Cleo B. Stockton

CLEO B. STOCKTON, a resident of Holiday Island, was born Nov. 26, 1914, in Sparks, Okla., a son of Lonie G. and Grace (Collier) Stockton. He died Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, in Fayetteville, at the age of 90.

Cleo worked for Johnson's Sheet Metal in Hutchinson, Kan. He was a 32nd degree Mason. He attended the Holiday Island Community Church.

On Nov. 26, 1936, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Miriam (Ricks) Stockton, who survives him. He is also survived by two sons, Jeffrey Stockton of Douglas, Kan., and Bernard Stockton of Rogers; two daughters, Jane Pray of Dodge City, Kan., and Mary Ingleheart of Harrah, Okla.; 20 grandchildren; and 56 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lonie and Grace Stockton.

Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, at the Holiday Island Community Church with Allen D. Thrasher officiating. Interment was to be in the Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service.