Aaron J. Frakes

1930 - 2010

Aaron J. Frakes, 80, Chief Executive Officer of Artunoff Enterprise, Inc., passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Monday in the Saint John Medical Center in Tulsa.
Funeral services for Mr. Frakes will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in the Colonial Chapel of the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home. Pastor Darryl Wootton will be the officiant. The funeral cortege will drive overland to the Talala Cemetery where committal prayers and interment will be directed by the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Family and friends may pay their respects at the Neekamp-Luginbuel Funeral Home.
Casket bearers will include, Harley E. Haddock, George K. Galanis, Jr., George K. Galanis, Steve Potts, Calvin Frakes, Brett Frakes.
Aaron J. Frakes was born on July 28th, 1930, in the Okesa community. He was the son of the late Fred C. Frakes and Sylvia Faye (Stoneking) Frakes. Aaron was reared and received his education in the Okesa community schools and was graduated with the senior class of 1949 from the Nelagoney High School.
He was enlisted in the United States Army and served his tenure of duty during the Korean Conflict. In April of 1953, he received his honorable discharge and returned to Oklahoma, where he made his home in Bartlesville where he was employed by the Reda Pump Company and was the Administrative Assistant to the founder of Reda Pump Company, Armais Artunoff. Aaron continued serving the Artunoff empire until the time of his death.
He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church and the James H. Teel American Legion Post #105.
He is survived by his beloved sister, Mrs. JoAnn (Frakes) Quillin and her husband, Jimmy (Jim) of Bartlesville, numerous nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Fred C. Frakes Jr., Ernest (Corky) Frakes, Forrest E. Frakes, Stanley L. Frakes, Anne Tayrien, Betty Gilliam, Theodore Frakes, Gerald L. Frakes, and Patricia Ellen Frakes.