This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Savage, Byrd, Jacobson, Suddith, Leach, Males, Crane Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3374 Message Board Post: Services for Mildred Savage, 81, Ada, were 10:30 a.m. Fuesday, April 23, 2002 at the First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Larry Varvel officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. She married Ted Savage November 27, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Savage was a graaduate of Sullins Junior College for Girls, Bristol, Virginia, and earned a BS Degree from Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, Oklahoma. She did graduate studies in Social Work at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Savage combined her role as a homemaker and professional woman for most of her adult life. She held various management positions and after several years reitired from the Department of Human Services in 1981 as a juvenile court worker. Mrs. Savage was very active in the support of mental health program for Pontotoc County and served on its board. She was a member of the First United Methodist church and Fellowship Sunday School Class. Fort-Nightly Study Club, Bible Study Club and many other civic organizations over the years. Mrs. Savage also served as a member of the fact-finding committee for the establishment of an adult day-care facility for Ada. She with others of the committee visited other parts of the state to guide in the establishment of Ada's first center. Mrs. Savage was a long time advocate of troubled and neglected youth. She was instrumental in the formation of the Ada Youth Shelter, now located in the Social Services complex. Mrs. Savage served two terms as President of the Ada Area Council on Drugs and Alcohol. Her hobbies included bridge, handwriting analysis, growing roses and African violets, painting, raising exotic fish and Yorkshire terriors. Mrs. Savage was born October 15, 1920, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to James Nash and Elizabeth Pyle Byrd. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Dr. Nash Byrd. She is survived by her husband Ted Savage of the home, daughters, Stephanie Jacobson and husband, Frank, Scottsdale, AZ, Dr. Kathy Savage and husband Dr. Bob Suddith, Wilmington, NC, and Jamie Leach and husband Clude, Ada, OK; two sisters-in-law, Lorena Males and Glena Belle Crane of Cheyenne, OK; nine grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK