James Dale WORNOM Mary LOVE Kathryn Ann WORNOM Wayne Huntly WORNOM Joyce WORNOM Edith Blanche LAWRENCE Mini tree diagram
Lawrence Dale WORNOM

Lawrence Dale WORNOM4,1,5,6,2,3

4th Feb 19184,1,5,6,3 - 22nd Mar 20052,3

Life History

4th Feb 1918

Born in Argonia, Sumner, Kansas.4,1,5,6,3

25th Jan 2002

Death of Mary LOVE.3,7,8,9

22nd Mar 2005

Died in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma.2,3

after 22nd Mar 2005

Buried in Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma.1,2,3

Other facts

 

Married Mary LOVE

Notes

  • 1920 Federal Census, Sumner County, Kansas, 2 January, Springdale Township, District 185, page 1B,  6th St, Hse/Fam #19
    Wornom, J Dale  Head Rents F W 31 IL IL IL Electrician
    Wornom, Edith B Wife F W 26 Kansas IL Missouri
    Wornom, Laurance Son M W 1yr3mos Kansas Illinois Kansas

    1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County, Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
    Wornom, Dale Head Owns Free M W 36 b Illinois Moved to Kansas from Ill Electrician
    Wornom, Edith Wife F W 32 b Kansas Teacher
    Wornom, Lawrence 7 M W b Kansas

    1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas, 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10, page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
    Wornom, James D Head Rents $37 M W 41 Married at 25 IL IL IL Manager Light & Power Co
    Wornom, Edith L Wife F W 38 Married at 23 KS IL MI
    Wornom, Lawrence Son M W 12 KS IL KS

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    OBITUARY

    Lawrence D. Wornom
    Former Chandler resident Lawrence D. Wornom of Stillwater, 87, died Tuesday, March 22, in Stillwater.

    He was born Feb. 4, 1918, in Argonia, Kan., to James D. and Edith (Larrance) Wornom.

    Wornom graduated from high school in Woodward in 1935. He then graduated from Oklahoma A&M (OSU) in 1940 and attended graduate school at Harvard University.

    On Aug. 21, 1942, he married Mary Love in Chandler.

    He entered the U.S. Navy in 1941 as an ensign. He served in the Pacific during World War II. He served until 1953. After his dischange, he returned to Chandler and went to work for First National Bank. He retired from the bank after serving as president and chairman of the board for many years.

    Wornom was a member of the First Christian Church in Chandler, where he served as trustee and choir member. He also was a member of the Rotary Club, American Legion and served on the Chandler City Council, Chandler City Planning Commission, the Industrial Authority and the Lincoln County Trust Authority. He was involved with the local 4-H Conservation Fair and the Boy Scouts of America. He helped with the development of the Will Rogers Camp in Cleveland and served as a member of the Lincoln County Conservation District Board starting in 1964 and was appointed by then Gov. David Boren to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and served as its chairman.

    Wornom received the Oklahoma Association District President's award in 1980 and received the Oklahoma Conservation Water Pioneer award in 1993. He was instrumental in the building of Lake Arcadia and saw a 30-year dream come true with the building of Bell Cow Lake in Chandler. He helped establish the Chandler Baseball Camp, Chandler Diener Mills and the Chandler Airport. He was named Most Valuable Citizen of Chandler in 1963.

    He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

    Survivors include his daughter, Katy Greenfield of Chandler; son and daughter-in-law, John L. and Beverly Wornom of Perry; grandchildren, Suzanne Greenfield of Norman, Nicholas Greenfield of Akron, Ohio, Jason Wornom of Luther, Sarah (Wornom) Holben and husband Matt of Arcadia; one brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Marita Wornom of Oklahoma City; two sisters and brother-in-law, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kan., and Joyce and Carl Wright of Tulsa; and many relatives.

    Service will be 3 p.m. today at First Christian Church of Chandler with the Rev. Fred Rider and the Rev. Paul Stewart officiating. Parks Brothers Funeral Service of Chandler is directing arrangements.
    --  The Shawnee News-Star, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 25 Mar 2005
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    U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
    Lawrence Dale Wornom
    US ARMY KOREA
    Birth Date 4 Feb 1918
    Death Date 22 Mar 2005
    Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, OK 74834

    The burial list online courtesy of the research of Julia Jenkins Willadson, niece of Eyline Lynch Jenkins Wornom, 18 May 2017.

    Wornom Burials in Oak Park Cemetery
    WORNOM  Wayne Huntley   Dec 24 1921     Mar 15 2005     2nd Lieutenant U. S. Army World War II Purple Heart
    WORNOM  Eyline D. Lynch Jul 29 1916     Dec 25 1969

    WORNOM  James Dale      Aug 23 1888     Nov 17 1954
    WORNOM  Edith B.        Apr 16 1893     Oct 17 1985     Wife of James D.

    WORNOM  Lawrence Dale   Feb 4 1918      Mar 22 2005     CDR U. S. Navy World War II Korea
    married Aug 21 1942 Photo
    WORNOM  Mary Love       Oct 13 1919     Jan 25 2002     Wife of Lawrence D. Photo
    --  "Oak Park Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," Oklahoma Cemeteries, http://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/oakpark/wsurnames.html

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