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Submitted: 1/24/21 • Approved: 1/24/21 • Last Updated: 1/27/21 • R381729-G381729-S3
Jack Edward
1925-1991
Joyce Marie
1927-2016
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Obituary for Jack
FRITCH - Jack Edward Esely, 65, died Wednesday, April 10, 1991 in his home.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Southern Baptist Church in Fritch with the Rev. Lee Fuller, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
A native of Uncas, Okla., he had been a Fritch resident for 45 years. He was a lab technician for Phillips Petroleum Company.
He was a member of First Southern Baptist Church of Fritch, former Scoutmaster for Troop 77 in Phillips, coached Little League baseball in Phillips, was a member of the NRA for 30 years and the Meredith Gun Club.
He married Joyce M. Townsend on Dec. 14, 1947 in Tulsa, Okla.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce, of the home; a son, Jerry Esely, of Dallas; two daughters, Mary Jane Esely, of Amarillo; and Julie Ann Esely, of Memphis; and a brother, Jim Esely, of Dallas.
Memorials may be made to Dumas Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second St., Dumas, Texas, 79029.
Pallbearers will be Ira Honaker, Clytee Armstrong, Marvin Thompson and Jed Kraai.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Friday, April 12, 1991)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Jack E Esely
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1925
Marriage Date: 14 Dec 1947
Marriage Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Joyce M Townsend
Film Number: 001021175
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Jack Edward Esely
[Jack E Esely]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1925
Birth Place: Uncas Kay, Oklahoma
Death Date: 10 Apr 1991
Father: Edward R Esely
Mother: Bertha V Stokesberry
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Apr 1943: Name listed as JACK EDWARD ESELY; 04 Jun 1993: Name listed as JACK E ESELY
Obituary for Joyce
Joyce Marie Esely
September 29, 1927 - May 9, 2016
Joyce M. Esely, 88, of Fritch, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 in Fritch.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 13, 2016 at the First Southern Baptist Church with Pastor Calvin Winters officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of ''Love'' at Westlawn Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
Joyce M. Esely was born September 29, 1927 in Oklahoma to Ralph H. and Avis B. (Winchell) Townsend. She married Jack Edward Esely December 14, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and had lived in Hutchinson County since 1947. Joyce worked at the Golden Plains Hospital for 35 years as a registered nurse.
She was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church and was a celebrated, published author of books for gifted children. Each of her books focused on the Texas Panhandle and its history. For several years she wrote a column for the Eagle Press in Fritch. Joyce was also an accomplished public speaker.
Joyce was a museum docent for the Hutchinson County Museum for seven years, and educational director for the Lake Meredith Museum for two years. She spoke several times a year to the school classes on Texas history, covering every school in Hutchinson County. Since she was a talented miniaturist, she made many dioramas and miniature houses to demonstrate whatever time period or subject she was speaking about on that visit. Joyce made and donated miniature dioramas to the Hutchinson County Museum, Shamrock Museum, Kerrville Crippled Children's Camp, Ronald McDonald House, Hutchinson County Library, and many others.
She was a Girl Scout troop leader in Borger, neighborhood chairman in Phillips, and a day camp director. Joyce was also a member of the Society for Creative Anachronisms. In the SCA, she was known as Lady Joanna. She really enjoyed studying, reading and recreating the medieval period.
Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jack, her son Jerry T. Esely, and her sister Mary Ellen Cooper.
Survivors include her two daughters, Mary Jane Esely of Amarillo, Julie Esely Erwin and husband Leon of Fritch; two grandchildren, Maleah and Dalton Erwin, and numerous nieces and nephews.
(Published by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors, May 11, 2016)
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Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995
Name: Jack E Esely
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1925
Marriage Date: 14 Dec 1947
Marriage Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Joyce M Townsend
Film Number: 001021175
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