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Submitted: 11/8/21 • Approved: 11/9/21 • Last Updated: 11/12/21 • R1400172-G1400171-S3
Richard
July 26, 1930 - January 27, 2011
Emogene
August 22, 1926 - January 4, 2021
*Obituary
Richard Capshew, 80, of Clarksville, died January 27, 2011, in his home.
He was a native of Cement, Okla., and long-time resident of Clarksville. He served in the Army and was stationed in Japan near the beginning of the Korean War. He loved his family. He enjoyed being a cattle farmer, riding horses, baling hay, and was an awesome gardener. His tomatoes were the best! He was a good conversationalist and had a great laugh. He fished with his grandkids and let them ride on the truck tailgate around the farm. He lived a good life. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Minnie Capshew; brothers, John, Frank and Arthur; and sisters, Catherine and Fanny, all of Oklahoma.
He is survived by one sister, Bess Bratzla of Oklahoma; his twin daughters, Pat Capshew Edmunds of Coal Hill, Arkansas, and Peggy Capshew Breeding of McKinney, Texas; and their mother, Emogene Capshew of Clarksville; children, Willa Jean Frenchman of Oklahoma; Cyndi Montenegro of Texas; Joan Brooke of Arlington, Texas; Ken Waterson of Fayetteville, Arkansas; Bev Gibson of Alma, Arkansas; and many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers include Ken Waterson, Eddie Brooke, Charlie Brooke, Richard Wright, Brian Syfert, Mike Young and Jerry Baughman.
Graveside service was at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Oakland Cemetery in Clarksville. Reverend Marci Ward of the First Presbyterian Church Officiating.
Arrangements by Hardwicke Funeral Home.
*Obituary
Emogene Capshew was born August 22, 1926, in the roaring 1920’s in Coal Hill, to Emma (O’Brien) and George Shepherd.
She grew up during the depression in the 1930’s when horse buggies and cars were sharing the road. Her adventuresome spirit took her to San Francisco, where she worked with her sister, Florence, building WW2 ships, where she met and married her love, Charles Waterson, a Navy sailor.
They had 3 lovely children: Joan, Kenny and Bev, and enjoyed life and traveling.
After Charles’ death, she and her young children moved back to Clarksville, and later married Richard Capshew, and had twins Pat and Peg. Her great loves were family and faith.
She went to heaven on January 4, 2021, of Alzheimer’s disease.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands Charles Waterson and Richard Capshew; and siblings Florence Darby, George Shepherd, Beatrice Parker, and Joe Shepherd.
She is survived by her sister Barbara Syfert, her children: Joan Brooke Pitts and husband Don; Ken Waterson and wife Ginny; Bev Gibson and husband Jimmy; Pat Edmunds and husband Jerry Baughman; and Peg Breeding; and nine loving grandchildren and 8 adoring great-grandchildren.
She’ll be laid to rest at Oakland Cemetery. Private graveside service under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home.
Contributed on 11/8/21 by Barwickbillsully060
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