Wanda Brokaw was born in Nixa, Christian Co., MO, the second child of Clarence and Ora Brokaw. Her parents moved to a farm near Binger in Caddo County, Oklahoma when she was only a year old. They later moved to a farm near Anadarko, Caddo County, then to a farm near Lookeba finally, settling in the small town of Lookeba where they lived when she met Stephen Castleman her future husband, my father.
Wanda Louise Brokaw #4826-2, b. 16 December 1905 at Nixa, Christian Co., MO, m. Stephen Buckhannan Castleman 18 November 1923 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK. d. 14 October 1970 at Marysville, Yuba Co., CA. buried 17 October 1970 at Sierra View Cemetery, Olivehurst, Yuba Co., CA (headstone photo on file)
[Her parents]
Father: Clarence Lyndal Brokaw #3458-4, b. 31 July 1877 at WhiteRock, Republic Co. , KS, d. 14 January 1958 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA
Mother: Ora Ethel Laughlin, b. 2 September 1884 at Forsythe, Taney Co., MO, d. 29 December 1954 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA
[MY Father]
Stephen Buckhannan Castleman, b. 15 January 1888 at Mena, Polk Co., AR, m. Wanda Louise Brokaw 18 November 1923 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, d. 22 August 1970 at Marysville, Yuba Co., CA. buried 25 August 1970 at Sierra View Cemetery, Olivehurst, Yuba Co., CA (headstone photo on file)
[His parents]
Father: John Louis Castleman, b. 1 September 1852 at Searcy, White Co.,AR d. 21 January 1894 at Cleveland Co., OK, buried 24 January 1894 at McGuire-Fairview Cemetery, Cleveland Co., OK
Mother: Nicia Ann Douglass, b. 10 April 1855 at MO, d. 31 August 1935 at Noble, Cleveland Co., OK, buried 4 September 1935 at McGuire-Fairview Cemetery, Cleveland Co., OK
1: Bethel Nadine Castleman #5920-1, b. 18 September 1924 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, m. Robert Kenneth McAllister, 2 March 1944 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV
2: LaNita Marie Castleman #5921-2, b. 9 November 1926 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, m. Ervin Yuel Roper, 23 June 1946 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV, div. 1 August 1949, m. Clifford B. Owsley, 2 September 1949 at Yuba City, Sutter Co., CA; 1 grandchild
3: Asa Lendil Castleman #5922-3, b. 24 February 1934 at Gridley, Butte Co., CA, m. DeVona Rae Bartling, May 1951 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV, div. 1968; 4 grand-children
note: the numbers behind the names are from the book "Our Brokaw/Bragaw Heritage"
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