Volume 9 , Issue 40

Obit: Opal Faye Meyers Kardokus - 1914-2007

"Services for Opal Faye (Stuart) Meyers Kardokus, 93, of Anadarko, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, at the First Baptist Church of Anadarko with Dr. Randy Robertson, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Kardokus was born May 11, 1914, in Grandfield to Thomas Lockridge and Callie (Childers) Stuart and died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at Silver Crest Manor in Anadarko, after a five-year illness.

In 1964, she married James M. 'Jim' Kardokus of Apache, a farmer who owned and operated Kardokus Equipment, which served farmers and ranchers. A state representative for 16 years, he was serving as such at the time of his death on Jan. 10, 1979.

Mrs. Kardokus attended county grade schools and graduated from Fort Cobb High School. She earned her degree in Elementary Education from Southwestern State College in Weatherford and held a life elementary teaching certificate. She also attended the Oklahoma College for Women, now the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, and Central State University, now the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

She taught school for 32 years in country schools, Apache Elementary, Sunset Elementary and West Grade in Anadarko, and at Whittier Elementary in Lawton.

In 1961, she took a leave of absence from school to teach abroad. Fluent in Spanish, she spent a year teaching in Caracas, Venzuela. Mrs. Kardokus was named Caddo County Teacher of the Year in 1964, and was named Oustanding Elementary Teacher of America in 1972.

She was a past-president and longtime member of the Oklahoma State Textbook Commission and served as treasurer of of the Southwestern Oklahoma Education Association.

She served as president of the Caddo County Educational Association, and the Anadarko Business and Professional Women's Club. She also served as a member and president of the Oklahoma State Library Board.

She was a member of the State TEPS Council, and of the Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was presented the Kiwanis Youth Award for her work in the Summer Youth Program, among many other honors.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Joe W. McBride Jr. of Anadarko, and Sandy and David Hill of Tulsa; her stepsons, Steve Kardokus and his wife, Dorothy of Noble, and James K. Kardokus of Apache; five granddaughters, and six great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Anadarko's Memory Lane Cemetery under the direction of Steverson Funeral Home." -- N. Talkington - View/sign Guestbook
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