George Charles Earley

Mr. George Charles Earley Mr. George Charles Earley, 87, of Bartlesville, passed away at 12:45 P.M. on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the Heritage Villa Nursing Center. Services for Mr. Earley will be held at 1 P.M. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the East Cross United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Tankersley of the Boston Avenue United Methodist Church in Tulsa officiating. Private interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home from 9 AM till 8 P.M daily thru Friday evening. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Nevus Outreach Inc., 600 SE Delaware Ave Suite 200, Bartlesville, OK 74003 or Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Television Ministry, 1301 S. Boston, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119. Mr. Earley was born in Lander, Wyoming on May 24, 1928, the son of Ray George Earley and Alberta Alice (Miller) Earley. He grew up and graduated from high school in Lander. He played clarinet in his high school band and worked with his father in the family owned grain mill. He attended the University of Wyoming where he placed third in the nation on his college rifle team. In 1950 he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and then went to work as a chemist for the fertilizer division of Phillips Petroleum Company. On December 30, 1950, he married his college sweetheart and fellow chemist Shirley Ann Currie in Casper, Wyoming. They made their home in Cactus, Texas until moving to Houston, Texas in 1953. In 1960 the family moved to Bartlesville where Mr Earley continued with Phillips until his retirement in 1985. Mrs. Earley preceded him in death on April 9, 2001. Mr. Earley found love again marrying Carolyn Cox Stewart on March 23, 2003. They continued to live in Bartlesville enjoying their blended family until her death on July 10, 2015. Mr. Earley was an active member of the local chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, a Lifetime Member of the National Rifle Association, was active in Boy Scouts as a youth and a Leader, and volunteered with the local Girl Scout Council. He served as a Republican Precinct Chairman. He enjoyed hunting, photography, bridge, jokes and puns, fixing things, and above all helping others. Mr. Earley is survived by one brother: R. Fred Earley of Denver, Colorado; three children: Diane Alice Pullin and husband Brad of Streetman, Texas, Linda Leigh Farquhar and husband Don of Wichita, Kansas and Ray George Earley II and wife Sharon of Tulsa; three step daughters: Sharon Louise Hart of Tulsa, Kathryn Rose Stewart and husband Mark Beckwith of Bartlesville, and Eileen Gale Boyle and husband Kelley of Bartlesville; six grandchildren: Troy Alan Pullin, Lisa Ann Wing and husband Brian, Lauren Rae Farquhar and husband Josh Jansen, Katherine Farquhar Berner and husband Andy, Cheryl Renee Earley, and Jason Ray Earley; seven step grandchildren: Christopher Reese Hart and wife Cindy, Megan Rose Stewart, William Russell Boyle, Lauren Eileen Boyle, Domni Renee Reherman, Daniel Joseph Boyle, and Rachel Elizabeth Boyle; and two great grandchildren: Austin Bradley Wing, and Kinzee Ann Wing. In addition to his two wives, Mr. Earley was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Jean Elizabeth Earley Brooks

George Charles Earley

May 24, 1928 - March 2, 2016