Curtis Barton Threlkeld

Mr. Curtis Barton Threlkeld Mr. Curtis Barton Threlkeld, 86, of Bartlesville, died at 11:50 A.M. Saturday at the Forrest Manor Nursing Home in Dewey. Funeral services for Mr. Threlkeld will be held at 11 A.M. on Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Connie Taylor officiating. Entombment will be in the Memorial Park Mausoleum under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1136, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005. Mr. Threlkeld was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma on August 10, 1924 to Horace Walton Threlkeld and Hala Mae (Barnes) Threlkeld. He grew up and received his education in Tonkawa where he played quarterback on the high school football team prior to his graduation. He attended Northern Oklahoma College until he entered the United States Navy who transferred him to the University of Oklahoma in Norman where he received his Bachelors degree in Engineering. While in the United States Navy he served as an Ensign on the USS Beltrami during World War II. Following his Honorable Discharge he was employed with Purina in Battle Creek, Michigan. He then returned to the University of Oklahoma and earned his Master degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was then employed with Phillips Petroleum Company. He married Norma Jean Dutton on June 25, 1949 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Threlkeld made their home in Ponca City until transferring to St. Louis, Missouri. They came to Bartlesville to make their home in 1953 and he remained in the employment of Phillips until his retirement in the mid 1980’s. Curt and Jean enjoyed 54 wonderful years of marriage before Mrs. Threlkeld preceded him in death in July 2003. Curt continued to make his home in Bartlesville. He was later married to his beloved second wife, Hazel Eggert who preceded him in death on April 3, 2010. Mr. Threlkeld was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he was one of the founding members of the Home Builders Sunday School Class and was also a member of the Hillcrest Country Club where he was an avid golfer. Mr. Threlkeld is survived by two sons, Curtis William “Bill” Threlkeld and his wife Ann of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Richard Threlkeld of Tulsa, two daughters, Nancy Jean Cleary and her husband Don of Brentwood, Tennessee and Linda Hopper and her husband Mark of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his three step children, Susan Rensner, Deborah Brown and Randall Eggert, one sister, Betty Jane Threlkeld of St. Louis, Missouri, one sister-in-law, Sue Riddlebarger of Bartlesville, six grandchildren, Ryan Cleary, Allison Jennings, Halee Hopper, Lisa Hopper, Evan Hopper and Elizabeth Threlkeld, and five great grandchildren, Ethan Cleary, Emma Cleary, Townes Jennings, Natalie Jennings and Caroline Jennings. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Horace Walton Threlkeld Jr. a Naval aviator who was killed in action during World War II. PDF Printable Version

Curtis Barton Threlkeld

August 10, 1924 - April 16, 2011