Victor Ray Vore, age 79, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 25, 2008 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Victor was born on March 4, 1928 in Dacoma, Oklahoma, to Omer Ray and Lola Mae (Holder) Vore. He proudly served in the United States Army from November of 1950 until November of 1952. Victor earned his Bachelors degree from Kansas State University in education. He taught math in Augusta Kansas, Wellington, Kansas and in Fairview, Oklahoma. During the summers, Victor was a custom wheat harvester, from Oklahoma to North Dakota. He married the love of his life, Judith Nadine Herren on May 2, 1959 in Augusta, Kansas. Victor was a member of the National Education Association, Church of the Nazarene in Wellington, Kansas and Member of the Church of God in Vinita, Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife, Judith N. Vore of the home, two daughters, Starla Knox and her husband Leonard of Grove, Oklahoma, Toni Bowman and her husband David of Wellington, Kansas, one son, Kelly Vore and his wife Angela of Phoenix, Arizona, twelve grandchildren, Destiny Lovan, Shannon Bryson, Cheri Bryson, Travis Stonehocker Cheyenne Stonehocker, Dylan Bowman, Sydney Bowman, Macy Bowman, Matthew Vore, Hunter Vore, Alexander Vore and Ashleigh Vore, and four great-grandchildren, Kenyon and Stormie Lovan, Bryson Martin and Kyler Young, one brother Jack Vore of Purdy, Missouri, one sister Ida Mae Jefferies of Edmond, Oklahoma, and one sister in-law Laveta Vore of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. Victor was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Bob Vore and two sisters Joan Moore and Helen Sutter. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Ellis Family Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ed Wrinkle officiating. Interment will be held immediately following at Hickory Grove Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Grove Ritual Team. Memorial donations can be made in Victors Vore's name to The Gideons International Memorial Bibles, P.O. Box 453082, Grove, OK 743082. Friends and family may leave online condolences by viewing obituary at www.ellisfuneralhome.com.
Service Details
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 2:00pm, Ellis Family Funeral Home Chapel
Interment Details
Hickory Grove Cemetery