Mr. John Earl Underwood, 88, of Bartlesville, died at 9:48 A.M. on
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center.
Funeral services for Mr. Underwood will be held at 10 A.M. on Saturday,
November 4, 2017 at the East Bartlesville Christian Church with Michael
Harris of the Beams of Light in Sapulpa officiating. Interment will be
in the Memorial Park Cemetery where military rites will be accorded and
directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
The Underwood family will receive guests for visitation at the Stumpff
Funeral Home on Friday from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M.
Mr. Underwood was born at Mount Ida, Arkansas on April 2, 1929 the son
of Oscar Edward and Bertie Mae (Bledsoe) Underwood. He grew up in
Forrester, Arkansas and he graduated from high school at Monroe,
Oklahoma and then worked on the railroad and clearing timber in
southeastern Oklahoma and northern Texas. He entered the U.S. Army on
March 3, 1951 and served 14 months in Korea. Following his Honorable
Discharge on February 18, 1953 he returned to Oklahoma and was employed
with Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa. He later became employed with the U.S.
Postal service as a postal carrier for a number of years until his
retirement in 1989. He loved to fish and play guitar as well as
attending his grandchildren’s activities and ballgames. He was a member
of East Bartlesville Christian Church.
Mr. Underwood is survived by two daughters, Jan Brady and husband John
of Barnsdall, and Karen Lutke and husband Rod of Bartlesville, four
grandchildren, Janet Townley and husband Mike, Jill Blevins and husband
Jerry, Lance Lutke and wife Katie, and Chris Lutke and wife Heather,
nine great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
He was preceded
in death by his parents and four brothers.
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