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"Ellis M. States, age 71, died suddenly on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at his summer home at Lake Eufaula, near Checotah, OK. He was born August 15, 1936 in Aline, OK to Milton and Fern States. He grew up in Grant County near Wakita and was a 1955 graduate of Gore High School, 7 miles south of Wakita. He was also a graduate of Enid Business College with a Higher Accounting and Auditing degree. Ellis worked over 32 years at FAA, retiring in 1992 as a Procurement Contracting Officer. He had lived in Yukon for over 39 years before ‘hitting the road” in 1999, RV-ing from coast-to-coast. Ellis and Lavonne spent the winter months in South Texas and most summers at Lake Eufaula near Checotah, OK. Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Lavonne of the home, one son Chris States and wife Sindy of Mustang, one daughter Laura Boyd and husband Jack of Midwest City, two grandchildren, twins SSgt Chris States, Jr. and Megan, two step-granddaughters, Sammie and Grace, step twin and triplet great-grandchildren, and one sister Carolyn Campbell and husband Darrell of Yukon. Services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Christ’s Church Yukon (CCY), 620 W. Vandament, with interment following in Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, OK under the direction of McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, Oklahoma."
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