Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
December 6, 2000
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Funeral services for Chelsea resident, Walter Larison, 76, who died Friday, December 1, 2000 at Claremore Regional Hospital, were held Tuesday, December 5 at the First Christian Church in Chelsea with the Reverend Larry Cox officiating. Burial followed at Winganon Cemetery under the directon of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service.

Walter was born May 8, 1924 in Delaware to Lemuel L. and Rosie Wickliff Larison. He was raised in Alluwe and later moved to the Cherokee Central area. He married Mable Irene Barnes on February 27, 1948 in Claremore. Walter was a retired oil field worker and farmer and a member of the Nazarene Church in Chelsea.

He was preceded in death by his grandson, Stacy Pope. Walter is survived by his wife, Mable of the home, daughter, Ellen Pope and husband Tom of Claremore; sisters: Barbara and Lucille Harrington, both of Nowata; grandson, Chad Pope and wife, Carey of Chelsea and granddaughter-in-law, Delores Pope of Granite, Oklahoma.