Barbara Ann Runk

Memorial services for Barbara Runk will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2005 at the Freewill Baptist Church in Oilton. Rev. Ryan Humble will preside.

Runk was born Oct. 28, 1936 in Pauls Valley to William and Dorothy Chisholm. She died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at the age of 68.

She grew up in Oilton and graduated from Oilton High School in 1955. She married Don Lee Runk Dec. 12, 1960. Earning her LPN degree from Central Area VoTech, Drumright in 1970, she then became a nurse at the original Drumright hospital.

Runk Went on to be a nurse at the Memorial Center in Sand Springs for 18-20 years. She moved to Stillwater and began working at OSU in the business college and later returned to Oilton to be near her family. She attended the Freewill Baptist Church, Oilton.

Survivors include son Bill Runk and wife Kathy, Tulsa, daughters Kathy and husband Chris Coggin, Oilton and Gretchen and husband Don Miller, Broken Arrow; sister Dorothy Hafner, Tulsa; six grandchildren, Aaron Runk, Jessica, Andrea and Elsa Coggin and Eric and Katie Miller.

She was proceeded in death by her parents and husband. Arrangements are entrusted to the Palmer and Marler Funeral Home, Oilton.