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The funeral for Billie J. Larson, 79, of
Enid,
will be at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, Oct.19, 2008, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with
Rev. Dan O’Daniel officiating. Family and friends
will gather right afterward at Christian Church of
the Covenant, 1205
S. Cleveland. Burial will be at
1:00 P.M. Monday in the
Oakwood
Cemetery in Wewoka.
She was born to Henry
Albert and Edna Jane (Dunafon) Dinsmore on March
6, 1929, in Wewoka , and died Wednesday, Oct. 15,
2008, at the
Oklahoma
Heart
Hospital in
Okla.
City.
Billie grew up in Wewoka
and graduated from
Wewoka
High School. She married T.R. Ferguson in 1949, and they lived in
Okla.
City.
She later married Merlin H. Larson on Jan. 19,
1957 in Sterling, CO, and they made their home in
Bartlesville. Billie was a homemaker and also worked as a bookkeeper for
various businesses. They moved to
Enid
in 1971, and then to Roosevelt,
UT in 1975. While in
Utah,
she was active with the Pink Ladies Auxilliary and
taught Sunday School and kept books for the
church. They moved back to
Enid
in 1977. She was a member of
Chisholm Trail
Cowboy
Church.
Billie is survived by her
husband Merl of the home; four children, Sherri
Dady and Rita Hess and husband Burlie, all of
Enid, Patti Hanscom and husband Richard of St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Tom Ferguson and wife
Terry of Greeneville, TN; five grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Laura
Good and husband Vaughn, and Glenda Watson, all
of Enid; and two brothers, O.R. “Tokey” Dinsmore
and C. E. “Pete” Dinsmore and wife Sherry, all of
Enid, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by four sisters, Blanche, Bertie, Monie and Betty;
and one infant brother James.
Memorials may be made
through the funeral home to
Chisholm Trail
Cowboy
Church.
Condolences may be made online to
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