Wayne Pester

Funeral services for longtime Seminole resident Wayne Pester will be 1:00pm, Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery with military honors. rnrnWayne Monroe Pester, long-time Seminole resident, joined his bride of 70 years in Heaven on January 29, 2008 at the age of 90. He was born on July 3, 1917, to Reece Vernon and Minnie Sally (Montgomery) Pester on the Seminole homestead secured in one of the early Oklahoma land runs. He attended Seminole schools until venturing west to work in the California produce fields. Upon his return to Oklahoma, Wayne eloped to El Reno with Evelyn Inez Cook in 1937 in his convertible Model-A Ford; the car, which he claimed, won him the heart of Inez. The Pesters then journeyed to San Francisco where both welded on naval ships and were popular in their bowling league. Drafted into the army at the end of WWII, Wayne served in occupied Austria as a military policeman. At the conclusion of his military duty, Wayne rejoined his family in Seminole and became active in the community, which he loved. He retired from Flint Engineering as district manager after 34 years of service. His family will always remember his clever humor, stylish hats, love of aviation, and weakness for desserts. rnrnWayne is survived by a daughter, Marilyn Pulliam and husband Jim of Edmond, Oklahoma; a son, Gary Pester and wife Lorraine of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; five granddaughters, and seven great-grandchildren.rnrnPallbearers will be: Max Cook, Terry Morris, Dale Wallace and Danny Wallace. Honorary Pallbearers will be:rnLarry Cofer and Neil Craig. rn Funeral Information: February 1, 2008, 1:00 AM