{"id":16212,"date":"2020-03-08T01:59:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T07:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=16212"},"modified":"2020-03-08T03:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T08:01:24","slug":"obituary-tautfest-myrtle-lorene-pat-thomas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=16212","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Tautfest, Myrtle Lorene &#8220;Pat&#8221; (Thomas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1934_Tautfest_Myrtle.jpg\" alt='Myrtle Lorene \"Pat\" (Thomas) Tautfest' \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1934<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Myrtle Lorene &#8220;Pat&#8221; (Thomas) Tautfest<\/h1>\n<h3>December 28, 1916 &#8211; September 27, 2005<\/h3>\n<p>The funeral for Myrtle &#8220;Pat&#8221; Lorene Tautfest, 88, of Tonkawa, will be 2 p.m. today at Anderson Funeral Home Chapel, Tonkawa. Doug Smith, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, Tonkawa.<\/p>\n<p>She was born Dec. 28, 1916, in Tonkawa to Howard Otto and Leah McAnulty Thomas and died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, at St. Mary&#8217;s Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>She graduated from Perry High School and attended University Preparatory School and Junior College, Tonkawa.<\/p>\n<p>She married Jacob &#8220;Jake&#8221; Tautfest July 15, 1940, in Wichita, Kan. They made their home on a farm southwest of Tonkawa until 1983, when they moved into Tonkawa.<\/p>\n<p>She was a member of Busy Bee Home Demonstration Club, an adult leader for the Noble County 4-H Club and a member of the Tonkawa Garden Club, holding many offices at the local and district levels.<\/p>\n<p>She was an active member of Independent Church of God Seventh Day, Blackwell.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving are two daughters, Judy Rupp of Tonkawa and Miquelyn Smith of Ontario, Canada; two sons, Randy &#8220;Steve&#8221; Tautfest of Tonkawa and Dennis Tautfest of Canton; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her husband, Jacob, and one great-grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials may be made through the funeral home, P.O. Box 337, Tonkawa, OK 74653, to Tonkawa Ambulance Service.<\/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\/16212"}],"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=16212"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16216,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16212\/revisions\/16216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}