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| Eddie Dale Metzler January 9, 1937 August 17, 2009 |
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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 = Robert Freed E-mail = bfreed@pldi.net Phone Number = 8224634 Memorial Name = Eddie Dale Metzler Comments = I remember so much about Eddie Dale from the time I was very young until the present day. He and his Dad farmed across the road from us and I remember going over there and I'm sure bugging them when they would stop for dinner. They put in long hours farming. More recently he was my baler dealer and repair person. Thanks for the memories. I will miss him much. Name = Vicki Burke and Nina Burkes E-mail = Trenton.Burke@gmail.com Phone Number = 580-242-6147 Memorial Name = Eddie Dale Metzler Comments = We are so sorry for your loss. Eddie was a man of service to his country, his community. A man of family to his loved ones and friends. We hope that you find some measure of happiness celebrating Eddie's life during this moment, and know that we have you in our prayers and thoughts. Name = Barbie (Lamle) Nightengale E-mail = bnighte@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 580-227-3318 Memorial Name = Eddie Dale Metzler Comments = Hi Melonee, Sorry to hear about your Dad passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. |
| Okeene-Graveside service for Eddie Dale Metzler will be Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. at Roselawn Cemetery east and south of Okeene. Pastor Bennet Peters will officiate. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. Memories may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Casket will be open at the funeral home on Wednesday 9:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. and on Thursday 8:00 A.M. until 9:00 A.M. There will be no viewing at the graveside service. Eddie Dale Metzler was born at Okeene on January 9, 1937, the son of Eddie and Elsie Marie Bierig Metzler and departed this life on August 17, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He went to Deep Creek School for eight years then graduated from Okeene High School in 1955. After he earned an associate degree in engineering at Oklahoma A&M (OSU), he joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. After his tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to Okeene to farm with his dad Eddie Dale and Mary Ann Weigand were married in 1960 and to this union one daughter, Melonee, was born. The farming operation included a dairy and Eddie Dale was a welder known for his fabrications made of metal. He was also the Vermeer Bailer Dealer for a number of years. He was very active in the American Agriculture Movement and had taken a tractor to Washington, D.C. to take part in the activities there. Those who preceded him in death are his parents. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Melonee Metzler of Enid; a dear friend, Faye Haffner as well as other special people in his life. Memorials may be made to Okeene FFA or Zion Baptist Church through the funeral home. |
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