Donald "Don" Carpenter was born July 25, 1928, to Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Campbell. He was born in Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The family lived on an oil lease worked by his parents in what was known as Tater Hill. He was the youngest of two children, having an older sister, June Elizabeth Carpenter.
Don started working young as a layout man at the Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, where the family moved during WWII. There was no work to be had in Oklahoma at the time, and his mother's family in Oregon told them they could find work there. That is where he learned the vocation of steel worker and master welder that he followed into his 70's.
He married Jewel Nadine Williams on January 3, 1948. They had one child, a daughter, LaDonna Sue Carpenter, on November 8, 1948.
They lived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until LaDonna was about 3 or 4 years old, when they moved to the Union District, between Broken Arrow and Tulsa. They eventually built a home there. He was living there at the time of his death.
Don worked all around the United States and abroad in the position of foreman. He wouldn't ask am employee to do a job that he himself wouldn't do, and in doing so, earned the respect and affection of his fellow workers.
He loved his quarter horses, and was a member of the Tulsa Oil Capital Round-Up Club. His daughter was their Queen for three years of his membership. He also raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for several years. He was a real-life cowboy.
He and Jewel owned and operated the Cloud Nine Pecan Farm in Skiatook, Oklahoma, where he cared for 50 acres of pecan trees. He owned his own cracking shed and equipment, some of which he built himself.
While working on a skyscraper in New York City in the early 60's, he lived with his cousin, Jean Whitaker Brandt. That is where he first joined the Masonic Lodge. When the job was finished, and he moved back to Oklahoma in 1961, he became a member of Masonic Lodge #243 as a Master Mason. In 1965, while working in Corning, New York, he joined the Scottish Rite, and transferred his membership to the Tulsa Consistory in 2001. On November 16, 2001, he joined the Akdar Shrine, where he was Noble of the Shrine. He donated his time, energy, and funds to the hospital and burn center, having donated equipment and entire pecan crops to the cause. He was an active member of the Director's Staff, where he could be seen in parades driving his 6-wheeled John Deere with statues of the Shrine children on the back platform. He was also member of The Mounted Patrol, The Boone and Crockett Club, The Camel Herders and the Hospital Committee.
Donald died in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a long, heart related illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Carpenter Rogers, and his step-father, Oliver Albert Rogers, all of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; his beloved wife of 53 years, Jewel Nadine of the home; and his sister, June Elizabeth Summers of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is survived by his daughter, LaDonna Sue Mostellar of Haskell, Oklahoma; three grandsons; Willy Dean Lewis, Jamie Mack Lewis of Coweta, Oklahoma, and Scooter Don Lewis; several great-grandchildren; and one niece, Cheryl Lee Moore of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was attended by his daughter till his death. His remains are being turned over to the Schaudt-Teel Funeral Service in Tulsa, to be cremated and turned over to family. Services to be held in their chapel on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Internment to be at the side of his spouse, Jewel Nadine Carpenter, in the Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
Don started working young as a layout man at the Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, where the family moved during WWII. There was no work to be had in Oklahoma at the time, and his mother's family in Oregon told them they could find work there. That is where he learned the vocation of steel worker and master welder that he followed into his 70's.
He married Jewel Nadine Williams on January 3, 1948. They had one child, a daughter, LaDonna Sue Carpenter, on November 8, 1948.
They lived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until LaDonna was about 3 or 4 years old, when they moved to the Union District, between Broken Arrow and Tulsa. They eventually built a home there. He was living there at the time of his death.
Don worked all around the United States and abroad in the position of foreman. He wouldn't ask am employee to do a job that he himself wouldn't do, and in doing so, earned the respect and affection of his fellow workers.
He loved his quarter horses, and was a member of the Tulsa Oil Capital Round-Up Club. His daughter was their Queen for three years of his membership. He also raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for several years. He was a real-life cowboy.
He and Jewel owned and operated the Cloud Nine Pecan Farm in Skiatook, Oklahoma, where he cared for 50 acres of pecan trees. He owned his own cracking shed and equipment, some of which he built himself.
While working on a skyscraper in New York City in the early 60's, he lived with his cousin, Jean Whitaker Brandt. That is where he first joined the Masonic Lodge. When the job was finished, and he moved back to Oklahoma in 1961, he became a member of Masonic Lodge #243 as a Master Mason. In 1965, while working in Corning, New York, he joined the Scottish Rite, and transferred his membership to the Tulsa Consistory in 2001. On November 16, 2001, he joined the Akdar Shrine, where he was Noble of the Shrine. He donated his time, energy, and funds to the hospital and burn center, having donated equipment and entire pecan crops to the cause. He was an active member of the Director's Staff, where he could be seen in parades driving his 6-wheeled John Deere with statues of the Shrine children on the back platform. He was also member of The Mounted Patrol, The Boone and Crockett Club, The Camel Herders and the Hospital Committee.
Donald died in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a long, heart related illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Carpenter Rogers, and his step-father, Oliver Albert Rogers, all of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; his beloved wife of 53 years, Jewel Nadine of the home; and his sister, June Elizabeth Summers of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is survived by his daughter, LaDonna Sue Mostellar of Haskell, Oklahoma; three grandsons; Willy Dean Lewis, Jamie Mack Lewis of Coweta, Oklahoma, and Scooter Don Lewis; several great-grandchildren; and one niece, Cheryl Lee Moore of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was attended by his daughter till his death. His remains are being turned over to the Schaudt-Teel Funeral Service in Tulsa, to be cremated and turned over to family. Services to be held in their chapel on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Internment to be at the side of his spouse, Jewel Nadine Carpenter, in the Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
Donald "Don" Carpenter was born July 25, 1928, to Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Campbell. He was born in Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The family lived on an oil lease worked by his parents in what was known as Tater Hill. He was the youngest of two children, having an older sister, June Elizabeth Carpenter.
Don started working young as a layout man at the Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, where the family moved during WWII. There was no work to be had in Oklahoma at the time, and his mother's family in Oregon told them they could find work there. That is where he learned the vocation of steel worker and master welder that he followed into his 70's.
He married Jewel Nadine Williams on January 3, 1948. They had one child, a daughter, LaDonna Sue Carpenter, on November 8, 1948.
They lived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until LaDonna was about 3 or 4 years old, when they moved to the Union District, between Broken Arrow and Tulsa. They eventually built a home there. He was living there at the time of his death.
Don worked all around the United States and abroad in the position of foreman. He wouldn't ask am employee to do a job that he himself wouldn't do, and in doing so, earned the respect and affection of his fellow workers.
He loved his quarter horses, and was a member of the Tulsa Oil Capital Round-Up Club. His daughter was their Queen for three years of his membership. He also raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for several years. He was a real-life cowboy.
He and Jewel owned and operated the Cloud Nine Pecan Farm in Skiatook, Oklahoma, where he cared for 50 acres of pecan trees. He owned his own cracking shed and equipment, some of which he built himself.
While working on a skyscraper in New York City in the early 60's, he lived with his cousin, Jean Whitaker Brandt. That is where he first joined the Masonic Lodge. When the job was finished, and he moved back to Oklahoma in 1961, he became a member of Masonic Lodge #243 as a Master Mason. In 1965, while working in Corning, New York, he joined the Scottish Rite, and transferred his membership to the Tulsa Consistory in 2001. On November 16, 2001, he joined the Akdar Shrine, where he was Noble of the Shrine. He donated his time, energy, and funds to the hospital and burn center, having donated equipment and entire pecan crops to the cause. He was an active member of the Director's Staff, where he could be seen in parades driving his 6-wheeled John Deere with statues of the Shrine children on the back platform. He was also member of The Mounted Patrol, The Boone and Crockett Club, The Camel Herders and the Hospital Committee.
Donald died in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a long, heart related illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Carpenter Rogers, and his step-father, Oliver Albert Rogers, all of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; his beloved wife of 53 years, Jewel Nadine of the home; and his sister, June Elizabeth Summers of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is survived by his daughter, LaDonna Sue Mostellar of Haskell, Oklahoma; three grandsons; Willy Dean Lewis, Jamie Mack Lewis of Coweta, Oklahoma, and Scooter Don Lewis; several great-grandchildren; and one niece, Cheryl Lee Moore of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was attended by his daughter till his death. His remains are being turned over to the Schaudt-Teel Funeral Service in Tulsa, to be cremated and turned over to family. Services to be held in their chapel on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Internment to be at the side of his spouse, Jewel Nadine Carpenter, in the Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
Don started working young as a layout man at the Swan Island Shipyard in Portland, Oregon, where the family moved during WWII. There was no work to be had in Oklahoma at the time, and his mother's family in Oregon told them they could find work there. That is where he learned the vocation of steel worker and master welder that he followed into his 70's.
He married Jewel Nadine Williams on January 3, 1948. They had one child, a daughter, LaDonna Sue Carpenter, on November 8, 1948.
They lived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until LaDonna was about 3 or 4 years old, when they moved to the Union District, between Broken Arrow and Tulsa. They eventually built a home there. He was living there at the time of his death.
Don worked all around the United States and abroad in the position of foreman. He wouldn't ask am employee to do a job that he himself wouldn't do, and in doing so, earned the respect and affection of his fellow workers.
He loved his quarter horses, and was a member of the Tulsa Oil Capital Round-Up Club. His daughter was their Queen for three years of his membership. He also raised Santa Gertrudis cattle for several years. He was a real-life cowboy.
He and Jewel owned and operated the Cloud Nine Pecan Farm in Skiatook, Oklahoma, where he cared for 50 acres of pecan trees. He owned his own cracking shed and equipment, some of which he built himself.
While working on a skyscraper in New York City in the early 60's, he lived with his cousin, Jean Whitaker Brandt. That is where he first joined the Masonic Lodge. When the job was finished, and he moved back to Oklahoma in 1961, he became a member of Masonic Lodge #243 as a Master Mason. In 1965, while working in Corning, New York, he joined the Scottish Rite, and transferred his membership to the Tulsa Consistory in 2001. On November 16, 2001, he joined the Akdar Shrine, where he was Noble of the Shrine. He donated his time, energy, and funds to the hospital and burn center, having donated equipment and entire pecan crops to the cause. He was an active member of the Director's Staff, where he could be seen in parades driving his 6-wheeled John Deere with statues of the Shrine children on the back platform. He was also member of The Mounted Patrol, The Boone and Crockett Club, The Camel Herders and the Hospital Committee.
Donald died in the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after a long, heart related illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie Rebecca Carpenter Rogers, and his step-father, Oliver Albert Rogers, all of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; his beloved wife of 53 years, Jewel Nadine of the home; and his sister, June Elizabeth Summers of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He is survived by his daughter, LaDonna Sue Mostellar of Haskell, Oklahoma; three grandsons; Willy Dean Lewis, Jamie Mack Lewis of Coweta, Oklahoma, and Scooter Don Lewis; several great-grandchildren; and one niece, Cheryl Lee Moore of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He was attended by his daughter till his death. His remains are being turned over to the Schaudt-Teel Funeral Service in Tulsa, to be cremated and turned over to family. Services to be held in their chapel on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Internment to be at the side of his spouse, Jewel Nadine Carpenter, in the Vernon Cemetery, Coweta, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
