Mayes County Oklahoma Obits

Mayes County Oklahoma Obits

Charles Bergman
Charles Jackson Bergman, age 80, of Adair, died Saturday afternoon at home. Born on Dec. 9, 1903 in Wayne County, Missouri, he attended school in Joplin, Mo.
He came to Mayes County in 1919 and was married to Verda Mae Sellick on Aug. 14, 1925 in Vinita. He was a farmer and rancher all of his life and he retired in 1977. He was a member of the greenbriere Freewill Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Norman Bergman, and a daughter, Norma McNair. Survivors include is wife, Verda Mae, of the home/ oen son, Henry Bergman of Adair; three daughters, Martha Sue Copeland of Adair, Mary Lou Adams of Palm Springs, Ca., Charles Arric of Pryor. Also two sisters, Naomi Frank of Warsaw, Mo. and Essie Gove of Tampa, Fla.; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 2 pm in the Grenbrier Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Calvin Morgan, Rev. Francis E. Berka, Sr and Rev. Ollie Wright officiating. Burial was in the Boatman Cemetery with the Key Funeral Home in charge.
[Submitted by Chris Walters]

William Bergman
Funeral services for William Henry Bergman, 72 of Pryor will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church in Pryor. Dr. Wendell Lang will officiate and burial will follow in the Bryan Chapel Cemetery in Boatman. Services are under the direction of Key Funeral Home of Pryor Bergman was born on Oct. 7, 1927 east of Pryor in the Welch Community, to Charles Jackson and Melverda (Selleck) Bergman. He died on April 10, 2000 in Tulsa. He grew up and attended school in the Welch Community, and also in Salina. He then entered the Merchant Mariens in the mid 1940's. Bergman then returned to Pryor and attended Pryor High School graduating in 1947. He married Betty J. Bradford on Oct. 5, 1951 in the home of the Rev. Howard Gage. He was employed by Packard Brothers Motors in Pryor and also the Carbide Plant. He then began working for the Pure Milk Producers Association in Tulsa as a transportation manager for many years. In 1965 they moved to Pryor where they bought a ranch they ran until 1996 when they moved to Pryor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Pryor. He was a 32 degree Mason in the Pryor Masonic Lodge # 100 and the Akdar Shrine of Tulsa. He was also a member of the Mayes County Cattleman's Association.
Survivors include his wife Betty of the home; son from a former marriage, Michael Bergman of Texas; sons Stanley Marcus and Susan Bergman of Broken Arrow, and Kent Alan and Penny Bergman of Pryor; daughter Lisa Anne and Jerry Dennis of Pryor; six grandchildren; sisters Mary Burnett of Pryor and Charlene and Joe Arric of Pryor; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by sisters Norma McNair and Martha Sue (Mickey) Copeland; brother Norman Bergman and his parents. Friends are contributing to the First Baptist Church Building Fun in Bergman's Memory. The family will receive visitors from 7 - 9 pm Thursday.
[Submitted by Chris Walters]