{"id":15556,"date":"2020-01-30T12:15:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=15556"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T21:24:06","slug":"obituary-states-norman-bruce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=15556","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; States, Norman &#8220;Bruce&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1953<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1953 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1953_States_Bruce_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce States\" \/><br \/>Bruce States<\/h2>\n<p>Teen Town Council 50-51, Homeroom President 50-51, Wrestling 49-53, Band 49-53, Band President 52-53, Annual Play 50-51, Junior Play 51-52, Annual Play 52-53, Student Council 52-53, Student Council Vice-President 52-53, National Junior Honor Society 49-50, National Senior Honor Society 51-52, Perryscope Editor 52-53, Boy&#8217;s State 51-52, National Honor Society Vice-President 52-53.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1953 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n<p>Bruce States was born Jan. 21, 1935, in Lambert, OK.  He is now living at 9 Cedar street with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. States.  While in high school Bruce was in the band, a member of the student council, and the Teen Town council, and also participated in wrestling.  Bruce plans to attend college next fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Norman &#8220;Bruce&#8221; States<\/h1>\n<h3>January 21, 1935 &#8211; June 19, 1972<\/h3>\n<p>Bruce States, 37, died unexpectedly at 8:15 a.m. Monday at Central State hospital, Norman, where he had been a patient.<\/p>\n<p>States, a Perry high school graduate, was born Jan. 21, 1935, in Lambert, Okla. He moved with his parents when six-months old to Braman, where they resided seven years before moving to Perry.<\/p>\n<p>He attended Tulsa university for one and one-half years before entering Oklahoma City University, where he received a Bachelor of arts degree. He had worked toward a masters degree at a Methodist Theologian school in Tennessee. <\/p>\n<p>He was a member of the First United Methodist church of Perry.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his mother, Mrs. L. E, States, 9 Cedar street; and three sisters, Mrs. James Butler, Bartlesville; Mrs. LaVera Gustafson, Denver, Colo.; and Mrs. Donald Jenkins, Santa Rosa, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Parker chapel.  Rev. David Severe of Tulsa will officiate. Burial and graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Cherokee Municipal cemetery, Cherokee, OK.\n<\/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\/15556"}],"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=15556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26549,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15556\/revisions\/26549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}