Joe Chappell

Ada, Oklahoma - Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Leslie Joe Chappell, age 80, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born February 21, 1933 in Delta, Utah and is the son of Jim and Rena Chappell. He grew up in Lyman, Utah and graduated from Wayne High School. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He married Julia Brian in 1952 (later divorced) and together had four daughters, whom he loved and cherished. In 1980 he married Judith Ott Brumley originally from Ardmore, Oklahoma, his loving companion who was by his side until the end. Due to his energy and ingenuity, Joe was successful in anything that he set his mind to. He was entrepreneur and ambitious businessman who began his career with a small service station in Gunnison, which he eventually expanded to the Circle C chain of truck stops and convenience marts. He “retired” from the gas business in 1990, and in 1992 he moved to Oklahoma and bought the Bar Diamond Ranch. From that day on, every day was a play day, and in his words he “never worked another day in his life” because ranching is what he loved. He prospered first in raising organic beef and most recently in breeding fine cutting horses and fast racehorses. Joe is loved and adored by so many even beyond his large family. He always had a story to tell, a ready smile, and a helping hand. Charismatic and witty, he was the life of the party. The hole his parting left in our lives will never be filled. Joe is survived by his loving wife Judith, daughters; Dorothy (Carl) James, Christine (Milton) Johnson, Tamra (Victor) Petersen, JoLyn Chappell (Noni Dalton), stepsons; Greg Brumley (Jackie Pacheco), Gary Brumley (Cathy Shubert), 30 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Leslie Bird “Jim” and Ellen Irene “Rena” Chappell; infant sister, Ellen; and grandson, Jared Carl James. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 19 at 11:00 a.m., at the Centerfield LDS Chapel in Centerfield, Utah. Friends may gather prior to the service at 9:00-10:30 or at a viewing Friday night from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Burial will be Saturday afternoon at 4:00 P.M. in the Santaquin City Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.