John Willis Teel

December 26, 1943 - April 11, 2016

John Willis Teel age 72 of Cyril, Oklahoma passed from this life on April 11, 2016. John was born on September 26, 1943 in Sentinel, Oklahoma to Willis Marvin Teel and Orangie Pearl (Clayburn) Teel. John grew up in the Retrop area and lived in various places in the western part of the United States. John graduated from Port High School. He served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War from April 1966 to January 1968 in the artillery units, receiving a bronze star like his father. After serving in the armed forces he worked in the oilfield industry, drove a truck for his father and later drove commercial trucks. John enjoyed big game hunting and being outdoors. Surviving John are his two children: Kathy Grantz and husband Kyle of Perryton, Texas and Jimmy Teel, ten grandchildren, one sister: Marie Mayer and husband Hermie, one brother: Larry Teel and wife Barbara of Sherman, Texas, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.