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Helen Murrow Tate
14 Sep 1914 – 9 Apr 2003
| Birth | 14 Sep 1914 |
| Death | 9 Apr 2003 |
| Cemetery | Binger Cemetery Binger , Caddo County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | donna barnett on 14 Jan 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7374324 |
Bio
Helen Murrow Tate, 88, of Gracemont, Oklahoma passed from this life April 9, 2003 at Silvercrest Nursing Home, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Helen was born September 14, 1914, in Binger, Oklahoma to Ralph and Ellen Murrow. She was a graduate of Binger High School. She was an OU - OSU fan and loved to go to all types of sporting events. She met and married Floyd M. Tate, August 23, 1936. To this union was born Elwyn John Tate and years later adopted son William H. Tate. They farmed east of Gracemont for 50 years. When they retired in 1975, they started extensive travels to Europe and the Holy Lands. They took many traveling trips in their R.V., with their family and friends. She loved to go to Pow-Wow's. She enjoyed cooking for people and events. She enjoyed sewing and exhibiting her work in the Indian and County Fairs and won many ribbons. Helen enjoyed playing card games and hand games. She was a member of the Caddo Tribe, Gracemont United Methodist Church, Spring Creek Home Demonstration Club and the Gracemont Rebekah's. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three sisters: Grace, Alice and Melva, two brothers Tillman and Jesse. She was a very generous and strong lady and will be greatly missed by all her knew and loved her. Survivors include: 2 sons, Elwyn John Tate and wife, Nelda, Oklahoma City, OK, William (Bill) Tate, Okarche, OK; 3 grandsons: Brent Tate and wife, Paula, Oklahoma City, OK, Eric Tate and wife, Patti, Gracemont, OK, Ryan Tate, Oklahoma City, OK; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and many nieces, nephews. Services: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 12, 2003 Gracemont United Methodist Church, Gracemont, Oklahoma. Officiating: Rev. Virgil Payne and Rev. Charlie Watson. Serving as pallbearers will be: Larry Winchester, Edward Slemp, Newton Sewell, Gerald Tate, Orville Tate, Jr., and Darrell Mollett. Honorary pallbearers will be Brent Tate, Eric Tate and Ryan Tate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gracemont United Methodist Church, Gracemont, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in the Binger Cemetery, Binger, Oklahoma under the direction of the Smith - Hackney Funeral Home, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Published in The Oklahoman on Apr. 11, 2003
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