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Earl Brunsteter © Enid News and Eagle 12-05-2006 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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In Memory of Earl 'Dick' Brunsteter
Mr. Brunsteter passed away on December 2, 2006 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Dick, 77 years old, was born December 31, 1928 to William Earl and Olga Eaton Brunsteter.
Dick was a graduate of Alva High School, Class of 1946 and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he met the love of his life, Frances Ellen McCauley. After graduation in 1950 from OU, the two were married and have resided in Alva, Oklahoma since 1951. To their union, five children were born. As a young boy, Dick was a member of Boy Scouts of America, achieving Life Scout. Dick was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity while at OU and enlisted in the US Naval Reserve after college. He was a lifetime member and served as both Elder and Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Alva. In addition, he was currently serving on the Cimarron Presbytery Committee on Ministry and Preparation. Dick was a 32nd degree Mason and he was very committed to the community of Alva, as both a business owner and philanthropist.
Dick presided and served on the Alva Board of Education as well as the Alva Area Chamber of Commerce. He served on the Advisory Board of the area Salvation Army and was Woods County Democratic Party Chairman. Dick also was past president of the Alva Golf and Country Club and was a member of the Elks Lodge. He and his brother Bill followed their father in the family automobile business, Brunsteter Motors as well as farming family land in Perryton, TX. In 1963, he purchased Ford Motor Trading Company. In the early 70's he ventured into the insurance business and eventually transitioned into Oil & Gas landwork. He currently owned and operated Dick Brunsteter Oil & Gas, Inc.
As a boy, Dick's passion was flying, earning his pilot's license at age 14, prior to obtaining his driver's license. He loved fishing, entertaining his friends, hunting, golfing, traveling and silversmithing. His most treasured moments were those spent with his family and his thirteen precious grandchildren, who fondly referred to him as 'R.E.'
Dick is preceded in death by both parents, a brother Bill Brunsteter and a granddaughter Mary Eaton Parkhurst. He is survived by his wife Frances McCauley Brunsteter; sister Marybeth and husband Ike Glass of Newkirk; two sisters-in-law, Phyllis Brunsteter of Alva and Jane M. Jones of Bristow; daughter Elizabeth and husband Steve Parkhurst of Alva; daughter Leslie and husband Roger Williams of Kansas City; son Dub and wife Betsy Brunsteter of Oklahoma City; daughter Leigh Ann and husband Roger Gaddis of Ada; and daughter Kelly and husband Nino Misuraca of Edmond. He is also survived by his grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, his beloved dog Trooper, and numerous close personal friends and associates.
Visitation with the family will be held at Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva OK on December 5th from 6:30 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Resurrection services will be held 11:00 a.m. December 6, 2006 at First Presbyterian Church in Alva, OK with Rev. Judye Pistole officiating.
A private interment will be at Alva Municipal Cemetery. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alva Mural Society or the American Heart Association.
Condolences may be made online at: www.whartonfuneralchapel.com ;
Frances Ellen McCauley Brunsteter © Alva Review-Courier 04-2016 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
Funeral services will be Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Alva First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. Judy Pistole officiating. Private burial will be in Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Fran Brunsteter, artist, teacher, entrepreneur and so many other things, passed away peaceably on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.
Frances Ellen McCauley Brunsteter was born to Worth Byrd and Elizabeth Roberts McCauley on June 8, 1929, in Oklahoma City, joining sister, Jane, in the family. Fran spent her early years in Oklahoma City, which included attending Classen High School through her junior year.
In June of 1946, shortly after World War II ended, Fran, Jane and their mother sailed to Europe to join Worth in Munich where he was serving as chief attorney involved in the U.S. government's occupation of Germany for the purpose of reestablishing the country's military court system and based in Nuremberg. This occurred two years after Lt.Col. McCauley had landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on D-Day. Fran enrolled in and graduated from the American High School in Munich and during free time experienced skiing the Bavarian Alps and doing a good bit of hunting wild game, taking many "bucks" of various species. In 1947, Fran's parents immersed her in Paris for attending Alliance Francaise, learning the French language and preparing for studying art at the Sorbonne. Her time in Paris was brief, however, as a result of civil strife underway and she returned to Munich but her study of art proceeded as did her study of French until she returned to Oklahoma in the fall of 1948.
Fran met Richard Earl ("Dick") Brunsteter at the University of Oklahoma where Fran was in the first of several generations in the family to follow who joined Pi Beta Phi. They married on November 24, 1950. After college, they settled in Alva, Oklahoma, which became their permanent home, first on Murray Drive and later on Lake Drive. While raising a growing family, Fran attended Northwest Oklahoma State University and obtained a master's degree followed by teaching English and art at Alva High School for a number of years.
After retiring from her faculty position, she opened The Frame in Alva and conducted a successful original art framing business into the early years of the current millennium. She was passionate in her support of the Alva Mural Society in bringing many artists and murals to the community as well as her frequent involvement in the annual Nescatunga Arts Festival. Fran was an active member of PEO, Chapter AL, sang in the choir at First Presbyterian Church where she served as deacon and elder at various times, and often joined her friends' "Walkie Talkie" walking group. She welcomed family and many guests (often large gatherings) into their home over the years. Dick passed away in December, 2006 and Fran continued living in Alva until 2011 at which time she moved to Brookdale Assisted Living in Oklahoma City in order to be more centrally located to her children and their families.
Fran's sister, Jane, of Bristow, Oklahoma, passed away in June 2015.
Fran is survived by her five children and their families: Elizabeth (Steve) Parkhurst of Alva; Leslie (Roger) Williams of Shawnee, Kansas; William Worth "Dub" (Betsy) Brunsteter of Oklahoma City; Leigh Ann (Roger) Gaddis of Ada; and Kelly (Anthony) Misuraca of Edmond. She was, is, and will always be "Mam-ma" to 13 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Alva Mural Society or the First Presbyterian Church. through Wharton Funeral Chapel.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wharton Funeral Chapel. The casket will not be open at the church.
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