Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
January 10, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Services for Robert Stookey, 72 of Nowata who died Saturday, December 30, 2000 at Jane Phillips Nowata Medical Center, were held Tuesday, January 2, 2001 at the Walker-Brown Chapel with Dr. Lowell Meister and Pastor Perry Flerchinger officiating. Final committal rites were accorded Mr. Stookey in the McMains Cemetery east of Nowata under the direction of Walker-Brown Funeral Home of Bartlesville.

Robert was born March 1, 1928 in Oglesby to C.D. and Cora Edith Shull Stookey. He served in the Army Air Corp just after World War II in the occupational forces in Japan. Robert married Billie Ballard December 3, 1949 in Bartlesville. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Nowata. He was a service manager at Oakley Pontiac Buick in Bartlesville for a number of years. He was an automotive instructor at OSU Tech in Okmulgee until his retirement. His life revolved around his family, church and work.

Mr. Stookey is survived by his wife, Billie Stookey of the home, two daughters: Pam and her husband, Beryl Scott of Oklahoma City and Judith and her husband, Kim Mabry of Bartlesville; three grandchildren, Kassie and her husband, John Hixon of Bartlesville; Timothy and his wife, Emily Anderson of Havana, Kansas and Lindsey Anderson of Bartlesville; one great-grandchild, Wyatt Anderson of Havana; three brothers: Alvin Stookey of Claremore; Charles Stookey of Austin, Texas and Dan Stookey of Oakland, California; two sisters: Mickey and her husband, George Speer of Bartlesville and Opal Stierwalt of Ephrata, Washington; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, C.D. and Cora Edith Stookey. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the 10-33 Emergency Team in Nowata.