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Estalee

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Brinkley

Nov 5, 1922 — Aug 12, 2011

Obituary

Funeral service for Estalee Brinkley, 88, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Mike Teel, Associate Pastor, Cameron Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Brinkley died Friday in a Lawton care center. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Mrs. Brinkley was born November 5, 1922 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to Vardie and Lucy (Neely) Keenon. She grew up near Fletcher and married Johnnie Dalton Brinkley on January 31, 1939 in Sterling, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on September 10, 1980. She was primarily a homemaker but during World War II had worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" making radiators for airplanes. She had been a Lawton resident since 1945. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting and needlepoint and was an avid reader. She had been a member of the Square Toppers square dance club and was a past secretary-treasurer for the South Central District. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters and a son in law, Linda Brinkley, Burkburnett, Texas, and Donna and Nick Durbin, Lawton; a son and daughter in law, John and Nancy Brinkley, Lawton; nine grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren; a brother and sister in law, Lavern and Maxine Keenon, El Reno, Oklahoma; several nieces and nephews. A son, Gerald Wayne Brinkley, a brother, Delbert Keenon, and a sister, Margaret Beth Shawn, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to Victory Home Health & Hospice, 104 Thoma Drive, Elgin OK 73538. The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Monday at the funeral home.

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