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 |
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
Sources
- 1. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
- 2. United States Obituary Collection
- 3. Oklahoma Cemeteries
- 4. 1930 Federal Census, Barber County, Kansas
- 17 April, Kiowa City, District 10, page 5B, Hse #122, Fam #124
- 5. 1920 Federal Census, Sumner County, Kansas
- 2 January, Springdale Township, District 185, page 1B, 6th St, Hse/Fam #19
- 6. 1925 Kansas State Census, Sumner County
- Conway Springs, page 3, Hse/Fam #30
- 7. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 8. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry