |
| Adeline Josephine LeCrone Gower was born Jan. 13, 1911, in Kennard, Nebraska, to Edgar H. and Kristina Svoboda LeCrone and passed away Nov. 27, 2008, in Helena, Oklahoma. Adeline and her family moved from Nebraska to Minnesota in 1915, and she came to Oklahoma from Minnesota on the train with her three brothers in 1917 shortly after the death of her mother. She attended a one-room school called “Toothpick;” and graduated from Helena High School in 1928. College at Oklahoma A & M brought more than just a degree in 1935 for Adeline as this is where she met Glen Gower. Adeline taught at Timberview School two years, and then Glen and Adeline were married in Tulsa, OK, on May 1, 1936. Glen worked in Tulsa until 1945 when the family moved to Norman where Glen worked for Gilt Edge Dairy and Electrolux. They moved to Helena in 1952 where Glen farmed and Adeline kept busy raising their family, quilting, and cooking at Helena Nursing Home from 1966 to 1975. Adeline was active as a Camp Fire Girls Leader in Norman and as a member of Helena Homemakers Club, UMW, Helena United Methodist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher for many years, past Treasurer of Good Hope Cemetery and Helena Senior Citizens, and an accomplished quilter, but mostly she was a wonderful mother to her four daughters and a beautiful wife to Glen. Glen and Adeline were fortunate enough to celebrate almost 65 years of marriage before Glen passed away in Feb. 2001. Adeline was predeceased by her husband Glen; four brothers, Albert, Winston, Dannie, and Freddie LeCrone; her parents and her step-mother, Addie; and many of her much-loved Gower in-laws. She is survived by her four daughters Marguerite McMurtrey and husband, Ronal of Cherokee, OK, Glenda Brown and husband, James Logan of Austin, TX, Diana Jo Whitfield and late husband, Randy of Austin, TX, and Betty Collins and husband, John of Caney, KS; eight grandchildren, Rhonda McMurtrey of Oklahoma City, Brenda McMahan and Douglas McMurtrey of Cherokee, OK, Susan Snook of Fountain Hills, AZ, Jennifer Millington of Cooper City, FL, Kristine Whitfield of Austin, TX, Christopher Collins of Tulsa, OK, and Clayton Collins of Stillwater, OK; and six great-grandchildren, Sarah and Julia Snook, Megan and Curtis McMahan, and Molly and Patrick Millington. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Helena United Methodist Church in Helena with Adeline’s granddaughter, The Rev. Susan Snook officiating. Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery outside Helena with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com. . Viewing will be Sunday from 2:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. with the family being present from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Helena United Methodist Church or Oklahomans for Special Library Services through the funeral home. |
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