WINFORD LAUGHLIN
HOUSTON, TEXAS-Memorial services for Winford E. Laughlin, 92, Houston, Texas, formerly of Ada, Oklahoma are 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the First Lutheran Church, Rev. Gary Brandt will officiate.
Mr. Laughlin died Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Houston, Texas. He was born February 17, 1928 at Ada, Oklahoma to Argus B. and Mary Harrison Laughlin. He graduated from East Central University in Ada.
He married Doris June Kroth on July 3, 1948. She preceded him in death May 15, 2007. Mr. Laughlin went to work for Continental Oil Company in Ponca City, then transferred to Houston, Texas. He retired from Conoco as Manager of Product, Supply and Distribution in 1982.
In 1990, he and his wife purchased a home near Ada. Mr. Laughlin was a designer, builder and inventor.
He is survived by his children, Mike Laughlin, San Antonio, TX; Mary Fuller and husband Todd, Houston, TX, and Cindy Ramming and husband Arnold, Bakersfield, CA; and grandchildren, Lauren Fuller and Ryan Ramming.
He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, Argus B. and Mary Harrison Laughlin, and his sister, Altha Reynolds.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to Colonial Oaks Westchase, 11395 Richmond, Houston, TX 77082 or A*Med Community Hospice, 3525 Briarpark Drive, Ste. 220, Houston, TX 77042.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada