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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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