Charley Tingley Boone

Charley Tingley Boon, age 87, of Midwest City, OK, passed away Sunday, April 19th, 2015, after a long illness. Born January 1, 1928, in Lindsey, OK to Cecil Leonard "Pete" and Eula Evangeline (Tingley) Boone. Charley attended school in Anadarko and in 1947 went west to California, where he enlisted in and served two years with the United States Marine Corps. Upon being honorably discharges from the Marines, Charley enlisted in the United Sates Air Force and trained as a pilot at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX. While stationed at Johnson Air Force Base in Sayama, north of Tokyo, Japan, Charley met and married Yoshiko Hamano. Their first child, a son, would be born in Japan in late 1952. Five daughters would follow as the family was stationed over the years at air bases in Japan, Okinawa, Clovis, New Mexico, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Great Falls, Montana. After 20 years of military service, Charley retired from Tinker Air Force Base with the rank of Major. Upon leaving the Air Force, Charley re-trained as a computer programmer and then went to work as a systems analyst for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Retiring from the State of Oklahoma in 1985, Charley and Yoshiko spent several happy years traveling, attending flea markets and spending time with family until ill health no longer permitted. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Yoshiko Boone, of the home HIs son and daughter-in-law: David and Charisse Boone, Mangum, OK Four daughters: Beverly Boone, Norman, OK Shirley Boone and her husband, Gregory Small, of Okla. City, OK Linda Boone, MIdwest City, OK Bonnie Booe and her husband, Christopher Aston, Shawnee, OK Five grandchildren: Houston Gregory Small, Hunter Boone Small, Sean Conrad Petersen, Rebecca Maureen Roach and Christina NIcole Roach. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother George Tingley Boone, sister Monte Rae Wolf and his daughter and son-in-law, Carol Sue and Jim Andrews. Graveside Services: 2:30 P.M., Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Memory Lane Cemetery, Anadarko, OK Services under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Anadarko, OK. Messages of condolences may be sent to: www.smithfuneralservices.com

Charley Tingley Boone

January 1, 1928 - April 19, 2015

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