{"id":11294,"date":"2018-03-08T18:45:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=11294"},"modified":"2018-03-08T18:45:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:45:06","slug":"obituary-merriman-cleo-ross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=11294","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Merriman, Cleo Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1936<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1936 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<br \/>Cleo Merriman<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Merriman was born May 24, 1914, in Leon, Iowa. He has attended school in Midco, Oklahoma, Polo district 53 and Perry High School.<\/p>\n<p>And while a student in Perry he has entered into wrestling and has been a member of the National Honor Society and the State Honor society.  <\/p>\n<p>Following graduation he expects to enter college.  He is especially interested in chemistry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1> Cleo Ross Merriman<\/h1>\n<h3>May 24, 1914 &#8211; February 28, 2008<\/h3>\n<p>Cleo Ross Merriman, 93, Sand springs, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, February 28, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Cleo was born in Leon, Iowa, on May 24, 1914, to Ross Merriman and Gertrude (Murry) Merriman. He was married to Lacy Wiseman in Perry, Oklahoma, September 14, 1941. <\/p>\n<p>Cleo was a Rockhound. He collected and polished rocks. He would take these rocks to Rock Shows. Cleo enjoyed fishing, hunting, and tinkering. He could fix about anything. <\/p>\n<p>Cleo loved being with his family and especially his wife as they traveled across the United States in their Mini-Motorhome. <\/p>\n<p>He was a charter member of the Mission Christian Church of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. <\/p>\n<p>Cleo will be greatly missed by his family and friends.  He was preceded in death by his parents Ross and Gertrude Merriman, and brother Wesley Merriman.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services for Cleo will be Monday, March 3, 2008, at 10:00 A.M. in the Mission Christian Church in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Pastor Scott Ferguson will officiate. Burial will follow at Woodland Memorial Park in Sand Springs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11295,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11294\/revisions\/11295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}