A graveside memorial service for Jahleel Almer Mauk, Sr., age 101, will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Enid Cemetery, with Ray Rose officiating.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.  

      He was born to William Homer and Laura Anna (Nation) Mauk on March 5, 1908, four miles north of Carrier, and died Saturday, October 24, 2009, at The Commons in Enid. 

       He grew up on the family farm,  graduating from Hillsdale High School in 1927.  He then attended Kansas State A & M College in Manhattan, KS for one year.  Afterward, he went to Wisconsin, where he worked as a commercial fisherman at Lake of the Woods and then became a professional harvester.  On November 30, 1932, he married Pauline Cauthen in Perry.  Jahleel worked briefly at Champlin Refinery before working as a truck driver and deliveryman, retiring after 19 years with Headlee Oil and Moore Distributing.  He was a member of North Garland Church of Christ, and later attended Garriott Road Church of Christ.

      He is survived by his son Jahleel A. Mauk Jr. and wife Jane of Sperry; daughter Shirley Lorenz and husband Jerry of Enid; nine grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and fifteen great, great grandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by his wife Pauline, infant son Ronald Lee, infant granddaughter, parents, four brothers, and four sisters. 

      Memorials may be made through the funeral home to In Search of the Lord’s Way or Hospice Circle of Love.