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© Strode Funeral Home Stillwater, Oklahoma October 2005 Reprinted with permission William Raymond Murlin May 26, 1921 ~ October 22, 2005 William Raymond Murlin, 84, of Stillwater, died Friday, October 21, 2005, in Westhaven Nursing Home. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church. Dr. B. Gordon Edwards will officiate. Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery, where there will be a flag presentation. The arrangements are under the direction of Strode Funeral Home. He was born May 26, 1921, to Joseph William Murlin and Edith Viola [Brownell] Murlin, on the family homestead northeast of Perkins. He attended Perkins grade school, graduated eighth grade from High Prairie School and graduated from Ripley High School in 1939. While enrolled at Oklahoma A&M he was a member of Army ROTC. In 1943 his entire class was called to active duty. During his military career he reported to Ft. Sill. He was then sent to Harvard University to receive training in soil and airport construction. He was transferred to various bases over the world including MacDill Field in Tamp, Fla. and Key Field in Meridian, Miss. He was transferred to Nichols Field near Manila in the Philippines where he helped build and maintain air bases from 1945 until June of 1946. He married his wife, Peggy, in Stillwater on November 24, 1946, in Stillwater. He finished his degree in general engineering at Oklahoma A&M. Following his graduation in 1948, they moved to Salina, Kan., then Seminole. They lived in various states including Utah, Wyoming and North Dakota. They returned to Oklahoma and lived in Oklahoma City, where he retired in 1983 after 35 years with Gulf Oil Corp. In January 2000 they moved to Stillwater to be near their daughter, Bonny, and her family. He served as a trustee at the Presbyterian Church in Seminole, a deacon at the Kingsbury Community Church in Utah and a deacon at the Mayflower Community Church in Oklahoma City. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater. He was an avid supporter of OSU athletics, especially football and basketball. He enjoyed gardening and reading, but he enjoyed most of all being with his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and five sisters. He is survived by his wife of Stillwater; one son, William Douglas Murlin of Hermosa Beach, Calif. and one daughter, Bonny Sue Mullen and husband, Paul, of Stillwater; grandchildren, Anne Elizabeth Simmons and husband, Chris, of Broken Arrow, Lara Catherine Mullen and Christopher Ryan Mullen, both of Stillwater. Friends who desire may make a memorial contribution in his name to the charity of their choice. Condolences may be e-mailed the family at www.strodefh.com |
© Stillwater News Press Stillwater, Oklahoma anuary 20, 2011 Reprinted with permission Peggy Eloise [Wilson] Murlin August 16, 1923 ~ January 18, 2011 Peggy Eloise Murlin, 87, died on Jan. 18, 2011, at Grace Living Center in Stillwater, Okla. Her funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 21, 2011, at First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater, Okla. Reverend Gordon Edwards will be officiating. Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery in Perkins, Okla. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born on August 16, 1923, to John "Cracker" Willis Wilson and Clara Retherford in Wichita, Kan. Peggy graduated from Ripley High School in 1942. After attending Adela Hale Business School in Hutchison, Kan., she worked for the Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka, Kan. Following her marriage to W.R. Murlin on November 24, 1946, in Stillwater, Okla., they lived in various states, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and North Dakota, returning to Oklahoma City in 1981. They moved to Stillwater in 2000. Some of her hobbies included crocheting, knitting, needlepoint, hardanger, cooking, trying new recipes, and she was a talented seamstress She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Stillwater, Okla. She is preceded in death by her husband and parents. She is survived by her children, Bonny Mullen, and husband Paul, of Stillwater; and William Douglas Murlin, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; her grandchildren, Anne Simmons, of Houston, Texas; Lara Lewis and husband, Brandon, of Alma, Ark.; and Chris Mullen, of Stillwater, Okla. She is also survived by her sister, Ann Minton, of Mustang, Okla.; brother, Gary Wilson, of Cushing, Okla.; brother, Lang Allen Wilson, of Lake Stevens, Wash.; brother, Jesse Wilson, of Cushing, Okla.; brother Winfred Evans, of Perkins, Okla.; and sister, Darlene Kinzie, of Arkansas City, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to the Embracing the Future Fund for the renovation of the preschool wing at the First Presbyterian Church, 524 S. Duncan, Stillwater, Ok 74074. |
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