Paul Lavern Alexander

Mr. Paul Lavern Alexander Mr. Paul Lavern Alexander, 88, of Dewey, died at 10:45 A.M. on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the Forrest Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services for Mr. Alexander will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, July 30, 2015 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Danny G. Workman of the First Church of God in Dewey officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery where full military rites will be accorded by the Ceremonial Detail of the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105. Funeral services and interment are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation will be held at the Stumpff Funeral Home from 9 A.M. until 9 P.M. on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 9 A.M. until 1:30 P.M. on Thursday as the casket will remain closed at the services. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Youth Group of the First Church of God, 222 S. Osage, Dewey, Oklahoma, 74029. Mr. Alexander was born west of Bartlesville in Osage County on November 17, 1926 the son of Freddie Leroy Alexander and Hazel Mae (Brantley) Alexander. He grew up in the Bartlesville area attending Labadie Heights Elementary School, Central Junior High and then College High School. He served with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II and then in the Army of Occupation in Korea following the war. Following his Honorable Discharge he returned to Oklahoma and was employed with a foundry in Tonkawa for a year until his employment with National Zinc Company in Bartlesville in the early 1950’s. While working at National Zinc he attended the McFarland Technical School in Coffeyville, Kansas and later retired from the smelter as a machinist in 1989. Mr. Alexander was married to Audrey Mae Bonham on January 21, 1945 at her parent’s home in Dewey. Following his military service they made their home at Tonkawa for one year until returning to Dewey to build their home in 1952, and have continued their home in Dewey since that time. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander loved to travel and had visited the 48 states in their travel trailer and had also been to Hawaii. He was a member of the First Church of God in Dewey, a proud member of the Dewey V.F.W., a past member of the Dewey Lion’s Club, was a volunteer and had served on the Board of Directors of the Concern Center for a number of years and was active in the Senior Nutrition Project (Meals on Wheels) at the Dewey Senior Center for 11 years. Mr. Alexander is survived by his wife of 70 years, Audrey Alexander of the home, one son, Fred Alexander and wife Diane of Merced, California, one daughter, Paula Alexander of Wichita, Kansas one granddaughter, Jennifer Huffman and husband Dustin of Dewey and three great grandchildren, Joshua Huffman, Emily Huffman and Caleb Huffman. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, J.C. Alexander and Earl Alexander.

Paul Lavern Alexander

November 17, 1926 - July 26, 2015