Aubrey L. Steele

SERVICES: Memorial graveside services will be at 4:00 PM Monday at Fairview Cemetery with John Curry, officiating. Cremation and arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Steele was born on Oct. 17, 1911 in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma near Elk City where he was a graduate of Elk City High School. He received his B. A. and M. A. degrees in history from the University of Oklahoma. He married Margaret Irby Eikner on Dec. 25, 1936 in Altus, Oklahoma. Mr. Steele came to Pampa in 1938 and was a history teacher and assistant principal at Pampa High School from 1938-1946. In 1946, he became manager of Security Federal Savings and Loan Association. He later served as president of Security Federal until his retirement in 1982. He represented Security Federal and Pampa as a director of the Texas Savings and Loan League, and from 1967 until 1970, he was a director and vice-chairman of the Board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a former president of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce and was a former trustee and board president of the Pampa Independent School District Board of Trustees. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a former member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club.SURVIVORS: Wife: Margaret Steele of McLean; 1 son: Richard Steele and wife Jane of Pampa; 1 daughter: Linda Steele Perry of Castroville; 4 grandchildren: Richard Joshua Steele and Melissa Lomax and husband Kirk all of San Antonio; Ellen Wedemeyer and husband Drew of Fort Worth; and Matt Perry and wife Christa of Pampa. 1 Great-Granddaughter: Paige Renae Perry of Pampa.MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 1981, Pampa, TX 79066-1981 or Pampa Learning Center Scholarship Fund, 400 N. Faulkner, Pampa, TX 79065.