- Doris Jean Stewart, age 80, of McKinney, Texas, formerly of Aurora, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2015, at the LifeCare Hospitals in Plano, Texas.
She was born May 27, 1935, in Aurora, the second daughter of the late Noel F. and G. Faye (Thurman) Trolinger.
Where she played the clarinet in the Marching Band and along with her older sister Dorothy attended and were members of the First Baptist Church of Aurora. In 1952 she began working for the Aurora Bank where she was employed until 1960.
In 1953 she married Jack D. Fare who after a lengthy illness passed away in June of 1958. In 1960 she married William Glen (Bud) Cantrell. During the early and mid-60's they resided in Independence, Missouri, Okmulgee, Oklahoma and Polar Bluff, Missouri, before purchasing the Bradford-Surridge Funeral Home in Marionville, Missouri, in 1967. In addition to working in several financial institutions Jean also attended Oklahoma State University and became a licensed funeral director. In the late 60's and early 70's they owned and operated funeral homes in Marionville, Aurora and Crane. In 1974 after selling their funeral homes in Marionville and Crane and retaining half-ownership of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora they relocated to Okmulgee and purchased a funeral home. During the mid-70's through the early 80's while still residing in Okmulgee they also acquired and operated funeral homes in Oklahoma City and Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1962 they had a daughter, Helen I. Cantrell and in 1971 a second daughter, Glenda Faye Cantrell. While raising their daughters in Okmulgee Jean and Bud were very active in the community serving in many ministries with the First Baptist of Okmulgee as well as on several community boards and as officers in many civic organizations.
On November 28, 1982, Bud and Glenda were killed in a private plane crash. Jean continued to own and operate the funeral homes eventually selling them by the mid-80's.
In 1991 Jean married Ted Stewart a widower and native of the Okmulgee area, a WWII pilot and retired civil engineer who had spent his career in the Los Angeles area working for the State of California. They resided in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and during the next two decades enjoyed traveling and visiting Ted's children and grandchildren in the Santa Barbara area as well as visiting Jean's daughter Helen in the Dallas area.
In 2010 after Ted's death Jean moved to McKinney, Texas, to live near her daughter, Helen.
Jean is survived by her daughter, Helen I. Cantrell of McKinney, Texas; four nieces, Amy Arnold of Springfield, Missouri, Jean Dalton of St. Peter's, Missouri, Rita Dillard of Springfield, Missouri and Cindy Cantrell of Dallas, Texas; two nephews, Chris Cantrell of Dallas, Texas and Michael Cantrell of Southlake, Texas; several great- nephews and nieces; three step-daughters, Sue Walseth of Santa Barbara, California and Marjorie Stewart and Dianne Stewart both of Tulsa, Oklahoma and several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A graveside service under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 28, 2015, at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery.
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1935 - 2015 (80 years)
