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MAX BATCHELDER
May 11, 1992
Sapulpa Herald
Creek Co. OK
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Max Batchelder, 64, 1303 E. Thompson, died Sunday at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 am Wednesday at Green Hills Mausoleum
Chapel with Gerald Rendel and Russell Casey officiating.
Burial will follow at Green Hills
Memorial Gardens under the direction of Smith funeral Home.
Mr. Batchelder was born Feb 6, 1928, in Enid. He served in the U.S. Army air
Corps from 1946 to 1947. He graduated from Oklahoma A & M in 1951 and
married his wife, Chris on June 2, 1957.
Mr. Batchelder worked for the Sapulpa Daily Herald for six years, where he wrote
and edited a weekly Sunday magazine section. He worked for the Oil and Gas
Journal from 1957 until his retirement in 1989. He was an instructor for Writher
Digest magazine, wrote columns for Look-out magazine and serials and was a
published playwright and amateur magician who performed throughout the state.
He was a member of Mensa, Interact and First Christian Church.
Survivors include wife, Chris; sons John William Batchelder of Cedar Springs,
Mich., and Anthony Lee Batchelder of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughters Christena Rae
Dickerson of Tulsa and Elizabeth Lynne Morrow of Sapulpa; and nine
grandchildren.
In lieu of other remembrances, the family suggests donations to Green Country
Hospice program.
MAX BATCHELDER
May 12, 1992
Sapulpa Herald
Funeral Services for Max Batchelder will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday at Green
Hills Mausoleum chapel with Gerald Randel and Russell Casey officiating.
Burial will follow at Green Hills Memorial Gardens under the direction of Smith
Funeral Home.
Mr. Batchelder died Sunday at his home in Sapulpa.
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