Thelma Mae Dotson Maupin Obituary
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Newkirk Herald Journal

Thelma Mae Dotson Maupin
Thelma Mae Maupin, longtime Newkirk resident, died Friday morning, Jan. 12, 2001 in Newkirk Nursing Center. She was 91.

The daughter of William Sol and Victoria (Nowlin) Dotson, she was born Sept. 21, 1909 at Protem, MO. She came with her family from Protem to Wynnewood, OK by covered wagon. She received her education in Wynnewood, Newkirk, Enid and Fairview, where she graduated from Fairview High School with the class of 1928. After graduation she moved to Enid and was employed as a telephone operator. In 1938 she moved to Newkirk and helped her father operate the Hilltop Grocery.

On Sept. 2, 1939 she and Robert Louis Maupin were married at Arkansas City. They established their first home on the Goodson Ranch in the Hardy Community. A year later they moved to the Deer Creek Community where they lived for a time before moving to Peckham. She was employed as a telephone operator for an independent telephone company in Peckham before Southwestern Bell came to the area. They later moved to a farm west of Newkirk. She served as librarian for the Newkirk Public Library for 20 years. Mr. Maupin died Nov. 3, 1988.

She was a charter member of the Newkirk Church of Christ and a member of the Grant Card Club. She enjoyed reading, her church activities, and working as a volunteer at the nursing center.

She is survived by two sons and their wives, Gary R. and Elizabeth Maupin of Newkirk and W. Kirk and Patty Maupin of Broken Arrow; one daughter and her husband, Vicki I. and Robert Colvin of Leawood, KS; eight grandchildren, James R. Maupin, Lea Beth Meyer, Lisa A. Maupin, Brenda K. Choate, Jeffrey A Maupin, Jamie L Edison, Michael R. Colvin and Marti D. Colvin; and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband Bob, she was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Arch Dotson.

A graveside service was held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 15 in Newkirk Cemetery with Danny W. Cornish, minister of the Newkirk Church of Christ officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.

A memorial fund has been established with the Newkirk Church of Christ. Contributions may be made through Eastman National Bank, Box 468, Newkirk 74647-0468.

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