Erma Jean Halter

Mrs. Erma Jean Halter Mrs. Erma Jean Halter, 80, of Dewey, died at 3:51 P.M. on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Halter will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Dewey United Methodist Church with Pastor Rick Robart officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Casket escorts will be her grandchildren and will include Amanda Warehime Kelly, Justin Warehime, Delayna Halter Clymer, Jason Halter, Eric Halter, Mike Halter Jr., Traver Herman and Brandon Herman. Honorary casket escorts will include Tim Kelly, Meredith Warehime, Jimmy Clymer, Rebecca Schwartz and Laura Halter. The Halter family will receive guests for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home on Monday, April 18, 2011 from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Animal Rescue Foundation, P.O. Box 3292, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74006. Mrs. Halter was born at Wichita, Kansas on October 1, 1930 the daughter of John L. and Ida May (Wilson) Morris. She received her education in the Wichita schools and she was married to W.L. “Bill” Halter on March 28, 1948 in Wichita. They moved to Miami, Oklahoma in 1949 then to Bartlesville in 1951 and finally to Dewey to make their home in 1958. She was employed with Phillips Petroleum Company for a brief period in 1951-52 and for the next 30 years was active as a homemaker. Mrs. Halter was employed at the Washington County Nurse’s office in Bartlesville from 1981 to 1985 and then for Dr. Ralph Williams in 1991 until retiring to care for her husband. She became a member of the First Methodist Church in Bartlesville in 1954 and transferred her membership to the Dewey United Methodist Church in 1958. It was there that she assisted Mrs. Robert Templeton with the children’s choirs and has been a member of the Sarah Circle for over 40 years. Both she and Mr. Halter were longtime members of the Dewey Jaycees and Jacee-ettes serving as the Presidents of their respective chapters in 1962 and 1963 and they hosted many taffy pulls in their garage. Mrs. Halter also received a Volunteer Award from the Child Guidance Association for her volunteer service from 1981 to 1985. She had served as a volunteer at Jane Phillips Hospital and had received her 100 hour pin. Mr. Halter was a ballroom dance instructor and she served as his dance partner and assisted him for many years in teaching dance classes at Phillips, the YMCA, at the Dewey schools and in private homes. They also taught the Dancing Manners Class to the Service League. Mrs. Halter is survived by two sons, Richard Halter and wife Valerie of Mustang, Okla., and Mike Halter and his wife, Maxine of Grove, Okla., two daughters, Ginger Warehime and her husband Jim of Dewey and Sherry Herman and Allen of Arkansas City, Kansas, one sister, Gloria Baird of Valley Center, Kansas, a sister-in-law, Ethel Martin of Santa Barbara, California, 13 grandchildren, Amanda Warehime Kelly and husband Tim, Justin Warehime and wife Meredith, Delayna Halter Clymer and husband Jimmy, Jason Halter and Rebecca Schwartz, Eric Halter and wife Laura, Michaella Zolla and husband Dean, Mike Halter Jr., Shane Lasley and wife Jaimie, Shannon England, Melissa Kelley, Danyell Inman, Traver Herman and his special companion Brandy and Brandon Herman, 23 great grandchildren, 4 great great grandchildren and her beloved dog, Amber which she rescued in 2003 from ARF. Mrs. Halter was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Bill Halter on August 31, 1991, her father John L. Morris on Nov. 1962, her mother, Ida Morris on Oct. 1978, three brothers, John L. Morris Jr. in Nov. 1939, J.C. Morris in Jan. 1940 and Bill Morris in Sept 2002, and two sisters, Margaret Trigg in Jan.1996 and Verda Seig in Dec. 2006. PDF Printable Version

Erma Jean Halter

October 1, 1930 - April 14, 2011