Kathryn Mageau Spencer
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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Our mother, Kathryn Mageau Spencer, lived for a happy and love-filled 91 years. She was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1921 to Gertrude and Adelard Mageau. She attended Purdue University and attained degrees in Chemistry and Home Economics. She married Hugh B. Spencer before graduating and before he left for World War II. During the war, Kathryn worked at Studebaker as a chemist, helping to build bomber engines. After Hugh completed medical school and residency, they moved to Oklahoma with two daughters and soon had three. The family belonged to First Presbyterian Church and Kathryn was involved there, as well as with Meals on Wheels, the Garden Club, and Wampum Investment Club. Kathryn is predeceased by her husband, Hugh, parents and a sister Betty Rollf. She is survived by her three daughters: Annie Mocha of Tulsa; Kitty (and Ricky) Snyder of Chicago; Chris (and Mack) Harris of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, and a niece. Please leave a message for the family on Kathryn’s online obituary at StanleyFuneralHome.com. Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. (Stanleys 918-743-6271)StanleyFuneralHome.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 1/13/2013.
