ELMER WALDEN
UNION VALLEY-Services for Elmer David Walden, 88, Union Valley are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Faith Assembly of God Church in Ada, Rev. Greg Pollard and Van Long will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mr. Walden died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at an Ardmore Veterans Center. He was born November 5, 1920 at Coleman City, Texas to John Jackson Walden and Fanny Brown.
He married Ruth E. Jackson in October 5, 1968. He and his wife moved to Ada in 1999. Mr. Walden was a feed mill operator in California for many years until his retirement. He was a member of the Warehouse Ministries in Sacramento, California and after moving to Ada, was active with Faith Assembly of God Church. He also served in the U. S. Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Walden, of the home; nine nieces and nephews; two sisters-in-law, Joice Sliger and her husband Royce, Owl Creek, and Lois Burris and her husband Nathan, Ada; and three brothers-in-law, William Jackson, Union Valley, James Jackson, Oklahoma City and John Jackson, Corona, California.
Bearers will be his nephews, David Jackson, Mark Jackson, Steven Jackson, Michael Jackson and Keith Burris, and his brother-in-law, Royce Sliger.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada