Birth date: Dec 2, 1927 Death date: Feb 20, 2023
Monroe Lee Wortham, born to Earl and Etta Wortham, on December 2, 1927, on a farm outside of Kinta, Oklahoma. He was the embodiment of the grit and determination that came out of the hard work of farm life and the resilience of gr Read Obituary
My husband Bill and I have known Monroe since the 1970s. He was a true friend and always willing to help others. Bill and Monroe spent many hours playing BlueGrass and Gospel music. They loved entertaining others. Monroe will be missed by all who knew him. Pauleta J Clawson
Monroe was my first friend and next door neighbor when we relocated to Mount Vernon, WA. I was unpacking my welding machines when he walked up the driveway and asked me if I knew how to weld. I said "do you see the 5 welding machines over there?" He said "Boy, I didn't ask you how many welding machines you had, I asked you if you knew how to weld." Before I knew it, I became his friend spending many days together working on both of our properties.
After fixing his tractor, we walked up the hill to his place and I saw he had a goat. Monroe said "Grab that rope and take that goat home with you". Having just moved in, no way I could do that. We shared good times together and my children grew up with a great friend and neighbor.
Rich Helinski
I was never sure what to expect when visiting with Monroe, but, it was sure to be a good time had by all.
One day he and his bestus sidekick Marion Mark Wortham showed up in my front yard with a gift of a Cottonwood tree of great size for me to plant. They had been to a Tahlequah nursery and thought of me. They said " this tree will be cottonless". It was not!! Another vist by the dynamic duo brought Blackberry Roots, which they planted along my back yard fence with the promise that the plants would be thornless, which they were, and the berries would be seedless" who would have thunk it?? There is no such thing. The plants thrived and produced good crops of very large berries. I moved some of the roots of those plant from Broken Arrow to Heber Springs AR. They have produced bumper crops and have blessed us and many neighbors for the past eleven years.
I will miss him and his antics and look forward to joining him in heaven. I'm expecting great joy and much laughter and of course more of the dynamic duos' antics.
We loved him very much and will miss him terribly.
Ron & Lee Ann, Don & Margo and families, you have our prayers and sympathy.
Roger Murl & Mary Ellen Wortham
