Class of 1958
1958 Maroon Spotlight
Tex Yeager
Football 55-58; Basketball 55-58; Track 55-58; Basketball Captain 56-57; Teen Town Council 57-58; Junior Rotarian 57-58; Annual King 55-56; Football All Conference 57-58; Football All State 57-58; Student Council 55-56; Football Queen Escort 55-56; Basketball Queen Escort 57-58.
1958 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Tex Yeager, slashing fullback on this year’s Perry Maroon football team, has been selected for the All-State and all-Northern Eight conference squads. He is 19, the son of Mrs. Lois Yeager, 1121 1/2 Delaware street. Tex also has participated in basketball, track, baseball, student council, Teen Town council, and was 1955-56 annual king. He was a Junior Rotarian this year. Yeager was born Sept 3, 1938, in Maramec, and attended school in Jennings and Pawnee before coming to Perry. He plans to work in the oil field this summer, then enter Oklahoma State university. His favorite subject is Problems of American Democracy.
Tex Irvin Yeager
September 3, 1938 – February 24, 2018
Tex I. Yeager, 79, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in Shawnee.
Born on September 3, 1938, in Maramec, Oklahoma, he was the son of Floyd Yeager and Lois (McNabb) Yeager. He graduated from Perry High School in 1958 where he was named an All-State Football player running as a fullback. After his high school days, he went on to play at Oklahoma State University where he received a football scholarship. He went to school there from 1958-1959. The next year he attended Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma from 1959-1961. He also played football for NOC and was honored with being Tri-Captain of his team. The following 2 years he attended and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree at Southwestern State in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Once again, he was named Co-Captain of this football team as well as being a unanimous choice all conference linebacker and best citizen. He earned his Masters in Administration in 1973 from Texas Women University in Denton, Texas.
He enjoyed metal detecting, dancing, and being up to date on current events. He spent his career in education as a teacher, coach, and vice principal. He started teaching in 1963 in Sayre, Oklahoma where he was also a coach for football, basketball, baseball, and track. A few years later he taught in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He coached football and taught history as well as social studies. In 1967 he continued his career in Burkburnett School District (Burkburnett, Texas) until his retirement in 1994.
Cherishing his memory are his sister, Cordia Coning of Hollansburg, Ohio; nephew, Dennis Bolay and his wife Sheri, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; niece, Denese Stanley and her husband Jay, of Edmond, Oklahoma; and his sweetheart Ellen Scharlach of Hoopeston, Illinois.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Floyd and Lois Yeager, and his sister, Jean Bolay.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2018, at Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Oklahoma, with Pastor Adam Leathers officiating. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund or any charity of your choice.