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John Karl Dahlem © Enid News and Eagle 06-25-2021 Submitted by: Glenn
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September 17, 1940 - June 16, 2021
John Karl Dahlem was born September 17, 1940, in Wakita, Oklahoma, the son of Paul F. and C. Lorine (Ricks) Dahlem. He passed away on June 16, 2021.
After graduating from Wakita High School in 1958, he attended Phillips University in Enid, OK, on a baseball scholarship graduating in 1962. He was married to K. Kyle Dahlem on June 11, 1960, and to this union were born two children, Stephanie Lynn and Stephen Paul.
After graduation, John started on long career as a high school teacher and coach. He taught and coached at Wakita, Altamont, KS, Goodland, KS, Fairview, OK, Geary, OK, Seiling, OK, and Moore, OK.
He attained his master's degree in education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Counselor and Administrator Certificates from the University of Oklahoma.
When Kyle took a job in Oklahoma City, they left small town life, and John became a teacher at Brink Middle School in Moore and eventually a principal at Westmoore High School. He retired from education in 2009 and took up a new career as a real estate agent. When he was 50 years old, he was adopted by his step-father, Roy Cromwell.
John was a lifetime member of the United Methodist Church, and served it in every community where he lived, whether that was as a committee member or tenor in the choir. He was on the board of directors of Skyline Urban Ministries in Oklahoma City. He made several medical mission trips to Nicaragua with Manos Juntas. You could often find John with his friends on a golf course or with Kyle at a baseball game. He loved God, Kyle, and the Houston Astros in that order.
John is preceded in death by his mother, both fathers, and his sister Paula Jeanne and her three children, Joseph, Jeffrey, and James.
He is survived by his wife, Kyle, his daughter and her husband, Stephanie and Jeff Pounds, his son and his partner, Stephen Dahlem and Jim Robert, grandson Alex Michael , wife Ashley, and Carter, Bennett, and Sutton Pounds, and grandson Brian Kyle, wife Holly, and Wallis Pounds.
Internment will be at the Wakita Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Southern Hills United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City on July 10, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to Manos Juntas at ManosJuntas.org or to Skyline Urban Ministry at okcskyline.org.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on 2021-07-10 at Southern Hills United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City , 8200 S Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73159, USA.
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