Owen Bruce Tharp

A memorial service for Owen Bruce Tharp, 73, Custer City resident, will be held at a later date.

Tharp died Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, in the South Pointe Rehab and Care Center in Oklahoma City.

He had made arrangements for his body to be donated to medical science and a memorial service will be held at a later date.

Tharp was born Nov. 26, 1940 in Elk City, the son of Russell Stanley Tharp and Helen Unity (Evans) Tharp.

Raised in Custer City, Tharp graduated from Custer City High School in 1958.  He continued his education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, and was married to Skeets Rape in 1963 in Bunch, Okla.

They made their home back in Custer City on the family farm. He had farmed most of his adult life as well as working for Circle S Paving, owning and operating a backhoe service and doing custom harvesting for more than 26 years.

He later married Helen Jo (Phillips) Heintz on March 10, 1995 in Ft. Smith, Ark., and they made their home in Custer City.

Preceding him in death were his parents; two sisters, Elizabeth Miller and Sonya Miller; and a brother, A.J. Tharp.

He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Jo, of the home;  four daughters, Tammie Filippo and her husband, Steve, of Murchison, Texas, Stacy Williams and her husband, Sammy, of Jones, Amy Adams, of Yukon, and Amber Klein and her husband, Ed, of Weatherford; a son, Danny Tharp and his girlfriend; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins.

The family has suggested those wanting to give a memorial contribution may do so to Clinton’s Mission House homeless shelter.