Elmwood Cemetery

Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma

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Submitted by: Terry Dudley

Joe Lawrence Herzer

Thank You For Your Service!

December 17, 1947 ~ August 11, 2024

Joe Herzer, 76 year old Woodward resident, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024 in Oklahoma City. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 17, 2024 in the Billings Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Scott Ware officiating. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery with the United States Army providing Military graveside rites.

Joe Lawrence Herzer was born on December 17, 1947 to Walter and Leila (Baumgartner) Herzer of the Clear Lake Community in Beaver County, Oklahoma. He was the second of four boys. He attended 1st through 8th grade at Clear Lake School then went to Laverne High School, graduating with the class of 1966. He then went on to Auto Mechanics School at Oklahoma State Tech at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. In February of 1968 Joe met Charlene Been who became his only sweetheart. He was drafted into the United States Army in February of 1969 and spent the next two years serving in Louisiana, Georgia, Arizona, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Germany. He and Charlene were married August 6, 1969. He was honorably discharged on February 3, 1975 with the rank of SP-4.

Joe worked as a mechanic at Checotah, Muskogee, and Henryetta, Oklahoma. His first son Scott was born while living in Muskogee and second son Brian while living in Henryetta. Joe decided to go back to Oklahoma State Tech to receive schooling to become a plumber. In May of 1979, he and his family moved to Woodward where he currently resides 45 years later. He worked at Kline Mechanical as a plumber for 22 years and 9 years in Granbury, Texas school system as a plumber. He retired in 2010 and came back to Woodward.

Joe was a long time member of the Elm Street Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife Charlene; two sons: Scott and wife Josie of Arlington, Texas, Brian of the home in Woodward; three granddaughters: Marisa and husband Josh of Ft. Worth, Texas, Alyssa of Ft. Worth, Texas and Vanessa of Arlington, Texas; one great-grandson James of Ft. Worth, Texas; three brothers: Spencer of Oklahoma City, Charles and John of Woodward; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and his Aunt Etta; many special friends such as neighbors Schneider's, Broyles, Hamilton and Haines and his former co-workers.

Joe was a quiet man but he loved to tell stories of his boyhood and work years. People would say, "Joe you should write a book" and he'd laugh.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Leila Herzer and grandparents, Henry and Esther Baumgartner.

Memorial contributions in Joe's memory can be made to the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief with the funeral home accepting the contributions.

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