Melvin Oscar "Pudge" Haymaker
Nov 12, 1915 - Jul 16, 1999
Submitted by: Glenn

Enid Morning News
July 1999

Hennessey – The funeral for Melvin "Pudge" Haymaker, 83, will be 1:30 PM Tuesday at Hennessey First Christian Church. The Reverends Ed Arbogast, Jr. and L. D. Choate will officiate.

Burial will follow at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry – Gritz Funeral Home. The casket will be open at the funeral home, but will remain closed at the church.

He was born November 12, 1915, near Hennessy and died Friday, July 16, 1999, at Hennessey Care Center.

On June 30, 1947, he married Mary Lucille Streck in Hennessey. They farmed before retiring and moving to Hennessey in 1987.

He was a World War II veteran and a member of First Christian Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Hennessey senior citizens center.

He is survived by his wife, Lucille, of the home; and two brothers, Raymon of Hennessey and Jack of Dumas, Texas.

He was preceded in death by five sisters and one brother.

Memorials but be made through the funeral home to First Christian Church or Hennessey Senior Citizens Center.