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Thelma Burton 

July 8, 2018


Thelma A. Burton, 99, was born in Grandfield, OK, on June 17, 1919, to Clara and Maurice Kenyon, and passed away on July 8, 2018, in Stillwater, OK. She received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from the University of Oklahoma. She and Clifford Burton were married in 1941. Three children were born to this union. Following World War II, they lived in Washington, OK, until the mid 1950s when they moved to Stillwater where her husband was a state dairy specialist for Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clifford, and her brother Harlan. She is survived by her children, daughter Carol Walton (Bill), son Bob (Karen), and son Bill (Julie) as well as by six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. 

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