Leo Kenneth Cavnar

Marietta Monitor

March 10, 1995, page 4 Courtesy of Ray and Elreeta Weathers

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Leo Kenneth Cavnar were Monday at 2:00 p.m. in the Stufflebean Funeral Home Chapel, Pauls Valley, followed by graveside services at Hillside Cemetery in Purcell.

Mr. Cavnar was born November 29, 1921, in Purcell, the son of J.T. and Nora Skaggs Cavnar, and died March 2, 1995, in Pauls Valley.

He married Hellen Tucker on July 3, 1947, in Purcell. Mr. Cavnar served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Front during World War II at Guadalcanal in the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. He worked at the Naval Base in Norman before attending Oklahoma A & M, graduating in 1951 with a degree in Animal Husbandry. Mr. Cavnar was employed by the Department of Agriculture, serving as 4-H Agent in Coal and Beckham Counties. He then served as Extension Director in Love County for nine years before serving 18 years as the Garvin County Extension Director until his retirement in 1979. Mr. Cavnar was a longtime member of the Oklahoma Cattleman's Association, Garvin County Swine Breeders Association, Pauls Valley Kiwanis Club and served on the Oklahoma State Fair Board.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hellen Cavnar and daughter Tarran of the home; daughter and son-in-law, Kenna and Nathan Dills and granddaughter Kylie of Edmond and grandson Riley of Norman; son, Jeff Cavnar of Ada and grand-children, J.T. and Megan Cavnar of Iowa; three brothers, James Cavnar of Prattville, Alabama, Willis Cavnar of Stigler and Ed Cavnar of Ardmore; five sisters, Theo Mayo and Frances Bragg of Midwest City, Juanita Woods of Wayne, Wanda Barnes of Waukomis and Shirley Jones of Pauls Valley; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Cavnar was preceded in death by his father, J.T.; mother, Nora; and a son, Steven Scott Cavnar.

The family requests that memorials be sent to the Pauls Valley National Bank for funding of the Leo K. Cavnar Memorial Scholarship that will be awarded to a Garvin County High School student seeking to attend Oklahoma State University in an agriculture related field.