WALTER DAVID BLADES

Walter David Blades (David), 88, of Miami, Okla. passed away on April 4, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He was born March 12, 1935, in Republic, to Walter Blades and Louise McClellan.
He married his wife Dianne on Dec. 10, 1976. They had been married for 46 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother Danny Blades.
He is survived by his love of 46 years Dianne Blades; his children Larry Blades and his wife Sherry, Janet Blades, Patty Ward, Terry Blades and David Davis and his wife Jennifer; a sister Anna Taylor; his nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; and his nieces and nephews.
Visitation was held on Friday, April 7, at Brown-Winters Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Miami, Okla. Services followed with interment at the Glen-Abbey Memorial Garden in Miami, Okla.
Casketbearers were Matt Keim, Bryce Pogue, Jackson Keim, Chance Keim, Hayden Chandler and Seth Miller.
Honorary casketbearers were Ben Elmore, Scott Nichols, Travis Dawson, Jason Bryan and Trevor Brough.