Josephine Mae (Craig) Casparis

Class of 1949

1949 Maroon SpotlightJosephine Mae Craig
Josephine Mae Craig

Red Hots ’46-’49; Red Hots Drill Leader ’47-’48; Y-Teens ’46’48; Library Staff ’45-’46.

1949 Graduation Edition
Perry Daily Journal

After graduation, Josephine Mae Craig plans to attend college at Oklahoma City university.

In her school years at Perry she has been a member of Y-Teens and the Red Hots. She says her favorite class was typing. She took part in most of the athletic events by rooting for the Maroons.

Josephine is 17 years old and her birthday is Oct. 9. Her mother is deceased and Josephine lives with her father, Ted Craig, at the Arrow hotel.

Josephine Mae (Craig) Casparis

October 9, 1931 – January 11, 2002

Josephine M. Casparis, 70, Morrison, OK, was the daughter of Ted R. and Wilda Taylor (Wills) Craig. She was born at Hayward, OK, on October 9, 1931, and died January 11, 2002, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK.

A lifelong resident of Noble County, she was a 1949 graduate of Perry High School. On March 27, 1951, she and Jack L. Casparis were married at Perry, OK. She was a member of the Morrison Christian Church.

She had been a sales clerk at Murphy’s Potpourri in Stillwater for over 20 years before retiring in 1999.

In addition to her husband, of the home, survivors are one son, Jeff L. Casparis, and his wife, Inga, of San Jose, CA; one daughter, Jan L. Thomas, and her husband, Stan, Morrison, OK; grandsons, Brian G. Burton and his wife, Susanne, Boomer, NC, and Artem Sulima, San Jose, CA; three granddaughters, Brandy L. Burton and Shea Lynn Burton, both of Yukon, OK, and Eran Dalene Casparis, Bristow, OK; one aunt, Blanch Johnson, Redding, CA; two great-grandsons, Alex Yanes and Ryan Yanes, both of Yukon, OK; one great-granddaughter, Phoenix Marvel Casparis, Bristow, OK; and a brother-in-law Tolbert St. Clair, and his wife, Barbara, Perry, OK.

Her parents and one sister preceded her in death.

Funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at the First Christian Church in Morrison, OK. Rev. Roy Fleshman will officiate with burial at Grace Hill cemetery.