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Warren Burns Baxter
© Enid News and Eagle
12-17-2007
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

© Glenn

Arla DORIS and Warren B. BAXTER

Square Cedar Cemetery



The funeral service for Warren Burns Baxter, age 86, of Enid, will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at Trinity Baptist Church. Rev. Clayton Conley will officiate. Burial will be in Square Cedar Cemetery, Cleo Springs. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Warren was born October 21, 1922, in Blackwell, OK to G.O. and Elsie (King) Baxter and died December 12, 2007, in Enid.

He grew up in Blackwell but finished high school in Portland, OR. He joined the Army in 1943. He met Arla Doris Foraker in Cleo Springs, OK. They were married on February 21, 1944, in Fairview, OK, a few days before leaving on active duty overseas. She preceded him in death, January 2007.

They settled in California after his tour of duty. There he worked with his family as a carpenter until 1960 and from there moved back to Oklahoma and settled in Enid. He worked for McCrearys Food Store in Enid for a few years. Warren then worked at Zaloudeks Marine in Enid for 28 years until he retired. He and Doris began working for the Corps of Engineers after Warren’s retirement. They continued working the lake campgrounds for nearly 16 years. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and was past president, and the VFW. He was a part of the Guys and Dolls quare dance team.

He is survived by his children, Edward Bruce Baxter, Lenna Dunlap and husband Gary, and Dana Knierihm and husband Charles; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Arla Doris; three brothers, Hugh, Roger and Wayne; and two sisters, Olive Dalton and Lorene Compton.

Memorials may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, heart division with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home as custodian of the funds.

Condolences may be emailed to the family at ladusauevans@sudden linkmail.com.

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