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A funeral service for
Alden R. Elliott, age
90, of Oklahoma City,
formerly of Enid, will
be at 11:00 A.M.
Wednesday, April 11,
2007, at the
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home Chapel.
Burial will be at 2:30
P.M. in the Garrison
Cemetery in Dacoma, with
arrangements by
Anderson-Burris Funeral
Home.
He was
born to Charlie and Rosa
(Hiatt) Elliott on
August 11, 1916, on a
farm near Dacoma, and
died April 7, 2007, at
Northwest Nursing Center
in Oklahoma City.
He grew
up in Dacoma and
graduated from Dacoma
High School. He
then attended
Southwestern Oklahoma
State University,
Southern Nazarene
University, Central
State University and
Phillips University.
On August 15, 1937, he
married Hazel Jackson in
Dacoma. He was
employed as a weigher-clerk
for Dan Reiter Grain
Elevator in Sentinel for
five years, and was
employed by Modern
Woodman of America as an
insurance agent for five
years. He was a
teacher at Carrier
Public Schools, where he
was also principal.
He served as
Superintendent of
Schools at Mutual, Fay,
Fort Supply, Foss, Guy
and Lahoma. He
also taught junior high
math for Enid Public
Schools, and was
supervisor of adult
education classes.
He taught math at
Oklahoma Bible Academy
and Kremlin-Hillsdale
Schools. He worked
for the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce Census Bureau,
and as a weigher and
grain inspector for
local elevators and
Union Equity Co-op
Exchange. Mr.
Elliott held numerous
offices in Oklahoma
Education Associati on,
and is a past president
of Garfield County
Education Association
and Skeltur Conference
Athletic Association.
He was a long-time
member of Enid First
Church of the Nazarene,
where he served as
church treasurer for
thirty years.
He is
survived by his daughter
Marvellee Goodwin and
husband Ray of Oklahoma
City; one son, Marvin
Elliott and wife
Stephanie Pettit of
Mulhall; five
grandchildren, Matthew
Goodwin and wife Bonni,
Santana Bier and husband
Rick, Donovan Elliott,
Andrew Pettit, and
Ashley Elliott ; and one
great-granddaughter,
Serenity Bier.
He was
preceded in death by his
wife Hazel in 2003, and
eight brothers and
sisters.
Memorials may
be made through the
funeral home to Enid
First Church of the
Nazarene.
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