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Leonard R. ‘Len’ Gann passed away at his home in Lamar,
Oklahoma on Sunday morning, February 11, 2007, at the age of fifty-nine
years. Len was the son of W. L. Gann and Pearl (Slawson) Gann, born on
July 29, 1947 in Wetumka, Oklahoma. He was brought up in Lamar, and
graduated Moss High School in 1965, then attended Oklahoma State Tech at
Okmulgee.
He joined the United States Army and was drafted at just about the
same time, serving in Vietnam. He was discharged from the Army in 1972,
and worked for thirty-five years all over the U.S. as a heavy equipment
mechanic for pipeline construction companies. Len met Rebecca ‘Becky’
Shoulders while on a job in Illinois, and the two of them were married
on February 16, 2002, in Pensacola, Florida. Len retired in 2004 due to
failing health. He loved fixing up old cars. He was preceded in death by
his parents, W. L. and Pearl Gann, and one sister, Geraldine Brooks.
He is survived by his wife, Becky, of the home; his daughter and
son-in-law, Alisha and John Ranallo of Sherman, Texas, and his son and
daughter-in-law: Steven and Kelly Gann of Oil Center, Oklahoma; four
grandchildren: Samantha, Caitlin, Lauren, and Brenna; four sisters:
Colene Pack and husband Finis, of Wetumka, Oklahoma, Carlene Sanborne
and husband Mark, of El Dorado, Kansas, Jean Wolfe and husband Howard,
of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and Sue Loftis of Holdenville; four brothers:
Jesse Gann of Wetumka, Dale Gann and wife June, of Lamar, Charles Gann
and wife Marlene, also of Lamar, and Bob Gann and wife Dean Connell, of
Nashville, Georgia; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many
friends.
Funeral services were Tuesday, February 13, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. at
the Lamar First Baptist Church, and Len was laid to rest in the Lamar
Cemetery. Rev. Joe Bruner was the officiating minister. Pallbearers were
Larry Langwell, Billy Dale McCoy, Malcomb Harden, Wiley Keene, Randy
Denny and Phillip Lee. Services were under direction of Fisher Funeral
Home of Holdenville
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