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Wilbur Paul Patton
3 Jan 1920 – 29 Mar 2014
| Birth | 3 Jan 1920 |
| Death | 29 Mar 2014 |
| Cemetery | Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City , Oklahoma County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | N. Dale Talkington on 30 Mar 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127165764 |
Bio
America lost a member of its Greatest Generation. Wilbur Paul Patton passed away March 29, 2014. He was born in Morehead, Kentucky on January 3, 1920, to Alexander and Nancy Patton. Four years later, the family moved to Shelby, Ohio where he grew up during the depression. After graduating high school, Wilbur’s mother encouraged him to travel. So at 19, he bought a used 1937 Harley-Davidson and set out to Illinois and then on to Oklahoma to meet relatives. In Oklahoma he went to work, went to school and attended church where he met Dorothy Norick. World War II began and after joining the Navy, Wilbur worked out of port in New York City on a mine sweeper. He and Dorothy were married in New York City on August 21, 1943. During his assignment in the South Pacific, the war ended. Wilbur returned to Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma University earning his law degree. He retired as an attorney from Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. Wilbur was a loving father to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a generous and free spirit that loved fishing and riding his motorcycles. Wilbur was preceded in death by his mother, father, wife and siblings. He is survived by his daughter, Juliana McIntosh and husband, Bill; daughter, Kristina Beatty Murphy; son, David and wife, Jody; grandchildren, Ryan Beatty, Kent Beatty, Jennifer Beatty, Staci Patton and Jeff Patton and wife, Sarah; great-grandchildren, Chayton and Cheyenne. Graveside services: Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Rose Hill Burial Park. Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Service
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- Ulysses Grant Patton 1884–1959 FaG
- Mattie Ethel "Mollie" Patton Dyer 1887–1949 FaG
- Effie May Patton Wait 1888–1972 FaG
- Nina L "Nanny" Patton Allison 1891–1966 FaG
- Birchie Patton Caudill Johnson 1899–1991 FaG
- William Howard Patton 1903–1904 FaG
- Violet Eva Patton Flynn 1906–1987 FaG
- Charles Edgar Patton 1908–1968 FaG
- Eugene C Patton 1910–1989 FaG
- Joe Alexander Patton 1913–1971 FaG
- James Robert "Bob" Patton 1917–2002 FaG
- Allie Young Patton 1927–1927 FaG
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