BULLARD, Stella I. (Lansdown)

STELLA IRENE BULLARD A Memorial Service For Stella Irene Bullard, 87, Will Be 9:30 A.M. Saturday At First Christian Church Of Medford. The Rev. Craig Vandeburgh Will Officiate. Private Inurnment Will Be Later. Arrangements Are By Hills-Ely Funeral Home, Medford. Guests May Sign The Memorial Book At The Funeral Home 9 A.M. To 5 P.M. Tuesday Through Friday. She Was Born Nov. 23, 1919, In Lambert To Irene And Ezra Ray Lansdown, And Died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, In Enid. She Graduated From High School In Burbank. She Attended Shawnee Baptist College And Graduated From Northwestern State Teachers College In Alva. She Married Clyde Francis Bullard March 21, 1942, In Wichita, Kan. She Taught School In Mullinville, Kan. For One Year. Later They Joined Globe Aircraft Corporation And Worked At Defense Plants In Fort Smith, Ark. And Later Fort Worth, Texas. They Moved To Hawaii In 1944 And She Installed Radios In Bombers. In 1946 They Returned To Oklahoma And Purchased The Rush Springs Gazette. She Received Her Elementary Teaching Certificate From Oklahoma College For Women In Chickasha. She Taught In Three Grady County Schools In The 1950's. In 1960 They Purchased The Ellis Review In Ellis, Kan. She Taught In Ellis For Nine Years. They Returned To Medford In 1970 And Bought The Medford Patriot Star And Grant County Journal. Later They Owned The Pond Creek Herald. She Taught At Medford For 13 Years. She Retired As An Elementary School Coordinator. They Sold The Newspapers In 1980 And Spent Summers In Del Norte, Colo. In 2004, They Moved To Golden Oaks Retirement Center In Enid. Surviving Are One Son, Joe Bullard Of Lakewood, Colo.; Three Brothers, Paul Lansdown Of Enid, John Lansdown Of Ponca City, Joe Lansdown Of Alva; One Sister, Laura May Tolle Of Geary; And One Granddaughter. She Was Preceded In Death By Her Husband, Clyde; 10 Brothers And Two Sisters. Memorials May Be Made Through The Funeral Home To Medford Public Library Or Medford School.