William "Bill" Robert Purget

Funeral services for William Robert “Bill” Purget will be held on Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 at 10:00 AM at Reed-Culver Chapel with his son Cole Purget officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 13th, 2018 from noon until 6:00 Pm at Reed-Culver Chapel. He will be laid to rest at Hulbert I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Online condolences for his family may be left at www.reedculver.com.

Pallbearers for Bill include LJ McMurtrey, Justin Coons, David Bookout, Jim Hughart, GV Gulager, Theral Jones, and Charles Cook. Honorary pallbearers include Ralph Purget, Max Purget, Austin Hughart, Olen Purget, Keith Hood, and John Stanley.

Bill Purget was born on March 21st, 1944 in Hulbert, OK, the son of Frank and Iris (Lawson) Purget. He was raised with three brothers, Olen, Ralph, John and two sisters, Barbara and Kathern. He attended Victory Chapel Elementary School and graduated Hulbert High School in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army. After returning from Vietnam, Bill attended Barber College in Detroit, Michigan, returning to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, working as a barber. He later bought and operated the Nu Gas Station in Tahlequah, Ok. Bill went to Alaska and worked on the pipeline as a plumber. He owned and operated the Clear Creek Store and the Caney Ridge Store. He loved machinery of any kind, from tractors to backhoes, classic cars and old pickup trucks. He loved any chance he had to spend time with his family, and his grandchildren. He loved to tell a good story or two, and he liked people. He had the kind of smile that let you know you were talking to a friend. A Christian by faith, the Lord called this good and faithful servant home from his labors on August 8th, 2018, in Muskogee, OK. He was 74 years old. Bill will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his infant daughter, his father, mother, and his grandparents.

Those left to cherish his memory include his children, William Cole Purget and wife Rachel of Hulbert, OK and daughter, Sheila Hughart and husband Joe of Woodall, OK. He leaves his brothers and sisters, Olen Purget and wife Pam of Hulbert, OK, Ralph Purget and wife Wennie of Edmond, OK, John Purget of Adair, OK, Barbara McMurtrey and husband LJ of Ft. Gibson, OK, and Kathern Thompson and husband James. He lives on in five grandchildren, Jim Hughart, Brittany Elrod, Alissa Hughart, Austin Hughart, and Max Purget, one great grandson, Ryder and one great granddaughter on the way, River Rose, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and loved ones.