Delorse was born February 7, 1929, to Flossie and Odis Merrill in Bristow, Oklahoma, and passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014, in Enid, Oklahoma.
When Delorse was a young child, the family moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma, where Delorse graduated from Cherokee High School in 1947. On October 8th, 1949, she married Virgil Arnold in Cherokee. The couple and their children lived in Sand Creek, Oklahoma, then Bluff City, Kansas, and later settled in Byron, Oklahoma, until 1983 when they moved back to Cherokee. Delorse worked at Byron and Burlington Public Schools for a total of over 20 years.
She is survived by six children: Barbara (Bob) Clover of Ottawa, Kansas; Dennis Arnold of Enid; David (Janet) Arnold of Clinton, Utah; Beverly (Steve) Lett of Enid; Karen (Jerry) Stumbo of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Jill Arnold of Denton, Texas; four grandchildren: Jennifer (Kris) Wire of Pond Creek; Robert (Debbie) Clover of Louisburg, Kansas; Andrea (Curt) Ondracek of Enid; J.T. Lett of Enid; eight great-grandchildren: Russell, Brent, Justin, and Morgan Wire, Cole and Levi Clover, Caleb and Cason Ondracek; her sister Gracie Haskins of Thibodeaux, Louisiana; brother Bob Merrill of Moore, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Virgil Arnold, brothers Ira, JC, Hiram, Gene, Don, Larry, and two sisters, Edith Merrill and Elsie Clark.
Memorials may be made to Greenbrier Activities Fund or Burlington Education Foundation.
Delorse was born February 7, 1929, to Flossie and Odis Merrill in Bristow, Oklahoma, and passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014, in Enid, Oklahoma.
When Delorse was a young child, the family moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma, where Delorse graduated from Cherokee High School in 1947. On October 8th, 1949, she married Virgil Arnold in Cherokee. The couple and their children lived in Sand Creek, Oklahoma, then Bluff City, Kansas, and later settled in Byron, Oklahoma, until 1983 when they moved back to Cherokee. Delorse worked at Byron and Burlington Public Schools for a total of over 20 years.
She is survived by six children: Barbara (Bob) Clover of Ottawa, Kansas; Dennis Arnold of Enid; David (Janet) Arnold of Clinton, Utah; Beverly (Steve) Lett of Enid; Karen (Jerry) Stumbo of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Jill Arnold of Denton, Texas; four grandchildren: Jennifer (Kris) Wire of Pond Creek; Robert (Debbie) Clover of Louisburg, Kansas; Andrea (Curt) Ondracek of Enid; J.T. Lett of Enid; eight great-grandchildren: Russell, Brent, Justin, and Morgan Wire, Cole and Levi Clover, Caleb and Cason Ondracek; her sister Gracie Haskins of Thibodeaux, Louisiana; brother Bob Merrill of Moore, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Virgil Arnold, brothers Ira, JC, Hiram, Gene, Don, Larry, and two sisters, Edith Merrill and Elsie Clark.
Memorials may be made to Greenbrier Activities Fund or Burlington Education Foundation.
Family Members
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Ira Floyd Merrill
1919–1990
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Edith Marie Merrill
1921–1923
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Elsie Mae Merrill Clark
1923–1971
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J C Merrill
1925–2011
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Gracie Pearl Merrill Haskins
1926–2018
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Hiram Eli Merrill
1930–2013
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Bobby Ray Merrill
1935–2017
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Doyle Gene Merrill
1938–2000
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SGT Donald Roy "Don" Merrill
1940–2011
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Larry Dean Merrill
1944–2011
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