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Phillip (Phil) Ray Hastings was born on 13 January 1949 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma.^2,3 He died on 15 September 1997, at age 48, in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.^2,3 He was buried in Fairview Cemetery (B15, R14, 11), Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.²

Phillip (Phil) Ray Hastings was educated in Oklahoma Baptist University.¹¹ He was a Machinist.¹ Phillip Ray Hastings died Monday at his Shawnee residence. He was 48.

He was born January 13, 1949, in Muskogee to Curtis A. and Shirley Hastings.

He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1967 and attended Oklahoma Baptist University where he played baseball.

He served in the U. S. Army one year and in the U. S. Army reserve for six years. He was employed as a machinist in the Shawnee area for several years and was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his mother, Shirley Hastings, Oklahoma City; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Janelle Hastings, Oklahoma City; Don and Sherry Hastings, Breckenridge, Colorado; maternal grandmother, Bessie Smith, Fort Gibson; and many other relatives and friends.

Preceding him in death were his father, Curtis A. Hastings Jr., and his paternal grandmother, Lillian Hastings.

Graveside service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Fairview Cemetery with Phil Thompson officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Roesch-Walker Funeral Chapel.

James (Jimmy) Hastings was born on 8 November 1947 in Muskogee, Muskogee. Oklahoma. He died on 1 June 2017, at age 69, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. He was buried Cremated.²

James (Jimmy) Hastings was a Radiology Technician.¹ He was educated in Oklahoma State University/ University of Oklahoma.¹¹ OKLAHOMA CITY
Hastings, Jimmy Duane, 69, radiology technician, died June 1. No services (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City).

Published in The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Saturday, June 3, 2017, Page 6A.

OKLAHOMA CITY
On June 1, 2017, a beautifully warm and sunshiny day, Jim was born into eternal life at home after a long illness. Jim was born in Muskogee, OK to Curt and Shirley (Smith) Hastings Nov. 8, 1947. The oldest of three brothers, Jim lived the first several years of his life in Muskogee. With family in nearby Fort Gibson, he had many wonderful memories of playing around the old fort and fishing with his dad, brothers and cousins and helping out at his aunt and uncle's Fort Cafe. He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1966, where he served as senior class president, and then attended Oklahoma State University, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Neches off the coast of Vietnam. After his honorable discharge from the Navy, he worked several years in the furniture and flooring business in Shawnee, a job which enabled him to gift his parents with furniture and carpeting for the family home. Jim returned to college at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and in Aug. 1984, completed his bachelor's degree in radiologic technology. Jim's career began in X-ray at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City and took him to hospitals in Honolulu, Phoenix and Los Angeles. He became certified in MRI and CT and traveled all over the United States working for GE medical systems before finally retiring from the MRI department of the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center. A consummate professional, Jim was intelligent, hardworking and dedicated to his job -- his great sense of humor, kindness and compassion put many patients at ease. Jim especially loved caring for the WWII veterans as his own father was a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima. At the VA, one of his first patients, dirty and possibly homeless, told Jim, "Thank you for being so nice to me." One of his last patients he scanned said, "Jim, you're a good man." Another tech, who mentored under Jim, said it best, "You remember the good ones." Jim had a lifelong love of cars, motorcycles, and the open road, planes and boats, music, books, the ocean, power tools, OU football, dinners at nice restaurants, where he was always a generous tipper. With his beautiful blue eyes and his trademark sharply pressed shirt, jeans and cowboy boots, Jim was loved by and brought joy to many people, and was so interested in everyone he met. He was predeceased by his parents; brother, Phil; and our fur baby, Maui. He is survived by his wife, Janelle; brother, Don and wife Sherri; nephew, Zach; niece, Erin; aunts, Joyce Gully, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, and Ruth Moss; uncle, Jerry Hastings; many cousins; his oldest and dearest friend, Don Stewart and wife Jorun, of Norway; and our fur babies, Zuzu and Bailey. Jim, the best times of my life were with you. You were my best friend and soul mate and I will love you and miss you every day for the rest of my life. I am thankful to God for your life and that I was part of it.

Helen Laverne Allen was born on 11 December 1925 in Comanche, Stephens, Oklahoma.¹ She and Ruel Ray Hastings were married about 1974.² She died on 2 July 2007, at age 81, in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma.¹

Longtime Shawnee resident Helen Laverne Hastings, 81, Monday, July 2, at Solara Hospital.

She was born on December 11, 1925, to William Frank and Arlene (Tucker) Allen in Comanche.

She married Walter Primo and they enjoyed 27 years together before he passed away in 1965. She then married Ruel "Ray" Hastings and they were married nine years.

She loved her family more than anything. Her grandchildren and great grandchildren were her life. She also enjoyed traveling.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Walker and Ray; sister, Betty Allen, and son-in-law, Jack Kroth.

Survivors include her children, Billy Jack Premo and wife, Peggy, of Midwest City, Dianna Wiersum and husband, Bruce, of Kenosha, Wis., and Barbara Kroth of Shawnee; Siblings, Billie Avery, Maxine Bean, Jimmy Allen, Patricia Allen, and Kay Tomlinson; Grandchildren, James and Scott Premo, Dana Wright, Nancy Wiersum, Sandra DiGirolamo, Kyla Custar, and Brian Kroth; great- grandchildren, Jessie and Rylie Premo, Stephanie and Alex DiGirolamo, Austin and Adyson Custar; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other family members. The family would like to give a special thanks to her physicians and the wonderful staff on the 2nd floor of Solara Hospital.

George W. Butenschoen was born on 18 May 1919 in Oklahoma.¹ He and Dorotha Doylene Hastings were married on 27 August 1947 in Lawton, Blaine, Oklahoma.² He died on 13 July 1994, at age 75, in Frederick, Tillman, Oklahoma.¹ He was buried in Little Cemetery, Little, Seminole, Oklahoma.¹

Interred in Chattanooga, Oklahoma.

George Walter (Buddy) Butenschoen, Jr., was born on 1 February 1951.¹ He died on 10 April 1998, at age 47.¹ He was buried in Little Cemetery, Little, Seminole, Oklahoma.¹

Thomas Elmore Hobbs was born in 1878 in Texas.^1,2 He died on 8 November 1953, at age ~75, in Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico.¹ He was buried in Portales Cemetery, Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico.¹

Thomas Elmore Hobbs was a Farmer.²