Big Cabin - Della I. Harlan, 95, died Thursday afternoon at her home near Big Cabin, Oklahoma.
Della was born October 29, 1911 at Big Cabin to William Earnest Campbell and Maude (Paulding) Campbell. She was a life long resident of Big Cabin, graduating from high school there and filling the position of Postmaster for 20 years. She retired from the postal service in 1974. She married Norville R. Andy Harlan on November 15, 1930. Mr. Harlan preceded his wife in death in 1976. She was a member of Big Cabin Christian Church and she enjoyed sewing and quilting, and playing cards with her sisters.
She is survived by her son, Otis Harlan of Big Cabin, Oklahoma; four sisters, Helen Haney, Faye Borgstrom and Thelma Hentz, all of Big Cabin and Pauline Holden of Tulsa, Oklahoma; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren and three adopted great-grandchildren. Della was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter, Pearl Leake; one son, Norville Leon Harlan and two sisters, Stella Chambers and Martha Trundle.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2007 at Big Cabin Christian Church with Pastor Max Adams officiating. Interment will be in Big Cabin Cemetery under the direction of Luginbuel Funeral Home, Vinita.
Family Members
Parents
William Ernest Campbell
1890–1929
Maude Lauchner Paulding
1893–1990
Spouse
Norville Richard Harlan*
1908–1976
Siblings
Stella A. Campbell Chambers*
1911–1936
Thelma Bernice Hentz*
1914–2010
Helen Odett Campbell Haney*
1917–2008
Martha L Campbell Trundle*
1919–2000
Faye Campbell Borgstrom*
1926–2009
Children
Pearl Maudean Harlan Leake*
1931–1996
Otis Glen Harlan*
1933–2010
*Calculated Relationship
