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Submitted: 1/24/21 • Approved: 1/24/21 • Last Updated: 1/27/21 • R381732-G0-S3
1925-1991
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
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
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