Claude Vernon Schimmels

Funeral Services for Vernon Schimmels, 87, Clinton resident will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, October 18, 2019 in the First Baptist Church, officiated by Chris Fields. Burial will follow in the Arapaho Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Claude Vernon Schimmels was born October 4, 1932 to Claude Sherman Schimmels and Ina (Smith) Schimmels in Arapaho, Oklahoma and passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 in the Clinton Veterans Center. Vernon was raised in Arapaho and graduated in Arapaho High School in 1950. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1952 and served with the 45th INF Devision in Korea and received the National Defense Service Medal United Nations Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was honorably discharged in 1954 and soon transferred to the Army Reserve where he served eight more years. He married Lois Otte November 25, 1978 in Oklahoma City. He has farmed most of his life and he retired as janitor from the Clinton Public Schools after 15 years. He is a member of the First Baptist Church; he was a member of the Oklahoma Square Dance Association and retired from the Custer County Rural Water #3 Boards. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother and sister in law, Clifford and Mary Schimmels, daughter, Lori Schimmels Cavaungh and brother in law, Dale Otte, parents in law, Wilmer and Leah Otte. He is survived by his wife, Lois, of the home, daughter, Betsy Hernandez and Steve Becker, Clinton. Sons, Tony Schimmels and wife Laura, Custer City, Terry Jonson, Lawton; sisters, Roberta Elder and husband Johnny Lee Elder, of Arapaho and Sandy Johnson and Husband Ron, Choctaw, OK, sister in law, Karen Otte, Larned, Kansas. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Carrie Baggett and husband, Calvin; Amber Lee and husband, Timmy, Zachary Johnson and wife Shelby, Chad Boggs and wife Trish, Lea Williams, Heather Miller and husband, Chris, Nikki Moss and Trey Anderson; 12 great grandchildren, Taelar and Rihann Baggett, Dalaynie, Daycie and Dalton Lee, Hayden and Harlin Johnson, Chelste and Alexis Vela, Lori Boggs and Breanna and Kaitlyn Miller. The family will greet guests 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M., Thursday, October 17, 2019 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel.