Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
butterfly
image
Click here to break out of frames
This information is available for free. If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.
For any questions pertaining to an individual cemetery, you would need to contact the cemetery sexton / board / caretaker.

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Highland Park Cemetery
Durant, Oklahoma

allencmobit

Clara Mae Cooper Allen

December 26, 1914 - December 28, 2011

© Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home

Submitted by: Becky Rodgers

Clara Mae Allen passed away in Hereford, Arizona on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at the age of 97 years and 2 days. She was born on Saturday, December 26, 1914 to William Henry and Lou (Caywood) Cooper in Inola, Oklahoma. Clara Mae married Jess Allen on Saturday, September 23, 1933 in Wagner, Oklahoma.

Clara Mae lived most of her life in rural northwest Oklahoma and raised her family in Morris, OK. When she retired from Oklahoma State University Technical College, Rehab Center, Okmulgee, OK, she and Jess moved to Durant, Oklahoma, to be near a son and daughter. She left Durant in 2001 to move to southeastern Arizona to be near a son and his family, and resided there until her death. Clara Mae faithfully attended Calvary Baptist Church in Durant, Oklahoma and was a member of The Goodwell Home Demo Club.

Mrs. Allen is survived by her sons, Edward Allen and wife Sharon of Henryetta, Oklahoma, Jim Allen and wife Liza of Conway, Arkansas, Charles Allen and wife Linda of Choctaw, Oklahoma and Bill Allen and wife Maggie of Hereford, Arizona; daughters, Beverly West and husband Mike of Bennington, Oklahoma, Sue Ward and husband James of Tahlequah, Oklahoma and Lou Brewer and husband Bill of Hutchinson, Kansas; and multitudes of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by her parents, William Henry and Lou Cooper; husband, Jess Allen; sons, Darel and Vernon Allen; daughter-in-law, Emma Allen; brothers and sisters, Cleo, Virginia, Delbert, Clifford and Jervis.

Family Hour will be from 6-7:00 P.M. Monday, January 2, 2012 at the Holmes~Coffey~Murray Funeral Home in Durant, Oklahoma.

Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Highland Chapel at the Highland Cemetery in Durant, Oklahoma. Dr. Jerry Polson will be officiating.

Family and friends may send online condolences and view tributes at www.holmescoffeymurray.com. Services are under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home, Durant, Oklahoma.

|Highland Park Cemetery Index|  |Bryan County Cemetery Page|  |Home|


This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.