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Kenneth Eugene Shirey
1909 - 1978 (69 years)
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Name Kenneth Eugene Shirey Born 15 Jan 1909 Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma 
Gender Male Died 20 Dec 1978 Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma Buried Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma Notes - Kenneth Eugene Shirey was working for Carroll Leslie Hoyt at Hoyt Oil Company in the 1940's and early 1950's. The company later became H and S (Hoyt and Shirey) Oil drilling Company as Kenneth Eugene Shirey worked his way up in the company. Note in the pictures attached to Kenneth Eugene Shirey's page there is a picture of a mechanical pencil with the name H and S Drilling - Hoyt and Shirey printed on it. Carroll Leslie Hoyt's son, John Carroll Hoyt, started working at the company in 1952, and the company's name returned to the name of Hoyt Oil Company. By 1957 the company was turned over to the son John Carroll Hoyt, Kenneth was given a less important job and quit soon there after. He never regained his work prowess and started drinking heavily. He and Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey were divorced in 1963.
Person ID I0124 The Family Tree Last Modified 20 Jan 2022
Father Clifford Desoto Shirey, b. 17 Jul 1883, Mariasville, Venango, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Apr 1978, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma (Age 94 years) Mother Maude Catherine Wise, b. 13 Sep 1883, Rising Sun, Wood, Ohio , d. 11 Jul 1973, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma (Age 89 years) Married 16 Feb 1905 Rising Sun, Wood, Ohio Family ID F454 Group Sheet
Family 1 Elizabeth Jean Shira, b. 8 Nov 1908, Grove City, Butler, Pennsylvania , d. 8 Nov 1992, Kimberling City, Stone, Missouri (Age 84 years) Married 21 Jan 1929 Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma - They were married by Rev. Stockwell at the Shira home.
Divorced 1963 Children + 1. Bruce Eugene Shirey, b. 29 Jul 1933, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma , d. 20 Sep 1993, Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma (Age 60 years)2. Kenneth Barry Shirey, b. 1937, Cheyenne, Winkler, Texas , d. 1937, Cheyenne, Winkler, Texas (Age 0 years)+ 3. Patricia Nell "Patt" Shirey, b. 17 Sep 1939, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma , d. 7 May 2014, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas (Age 74 years)Last Modified 8 Aug 2015 Family ID F057 Group Sheet
Family 2 Ruth A. Haynes, b. Married 29 Dec 1965 Washington County, Oklahoma Last Modified 10 Nov 2018 Family ID F5558 Group Sheet
Family 3 Nan Mae "Nannie" Hager, b. 14 Feb 1906, Dunlap, Morris, Kansas , d. 30 May 2003, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma (Age 97 years) Married 4 May 1966 Nowata County, Oklahoma Last Modified 10 Feb 2013 Family ID F2014 Group Sheet
Family 4 Iva Myrtle Unknown, c. Divorced 28 Oct 1976 Washington County, Oklahoma Last Modified 10 Nov 2018 Family ID F2015 Group Sheet
- Kenneth Eugene Shirey was working for Carroll Leslie Hoyt at Hoyt Oil Company in the 1940's and early 1950's. The company later became H and S (Hoyt and Shirey) Oil drilling Company as Kenneth Eugene Shirey worked his way up in the company. Note in the pictures attached to Kenneth Eugene Shirey's page there is a picture of a mechanical pencil with the name H and S Drilling - Hoyt and Shirey printed on it. Carroll Leslie Hoyt's son, John Carroll Hoyt, started working at the company in 1952, and the company's name returned to the name of Hoyt Oil Company. By 1957 the company was turned over to the son John Carroll Hoyt, Kenneth was given a less important job and quit soon there after. He never regained his work prowess and started drinking heavily. He and Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey were divorced in 1963.
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Headstones 
Shirey, Kenneth E. (Eugene) Headstone
Dewey Cemetery, North of Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma; 2 mile road at highway 75
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