OSHA "OS" CAPPS

Oshal Bennett Capps, 80, of Lubbock, Texas died Friday, Jan. 31, 1997 at Carillon Health Care Center in Lubbock.

He was born Jan. 18, 1917 at Bloomfield, son of the late Clarence Norman and Cora Bell Aslin Capps.

He had been a resident of Jefferson City for 40 years, but had lived in Lubbock since October 1996. He was retired from the Missouri Department of Conservation and Forestry.

He earned a bachelor of science and a master of science in forestry from the University of Michigan with a minor in wildlife. He was a member of the Jefferson City Rotary Club, past president of the National Association of State Foresters, active in the Society of American Foresters and a retired colonel in the Missouri National Guard.

On Oct. 21, 1935, he married Veda Juanita Magee, who survives.

Other survivors include a son, Bob Capps of Lubbock, Texas; a brother, Norman Capps of Dexter, Mo.; three grandchildren; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many other friends and relatives.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral services will be held Monday at the First Baptist Church in Jefferson City. Friends may then call Tuesday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloombield from 6-8 p.m. Another funeral service will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Tom W. Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery.