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Milton Lee Sissney © Enid News and Eagle 10-2016 Submitted by: Glenn
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Aug 22, 1947 - Oct 13, 2016
Funeral services for Milton Lee (Abe) Sissney, Jr., 69, of Waukomis, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at the Waukomis Christian Church, with Reverend Dave Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Waukomis Cemetery, with Military Rites conducted by the United States Navy and DAV of Enid under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Abe was born in Healdton, Oklahoma, to Milton and Mildred Sissney. During his childhood years, while his Dad worked in the oil fields, he went to multiple schools, moving to Missouri at one time. His father's career took the family to Kingfisher, Oklahoma, where he attended school, and it became home. After high school graduation in 1965, Abe attended Oklahoma State Tech in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where he met Linda Robinson, and they married in September 1967. After graduation with an Associate's Degree in mechanics, he began his career in Kingfisher and then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Soon after working in Tulsa, he was drafted into the United States Navy Seabees, where he served proudly from 1969 through 1970. He served nine months in Vietnam. Once his tour was over, he returned to Gulfport, Mississippi, and was discharged from the Navy and began working for Coast Materials, where he developed his passion for fishing.
In 1972, the family moved back to Oklahoma and finally established their home in Waukomis, Oklahoma, in 1974. He was an Automotive Mechanic for Landwehr Motors in Waukomis from 1974 to 1980. In 1980, Abe purchase a Perterbuilt truck and was an Owner/Operator with Crabbs Transports in Enid, Oklahoma. In 2000, he retired from trucking and began his 15-year career at GEFCO in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Milton "Wimp" and Mildred, his grandparents and a niece.
He is survived by his wife Linda; his son, Ronnie Paul Sissney and his wife Kerri; his daughter, Melissa "Missy" Graddick and her husband Barry; four grandchildren, Zackary and Heather Willing and Katelynn and Ryan Sissney; and two brothers, James and Raymond Sissney.
Memorials may be made to Waukomis Cemetery, with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian for the funds.
Condolences may be made at brown-cummings.com.
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