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William H "Bill" Meade
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Obit for William posted by Ann Weber
Dec 11, 1926 - Jul 12, 2016
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DAVIS FAMILY
FUNERAL HOME
DEWEY, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
William H. Meade, 89, went
to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
Bill, as he was known, was
born the son of Wiley and
Ruby (Cooper) Meade on
December 11, 1926, in Loyal,
OK. He was raised and
educated in Nowata and at
the age of 15 Bill headed
west to California to join
the Merchant Marines where
he helped to build the
Liberty Ships designed by
the U.S. Maritime Commission
during World War II and
nicknamed the “Ugly
Ducklings” by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt who
observed that they carried a
good load.
Bill attended a trade school
in Kansas City where he
obtained his architectural
degree. He then started his
35 year career with Phillips
Petroleum Company in 1953.
He had an idea that he
presented in a development
meeting for placing a
covered awning directly over
the pumps which soon became
a reality. Bill was united
in marriage with Jan Rose on
November 12, 1982, in Tulsa.
Once retired Bill and Jan
moved to Claremore for the
summers and were South Texas
snowbirds for the next 20
years.
Bill loved the Lord and
attended First Christian
Church in Claremore. He was
a musician and enjoyed
jamming on the accordion and
harmonica with his friends
especially in south Texas
several times a week. He was
an accomplished artist and
drew portraits of the people
around him - his favorite
Braums Ice Cream Shop had a
wall in the back dedicated
to the drawings Bill drew of
its employees. Bill and Jan
enjoyed spending time
together and he often said
(with feeling) that he lived
a good, long and happy life.
Bill is survived by his wife
Janila of the home; five
children, Connie McDonald
and William of Bartlesville,
William B. Meade and Betty
of Broken Arrow, Curt Meade
of Bartlesville, Gentry
Meade of Dallas, and Tyson
Todd Meade of Oklahoma City;
one step daughter Charissa
Protzman of Tulsa; five
siblings, Murrell Meade of
San Diego, Naomi Littleton
of Barnsdall, Ruby Winkler
of Bartlesville, Harold
Meade of Dewey, and Evelyn
Meade of Bartlesville; three
grandchildren, Bill A. Meade
of Broken Arrow, Jackie
Meade of Broken Arrow, and
Curtiss Meade of
Bartlesville; and two great
grandchildren Mason and
Meredith Meade of Broken
Arrow.
Bill is preceded in
death by his parents, three
siblings, LeRoy Meade, Leon
Meade and Marie Hill, and
one grandson Damon McMurtrie.
Visitation will be held on
Thursday from 12-8, at the
Davis Family Funeral Home,
113 S. Osage (Hwy. 75),
Dewey, OK.
Funeral services will be
held 10 a.m. on Friday, July
15, at the Davis Family
Funeral Home Chapel, with
Rev. Jerry Book of the First
Christian Church of
Claremore officiating.
Interment will follow at the
Floral Haven Cemetery in
Broken Arrow at 1:30 pm.
Services are under the
direction of Carter Davis
and the Davis Family Funeral
Home.
Online condolences and remembrances may be shared with Bill’s family at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com.
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