Josephine Delores VAUGHAN

1923 - 2015  (92 years)

• Name	Josephine Delores VAUGHAN
  Birth	16 May 1923	Los Angeles, California, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	C7F5A48FFB02454DAA32C9150E4BFFE77712
  Death	11 Oct 2015	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: CHOCTAW Minter, Josephine D., 92, died Oct. 11. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Published in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Page 9A. Josephine Delores (McDaniel) Minter 05/16/1923 to 10/11/2015 (92 years old) She was born in Los Angeles, California but grew up in Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by her Mother Vena Vaughan, Sister Margaret Luten, Husband James McDaniel, Husband Brett Minter, Son Kenneth McDaniel and Great Granddaughter Lorien Mata. She is survived by her four daughters and their families. Beverly Esposito husband John, Dena, Dorothy McGee husband Rex, and Peggy Goucher husband David. She has nine grandchildren - John Hagan, Elizabeth Campbell, Jeff Hagan, Mike Hagan, Kyle Williams, Victoria Hern, Jesse, Lindsay Mata and Bobbie Jo McGee. She has twelve great grandchildren- Brett Hagan, Ethan Campbell, Dawson Mata, Julia Campbell, Luke Campbell, Kyleigh Mata, Annaleah Campbell, Kaleb Williams, Miriel Mata, Lilyan Mata, Elijah Williams, and Sophia Williams. She attended Putnam Heights Elementary School, Harding Junior High and graduated from Classen High School in 1941. After high school she attended Hill's Business College for secretarial classes. She went to work for the Fred Spaulding Company in OKC from 1941 until 1942. In 1942 she went to the General Electric Supply Company in downtown OKC where she stayed until 1944 as a business assistant. During this time she was a member of the USO and attended dances for the troops that were stationed at Tinker Field. She met James McDaniel from Colorado at one of these dances. They married in August of 1944 at Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was war time and they were stationed several places. She worked for the County Agricultural Conservation while she was in Boise Idaho. She returned to OKC and started having children. She was a home maker during the making of her family. In the 1950's the family was transferred to Topeka Kansas, Mobile Alabama, and then back to Oklahoma City. She joined the Camp Fire Girls in 1960 and was active with the organization until 1980. She served as Blue Bird and Camp Fire Girl leader, Camp Cimarron in Coyle Oklahoma Camp Nurse for many summers. She also worked as the District Director in the local Camp Fire Inc office. She had a side job of selling Avon products door to door during this same time period. In the 1980's she started babysitting for a Nanny Service and got to enjoy the comfort of temporary stays in very luxurious homes. This transitioned into babysitting for friends and church members elderly parents. She was a dedicated member of Wesley United Methodist Church. She attended and tithed faithfully for over 75 years. She participated in many activities at Wesley. She went on Mission Trips and joined the church quilting room. She made the 100 year anniversary celebration quilt that still hangs in the church. She served the community with Wesley by delivering Mobile Meals for years. She loved quilting and made many quilts for family, friends, neighbors, babies in Kenya and Skyline Ministries. In 1996 she remarried after 25 years of being single to Brett Minter. Forty five days later Brett was called to heaven. She kept her last name as Minter. She was an avid book reader of books. She even exchanged sacks of romance novels with friends. She loved gardening and her yard was always full of beautiful flowers. She loved to go dancing and spent many nights at Kotches that is no longer in downtown Oklahoma City. Her Mother took her to learn to dance at Kotches. She loved to play bridge, canasta and many card games. She was the Master of words playing scrabble. You would think she was cheating and if you looked up her spelling in a pre 1960's dictionary, the word would always be there. She worked crossword puzzles for years and then got hooked on the word circle puzzles. She even loved jig saw puzzles. She played dominoes and loved winning over her friend Winnie. She travelled the world with friends and family. She loved travelling with her friend Marge. She even went to dog shows with her friend Thelma. She was always very patriotic. She loved going to Fourth of July Celebrations and parades. She always exercised. She even taught water aerobics at the 6:00am class at Mademoiselles when she was 80 years old. She attended the EOC Adult Center in Choctaw these last two years. She loved to go places. She had a lot of good friends and outlived most of them. She loved chocolate. She collected Christmas trees. She has over a thousand different kinds of trees that she displayed all year long. The local news channel came out and made a video of her house for the nightly news. She had some very funny sayings. If you asked her if you could get her anything she would always reply to anyone "A sack of hundred dollar Bills", when ask how she felt, her answer was always "With my hands", and She loved to say goodbye by "See ya later alligator…After while crocodile." She was a strong and stubborn woman. She endured some very hard life lessons but always looked to God. She prayed everyday and every night. She believed and trusted in God. God always took care of her. Services will be on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at 10 a.m. at Bill Merritt Funeral Service. Published in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Thursday, October 15, 2015, Page 8A.
  Person ID	I4300	America
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

  Mother	Vena VAUGHAN,   b. Abt 1895, Texas, USA d. 1952, USA (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F3652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James McDANIEL   d. Abt 1971, USA
  Marriage	Aug 1944	Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
  Family ID	F3653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Baylus Brit Minter,   b. 10 Jun 1921, Afton, Dickens County, Texas, USA d. 10 Jan 1997, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1996	Wesley United Methodist Church, N. Classen, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F2064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S222] http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/n/Mark-O-Minter/GENE1-0002.html, Mar 2015. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.