From the Tulsa World 22 Oct 1964
F.E. Stickle, Member of pioneer oil family, dies
Fred E. (Sam) Stickle,49, president of the Stickle Drilling Company and member of a pioneer Tulsa oil family, died of cancer Wednesday afternoon. He lived at 6766 S. Evanston Ave.
Services will be held 2:30 P.M. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church. Of which he was a deacon. Burial will in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service.
Mr. Stickle, a native Tulsan, returned here from Great Bend, Kan., in 1959 when he became president of the drilling firm founded by his father, Frank E. Stickle, in 1945. The Father died in 1960.
He was vice president of the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and had served as a director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America for six years. He was past president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
Mr. Stickle Also Was A trustee of Hillcrest Medical Center. A Royal Jester in the shrine and a member of the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa Club and Petroleum Club here and Salina Kan., Masonic bodies.
He was the grandson of Dr. J.C.W. Bland, a pioneer physician who drilled Tulsa County's first oil well, the Sue A. Bland No. 1, which came in at 100 barrels a day in 1901.
Mr. Stickle attended the University of Tulsa and was graduated from Texas Tech College in Lubbock with a degree in petroleum engineering.
He worked in the oil fields in Texas and New Mexico before moving to Lyons, Kan. In 1941
After Serving In The army during World War II, he settled in Great Bend where he was drilling superintendant and vice president of Stickle Drilling Co. and Fesco, Inc., another drilling firm headed by his father.
At Great Bend Mr. Stickle was named "oil man of the year" in 1956 and received a plaque and insignia in ceremonies presided over by Kansas Gov. George Docking.
Surviving are his widow Catherine: a son, Frank, and a daughter Katie Lou, all of the home: his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Stickle of 6065 S. Birmingham Ave., and a sister H.G. Wells of Dallas.
Friends are donation to the American Cancer society.
F.E. Stickle, Member of pioneer oil family, dies
Fred E. (Sam) Stickle,49, president of the Stickle Drilling Company and member of a pioneer Tulsa oil family, died of cancer Wednesday afternoon. He lived at 6766 S. Evanston Ave.
Services will be held 2:30 P.M. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church. Of which he was a deacon. Burial will in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service.
Mr. Stickle, a native Tulsan, returned here from Great Bend, Kan., in 1959 when he became president of the drilling firm founded by his father, Frank E. Stickle, in 1945. The Father died in 1960.
He was vice president of the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and had served as a director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America for six years. He was past president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
Mr. Stickle Also Was A trustee of Hillcrest Medical Center. A Royal Jester in the shrine and a member of the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa Club and Petroleum Club here and Salina Kan., Masonic bodies.
He was the grandson of Dr. J.C.W. Bland, a pioneer physician who drilled Tulsa County's first oil well, the Sue A. Bland No. 1, which came in at 100 barrels a day in 1901.
Mr. Stickle attended the University of Tulsa and was graduated from Texas Tech College in Lubbock with a degree in petroleum engineering.
He worked in the oil fields in Texas and New Mexico before moving to Lyons, Kan. In 1941
After Serving In The army during World War II, he settled in Great Bend where he was drilling superintendant and vice president of Stickle Drilling Co. and Fesco, Inc., another drilling firm headed by his father.
At Great Bend Mr. Stickle was named "oil man of the year" in 1956 and received a plaque and insignia in ceremonies presided over by Kansas Gov. George Docking.
Surviving are his widow Catherine: a son, Frank, and a daughter Katie Lou, all of the home: his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Stickle of 6065 S. Birmingham Ave., and a sister H.G. Wells of Dallas.
Friends are donation to the American Cancer society.
From the Tulsa World 22 Oct 1964
F.E. Stickle, Member of pioneer oil family, dies
Fred E. (Sam) Stickle,49, president of the Stickle Drilling Company and member of a pioneer Tulsa oil family, died of cancer Wednesday afternoon. He lived at 6766 S. Evanston Ave.
Services will be held 2:30 P.M. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church. Of which he was a deacon. Burial will in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service.
Mr. Stickle, a native Tulsan, returned here from Great Bend, Kan., in 1959 when he became president of the drilling firm founded by his father, Frank E. Stickle, in 1945. The Father died in 1960.
He was vice president of the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and had served as a director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America for six years. He was past president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
Mr. Stickle Also Was A trustee of Hillcrest Medical Center. A Royal Jester in the shrine and a member of the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa Club and Petroleum Club here and Salina Kan., Masonic bodies.
He was the grandson of Dr. J.C.W. Bland, a pioneer physician who drilled Tulsa County's first oil well, the Sue A. Bland No. 1, which came in at 100 barrels a day in 1901.
Mr. Stickle attended the University of Tulsa and was graduated from Texas Tech College in Lubbock with a degree in petroleum engineering.
He worked in the oil fields in Texas and New Mexico before moving to Lyons, Kan. In 1941
After Serving In The army during World War II, he settled in Great Bend where he was drilling superintendant and vice president of Stickle Drilling Co. and Fesco, Inc., another drilling firm headed by his father.
At Great Bend Mr. Stickle was named "oil man of the year" in 1956 and received a plaque and insignia in ceremonies presided over by Kansas Gov. George Docking.
Surviving are his widow Catherine: a son, Frank, and a daughter Katie Lou, all of the home: his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Stickle of 6065 S. Birmingham Ave., and a sister H.G. Wells of Dallas.
Friends are donation to the American Cancer society.
F.E. Stickle, Member of pioneer oil family, dies
Fred E. (Sam) Stickle,49, president of the Stickle Drilling Company and member of a pioneer Tulsa oil family, died of cancer Wednesday afternoon. He lived at 6766 S. Evanston Ave.
Services will be held 2:30 P.M. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church. Of which he was a deacon. Burial will in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Stanleys Funeral Service.
Mr. Stickle, a native Tulsan, returned here from Great Bend, Kan., in 1959 when he became president of the drilling firm founded by his father, Frank E. Stickle, in 1945. The Father died in 1960.
He was vice president of the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and had served as a director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America for six years. He was past president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.
Mr. Stickle Also Was A trustee of Hillcrest Medical Center. A Royal Jester in the shrine and a member of the Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa Club and Petroleum Club here and Salina Kan., Masonic bodies.
He was the grandson of Dr. J.C.W. Bland, a pioneer physician who drilled Tulsa County's first oil well, the Sue A. Bland No. 1, which came in at 100 barrels a day in 1901.
Mr. Stickle attended the University of Tulsa and was graduated from Texas Tech College in Lubbock with a degree in petroleum engineering.
He worked in the oil fields in Texas and New Mexico before moving to Lyons, Kan. In 1941
After Serving In The army during World War II, he settled in Great Bend where he was drilling superintendant and vice president of Stickle Drilling Co. and Fesco, Inc., another drilling firm headed by his father.
At Great Bend Mr. Stickle was named "oil man of the year" in 1956 and received a plaque and insignia in ceremonies presided over by Kansas Gov. George Docking.
Surviving are his widow Catherine: a son, Frank, and a daughter Katie Lou, all of the home: his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Stickle of 6065 S. Birmingham Ave., and a sister H.G. Wells of Dallas.
Friends are donation to the American Cancer society.
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