Stanley, Claud A.

Quapaw Oklahoma, died at 5:29 am, Monday, Jul 27, 1998, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin Missouri, after a six month illness. He was 91. Mr. Stanley was born on Dec 23, 1906, at Joplin to Martin Crow and Margaret Kirk Stanley. He attended school in Joplin Missouri and Lincolnville Oklahoma. He had lived in the Quapaw area since 1917. Mr. Stanley worked in the lead and zinc mines in the Picher Oklahoma area, including the Dines Mining Company for several years before going into business for the Texaco Service Station and later the Phillips 66 Service Station, both in Quapaw. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Quapaw, where he served as trustee and for many years as usher. He was given the honor of being the Grand Marshal of the Quapaw Haydays Parade in 1997. He married Hazel Lee Simpson on Nov 24, 1928. She preceded him in death in January 1994, after 65 years of marriage. He is survived by two sons, Eugene Stanley and his wife, Helen Stanley, Commerce Oklahoma, and Boyce Stanley, Quapaw; one daughter, Claudine Thomasson and her husband, Loyde Thomasson, rural Quapaw; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter. Mr. Stanley was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother, a sister and a daughter-in-law. The funeral service will be at 2 pm Wednesday, at the First Baptist church of Quapaw. The Rev. Dale Thorne and the Rev. Harold Neal will officiate. Burial will be in the Ottawa Indian cemetery, south of Quapaw. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7 pm tonight at the Paul Thomas funeral home of Picher. There is a photo of Mr. Stanley.