DONALD "BRUCE" SHOOK was born Jan. 11, 1950
in Ranger, TX to parents, Donley Shook & Betty Joyce
Strickler Shook, and passed from this life on Aug. 7,
2023 at his home in Medford, OK, with burial in the
Lamont Cemetery.
He attended Young School, Ranger High School in the
Class of 1968, & Ranger Jr. College. Bruce had lived
in the Medford area for thirty-four years, having
moved from Breckenridge, TX. His life work was in
the oil and gas industry and for Koch.
Bruce had several hobbies namely, guns and cars. He
rebuilt guns and hunted with them and was a lifetime
member of NRA. His car hobby involved GTOs in particular.
He enjoyed leather working. Then there were his
important poodles, Beau and Zoe, who kept him company.
Those who have preceded him in death are his wife,
Deborah Shook; his father, Donley Shook; brother,
Robert Shook (RHS-1977), and his favorite poodle,
Paco.
Those who survive Bruce are his mother, Betty Joyce
Shook; one brother, Gaylon Shook and wife, Renee; one
sister; Lynna Shook Lobstein (RHS-1971) and husband,
Joe; mother of Brandye and Melyssa, Constance Shook;
children, Brandye Shook, Melyssa Shook, Amanda Boone,
Nicole Hueppelsheuser, Pamela Lascewski and Jonathan
Boone; grandchildren, Madysn Shook, Carter Lascewski,
Rileigh Lascewski, Jordyn and Ryan Hueppelsheuser,
Gabriel Childress, Jacob Miller, and Gwen Miller.
WIFE: DEBORAH LYNNE VANHOOZER SHOOK
was born on Nov. 17, 1958 in Sacramento, CA to Jessie
J. Vanhoozer & Marion Miller Vanhoozer and passed from
this life on Feb. 14, 2021 in Enid.
She moved from Antioch, CA twenty years ago. She married
Bruce Shook in July of 2002. Deborah was involved in
Girl Scouts. She was an amazing mom, kind and giving
as well as a strong and big hearted woman. Deborah
loved being Nana to her grandchildren. It has been
said by her family that she was the glue that held the
family together. She enjoyed sewing and making jewelry.
She was an avid Dallas Cowboy fan. Burial was in Lamont
Cemetery in Medford, OK.
Deborah's mother, Marion Vanhoozer preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Bruce; four children,
Amanda Lynne Boone, Nicole Renee Hueppelsheuser, Pamela
Michelle Lascewski, Jonathan Mathew Boone; step-children,
Melyssa Michelle Shook & Brandye Renee Shook; grandchildren,
Madysn Shook, Carter Lascewski, Jordyn Hueppelsheuser, Gabe
Childress, Rileigh Lascewski, Ryan Hueppelsheuser, Jake
Miller, Brelinda Miller, Teresa Miller; her father, Jessie
Vanhoozer; her sister, Kathleen Skinner.