14th Mar 19321,2 - 21st Dec 20182
Life History
14th Mar 1932 |
Born in Comanche County, Oklahoma.1,2 |
about 1955 |
Birth of son Randal CARLSON |
before 21st Dec 2018 |
Death of Kenneth CURRY.2 |
before 21st Dec 2018 |
Death of Oscar CARLSON.2 |
21st Dec 2018 |
Died in Sterling, Comanche, Oklahoma.2 |
12th Jan 2019 |
Buried in Comanche County, Oklahoma.2 |
Notes
- 1940 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Richards Township, District 16-32, page 1A, Hse #1, Rents $4
Thornton, C E Head M W 49 Grade 7 b Oklahoma Same house in 1935 Farmer
Thornton, Minnie Wife F W 40 Grade H1 b Arkansas Same house in 1935
Thornton, Lora Fay F W 8 Grade 1 b Oklahoma Same house in 1935
The census entry here may be intended as Lara. When reported as a survivor in her father's obituary, her name is spelled Laura Faye.
Her sister Valys Thornton Bourlon referred to as Lora, as in the census above, in a letter to Valys' cousin Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins.
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Lora Fay (Thornton) Curry
MARCH 14, 1932 - DECEMBER 21,2018 (AGE 86)
Lora Fay Curry
Sterling, OK
Lora Fay Thornton-Carlson-Curry, 86, of Sterling, OK, passed away at her home on Friday, December 21, 2018. She was born on March 14, 1932, near Elgin, to Charles Elvin and Minnie Lee Thornton.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 2:00 P.M. at Letitia Baptist Church near Lawton, with Mike Tompkins officiating.
Lora attended school in Sterling. She graduated from State Cosmetology School in Lawton and started her career as a beautician. She married Oscar Carlson on May 15, 1948 which [marriage] later ended. In 1971, she married Kenneth Curry. He preceded her in death in 2000.
She enjoyed quilting and gardening. Lora loved attending the senior citizen center dances in Harrah. Lora willed her body to OU Medical in honor of her beloved son, Randall Carlson, who did the same in 2013.
Survivors include her daughter. Barbara and husband Mike Barker of Sterling: grandchildren: Angela and husband Hino Geiger, Eva and husband Clyde Gray, Lisa and husband Larry Roberts, Melody Hemmingway, and Randy Carlson; 8 step-grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 31 greai great grandchildren; brother, Elvin Thornton; sister, Valys Bourlon; and sister-in-law, Mary Thornton.
Lora is preceded in death by her first husband, Oscar Carlson, and her second husband, Kenneth Curry; parents, Charles and Minnie Thornton; son, Randal Carlson; brother, Lawson Thornton; sisters, Remona Lovell and Melvina Ford; and great grandson, Alexander E. Carlson.
-- Whitt Funeral service, https://www.whittfh.com/notices/Lora-Curry
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