Jewell Junior Whitley
LADUSAU-EVANS FUNERAL HOME
2800 N VAN BUREN
ENID, OKLAHOMA 73703
580-233-1400
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Jewell Junior Whitley will be 10 am Tuesday at the
St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church with Rev. Larry Kowalski officiating. Burial
will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Ladusau-Evans
Funeral Home.

Jewell was born August 20, 1947 in Nash, OK to Jewell H. and Sylvia Smith
Whitley and passed away Saturday morning in St. Mary’s Hospital after a battle of
cancer. He grew up in Enid and graduated from Enid High School in 1965.  Jewell
joined the U.S. Air Force in 1967 and spent 1 year in Florida then went to Thailand
for 1 year. He then did a tour in Vietnam and came back to Columbus, Mississippi
to finish his tour of duty and was honorable discharged in 1971. Jewell married
Karen Determan on September 18, 1981 in Kingfisher. Jewell was employed at
Vance AFB for 39 years as a T-1 Aircraft Mechanic.

Jewell is survived by his wife Karen of the home, four brothers, Jim, Robert, Earl,
and Melvin Whitley all of Enid and a host of other family and friends.

He was preceded in death by this parents and one brother.
Memorials may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Cancer or
M. S. divisions, or Our Daily Bread or St. Joseph Catholic School with Ladusau-
Evans Funeral Home serving as custodians of the fund.

Condolences may be emailed to ladusauevans@suddenlinkmail.com