Bob J. Warden

MR. BOB J. WARDEN Mr. Bob J. Warden, 82, of Copan, died at 1:00 A.M. on Sunday December 7, 2014 in Dewey. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday December 10, 2014 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Joe Mathis officiating. Interment will be in the Sunnyside Cemetery at Caney, Kansas under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. The family will receive friends and have a Visitation Tuesday evening from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made in his Memory to the Copan United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 70, Copan, OK, 74022; the Copan Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 4, Copan, OK, 74022; or the Cornerstone Hospice, 3414 S.E. Kentucky Ave., Bartlesville, OK, 74006. Mr. Warden was born August 13, 1932 at Wann, Oklahoma to Francis Virgil and Bertha Elizabeth Sumner Warden. He was raised and received his education in the Copan Area graduating High School there with the Class of 1950. He was married to Carol J. Thomas on December 21, 1951 at Copan, and they were just 2 weeks shy of 63 years of marriage. He had served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952 until his Honorable discharge in 1954. Military Honors will be presented following the Chapel service by the members of the Military Funeral Detail of the Bartlesville American Legion, James H. Teel Post # 105. They made their home in Copan all of their married life, and he was active in the Utility construction field having operated his own business Bob’s Electric and B& J Construction Company from the late 70’s, retiring in 1984. He was a member of the Copan Masonic Lodge, having received his 50 year pin. Mr. Warden’s hobbies included fishing, quail hunting, gardening, traveling to Colorado each year, and camping at the lake. Mr. Warden is survived by his wife Carol J. Warden of the home in Copan, by two daughters Connie Black and her husband Clyde of Bartlesville, OK., Lesa Gibson and her husband Jack of Jenks, OK, one sister Wilma Gaut and husband Darrel of Copan, by three sister-in-laws Lois Anderson, Kathleen Pruett and Harriet Thomas, by six grandchildren; Lance Black, Rachael Swalley, Brandon Black, Laura Packard, Amanda Miller, and Jordan Mathis, and by 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and by one brother and two sisters. Friends who wish may sign the online guest book and leave condolences at www.stumpff.org. PDF Printable Version

Bob J. Warden

August 13, 1932 - December 7, 2014