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Estel Sylvester Haltom - 1904-2003
born - 1 Dec. 1904, Woods County, Oklahoma
deceased - 13 July 2003, Alva, Oklahoma
Estel Sylvester Haltom, son of the late James Nathan Wilbur and Mattie Estelle (Cameron) Haltom, was born December 1, 1904, on the homestead five miles south of Hopeton in Woods county, Okalhoma, and passed away July 13, 2003, at Beadles Nursing Home in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 98 years, 7 months, and 13 days.
Estel attended the Midvalley Grade School and Carmen High School. he liked playing football. Estel helped his father raise many very large hogs with record weights which was a very large business. he was a Golden Glove Boxer as a young man.
Estel was a member and attended the Pilgrim Holiness church, which is now the Hopeton Wesleyan Church. On November 29, 1924, he was united in marriage to Cecile Maxine Whitney at Enid, Oklahoma. After the ceremony they drove to Oklahoma City and began their first four years of marriage. They then returned to Woods County to complete the rest of their 67 years of marriage.
They farmed most of their life. He worked at several other jobs besides farming. He operated a road grader for Woods County in the Dacoma area for 15 years. He owned and operated the Haltom Grocery Store in Hopeton, for 8 years. He worked at the Santa Fe Ice Plant in Waynoka. He helped put in water lines from Alva to Hopeton for Guy Barkley. He helped put in water meters and water lines in the town of Dighton, Kansas for the Harrison-Wilson Co. He helped install Rural Electric (REA) services in Woods County.
Estel and Cecile directed and taught several Square Dance clubs in Woods County and Alfalfa County. They were also members of the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Besides his parents and his wife (Cecile) Estel was preceded in death by 2 grandsons, Forest Richardson and Randal (Randy) Lee Richardson; one great grandson, Jarrod Don Hada; one son-in-law, Donald Lee Hodges; three sisters, Anna Belle Haltom, Gladys and Husband, Bill Lyle, Elizabeth Rhodes; seven brothers, Harold Haltom, Melvin Haltom, William (Bill) Haltom and wife, Merle, Wesley (Wes) Haltom and wife, Stella, Andrew Haltom and wife, Laura, Otis Haltom and wife, Ruby, Everett Haltom and wife, Vera and wife, Leora.
Estel is survived by 3 daughters, Leatrice Joy Chelf and her husband, Gene, Dorothy Mae Richardson and her husband, Bud, and Ava Carol (Hodges) Zook and her husband, Richard; 2 grandsons, Estel Thomas Chelf and wife, Donna, and Benny Eugene Richardson and wife, Beth; three granddaughters, Donna Carol Hodges, Lea Ann Chelf Venosdel and husband, Mike, LaJeana Louise Hodges Williams and husband, Kyle; 4 great grandsons, Adam Lee Richardson and wife, Angie, Chad Thomas Chelf, Cody Howard Chelf, and Duane Leroy Richardson; 6 great granddaughters, Sheryl Lynn Richardson Grigsby and husband, Garett, Cassie Ann Venosdel and friend, Scott Morris, Amy Lynn Woverton (Adams) and friend Gary Webb, Chenel Maurice Venosdel Penrod and husband, Kelly, Misty Marie Williams, and Amber Dawn Williams; 3 great great granddaughters, Morgan Elaine Grigsby, Abigail Marie Chelf, and Natascha Deana Adams; 3 great great grandsons, Doss Colton Grigsby, Colby James Richardson, and Matthew Michael Morris; and 3 girls they raised, Betty Rhodes of Alva, Donna Rhodes of Alva, and Sonya Smith of Jenks, Oklahoma; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.