The Okemah News Leader -- July 2, 2006
Funeral services for Harry George Scoufos Jr. will be held Mon., July 3, at the First Christian Church in Okemah at 10 a.m. Interment is to follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah.
Harry George Scoufos was born Nov. 29, 1918, in Oklahoma City to Harry George Scoufos and Iva Mae Ellexson. He passed away Wed., June 28, in Tulsa, at the age of 87.
Mr. Scoufos moved to Okemah in 1925. He graduated from Okemah High School, and later attended the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, and received a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma. After college he joined the United States Marines during WWII and was stationed in a ship in the South Pacific. After returning home, he began his work as a pharmacist. He owned and operated the Sooner Drug Pharmacy in Okemah for many years. He served four terms on the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacies under four governors. He was a past state commander of the American Legion and past president of the Kiwanis Club and Lions Club. He was 32nd Degree Mason, a member of the Shriners, and a member of the Okemah Golf Club, the Okemah Hall of Fame, the Okemah School Board, and a past Okfuskee County Democratic Chairman.
He is survived by his wife Shirley Ann Scougos of the home; two sons, Harry G. Scoufos III and wife Vada of Sallisaw and Doug Scoufos and wife Christine of Reno, Nevada; one stepson, Kevin Snell of Sallisaw; one brother, Raymond John Scoufos and wife, Billie of Oklahoma City; one sister, Mina Pauline Young and husband, John of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Harry Scoufos III, Doug Scoufos, Kevin Snell, Vincent Scoufos, Harry Scoufos IV, and Steve Goodyke.
Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home and officiated by Rev. Wade Harelson.
Donations can be made to the First Christian Church in Okemah; 202 N. 4th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma 74859
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2 wife: Shirley Ann Ogden, I heard: Donated to body, to science.
Contributor: ivanell chesser (47183233) • [email protected]
The Okemah News Leader -- July 2, 2006
Funeral services for Harry George Scoufos Jr. will be held Mon., July 3, at the First Christian Church in Okemah at 10 a.m. Interment is to follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah.
Harry George Scoufos was born Nov. 29, 1918, in Oklahoma City to Harry George Scoufos and Iva Mae Ellexson. He passed away Wed., June 28, in Tulsa, at the age of 87.
Mr. Scoufos moved to Okemah in 1925. He graduated from Okemah High School, and later attended the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, and received a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma. After college he joined the United States Marines during WWII and was stationed in a ship in the South Pacific. After returning home, he began his work as a pharmacist. He owned and operated the Sooner Drug Pharmacy in Okemah for many years. He served four terms on the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacies under four governors. He was a past state commander of the American Legion and past president of the Kiwanis Club and Lions Club. He was 32nd Degree Mason, a member of the Shriners, and a member of the Okemah Golf Club, the Okemah Hall of Fame, the Okemah School Board, and a past Okfuskee County Democratic Chairman.
He is survived by his wife Shirley Ann Scougos of the home; two sons, Harry G. Scoufos III and wife Vada of Sallisaw and Doug Scoufos and wife Christine of Reno, Nevada; one stepson, Kevin Snell of Sallisaw; one brother, Raymond John Scoufos and wife, Billie of Oklahoma City; one sister, Mina Pauline Young and husband, John of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Harry Scoufos III, Doug Scoufos, Kevin Snell, Vincent Scoufos, Harry Scoufos IV, and Steve Goodyke.
Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home and officiated by Rev. Wade Harelson.
Donations can be made to the First Christian Church in Okemah; 202 N. 4th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma 74859
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added May 6, 2021
2 wife: Shirley Ann Ogden, I heard: Donated to body, to science.
Contributor: ivanell chesser (47183233) • [email protected]
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