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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Richard "Dick" Duty
Richard "Dick"
Duty
December 19, 1928 – July 8, 2009
Richard "Dick" Duty's Obituary
DICK DUTY
ADA-Memorial services for Richard Duty, 80, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church, Rev. Vicki Crooks will officiate. Friends and family may call at Criswell Funeral Home on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Mr. Duty died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born December 19, 1928 at Pontotoc, Oklahoma to Richard J. and Mae Stewart Duty. He graduated from Tishomingo High School and the University of Oklahoma. He lived in the Ada area most of his life.
He married Sue M. Smith in 1951 at Tishomingo. She preceded him in death in 1969. He later married Betty Rae Thompson on October 26, 1972. Mr. Duty was a professional chemical engineer at Kerr Lab and for the Environmental Protection Agency in water pollution control until his retirement. He was a member of the Disciples of Christ (First Christian Church) where he served as an Elder and Trustee. He was a member of the Gideon's International and had served in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Duty, of the home; five sons, Stan Rogers and wife Vicki, Mechanicsville, VA, Steve Rogers and wife Patty, Stillwater, OK, Sam Rogers and wife Mary Anne, Santa Fe, NM, Scott Rogers and wife Nicole, Albuquerque, NM, and Clint Duty and wife Beth, Tulsa; three daughters, Susan Rogers, Ada, Teresa Duty, Santa Fe, NM, and Holly Easterling, Ada; a daughter-in-law, Kathleen Duty, Ada; grandchildren, Samantha Sanders and husband Ryan, Sarah Rogers, Claire Snelson and husband Joe, Stephanie Rogers, Seth Rogers, Michael Smola and Julia Smola, Cedar Easterling, Justin Vigil, Cory Rogers and Kayla Rogers, Andrew Duty, Kate Duty, Madelyn Duty, Emily Duty, and Hannah Duty, Zach Duty and wife Sarah, and Quinton Duty and Karlee Duty; and great grandchildren, Caden and Kylee Duty, Jameson Snelson and Rylee Sanders.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard J. and Mae Stewart Duty, a son, David L. Duty; two sisters, Mary Gayle Reynolds and Dana Blair; and a brother, Michael S. Duty.
Honorary bearers will be Bert Bledsoe, Jack Keeley, Kennett Ball, Dick Scalf, Jim Green, Ed Paulsen, Bill Baker, Jack Witherow, Clint Hall and Lowell Leach.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Youth Fund of the First Christian Church, 101 E. 13th, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ADA-Memorial services for Richard Duty, 80, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the First Christian Church, Rev. Vicki Crooks will officiate. Friends and family may call at Criswell Funeral Home on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Mr. Duty died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born December 19, 1928 at Pontotoc, Oklahoma to Richard J. and Mae Stewart Duty. He graduated from Tishomingo High School and the University of Oklahoma. He lived in the Ada area most of his life.
He married Sue M. Smith in 1951 at Tishomingo. She preceded him in death in 1969. He later married Betty Rae Thompson on October 26, 1972. Mr. Duty was a professional chemical engineer at Kerr Lab and for the Environmental Protection Agency in water pollution control until his retirement. He was a member of the Disciples of Christ (First Christian Church) where he served as an Elder and Trustee. He was a member of the Gideon's International and had served in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Duty, of the home; five sons, Stan Rogers and wife Vicki, Mechanicsville, VA, Steve Rogers and wife Patty, Stillwater, OK, Sam Rogers and wife Mary Anne, Santa Fe, NM, Scott Rogers and wife Nicole, Albuquerque, NM, and Clint Duty and wife Beth, Tulsa; three daughters, Susan Rogers, Ada, Teresa Duty, Santa Fe, NM, and Holly Easterling, Ada; a daughter-in-law, Kathleen Duty, Ada; grandchildren, Samantha Sanders and husband Ryan, Sarah Rogers, Claire Snelson and husband Joe, Stephanie Rogers, Seth Rogers, Michael Smola and Julia Smola, Cedar Easterling, Justin Vigil, Cory Rogers and Kayla Rogers, Andrew Duty, Kate Duty, Madelyn Duty, Emily Duty, and Hannah Duty, Zach Duty and wife Sarah, and Quinton Duty and Karlee Duty; and great grandchildren, Caden and Kylee Duty, Jameson Snelson and Rylee Sanders.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard J. and Mae Stewart Duty, a son, David L. Duty; two sisters, Mary Gayle Reynolds and Dana Blair; and a brother, Michael S. Duty.
Honorary bearers will be Bert Bledsoe, Jack Keeley, Kennett Ball, Dick Scalf, Jim Green, Ed Paulsen, Bill Baker, Jack Witherow, Clint Hall and Lowell Leach.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Youth Fund of the First Christian Church, 101 E. 13th, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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