Prentice Hapgood

Prentice Hapgood, 87, died on May 6, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Mary Strueber Hapgood, and two sons- Joe Hapgood of Edmond, and Vince Hapgood of Grapevine, Texas, and their respective spouses Kris Hennessey Hapgood and Toni Deese Hapgood, along with four grandchildren, Alyssa Hapgood Collins and her husband Brian Collins, David Hapgood, Alexa Hapgood, and Jay Hapgood, and one great-grandson Jack Collins. Also surviving is one sister and three nephews. Prentice Hapgood was Claims Attorney for Conoco's insurance carrier in Ponca City from 1968 to 1987 and Claims Counsel in Conoco's Legal Department in Houston from 1987 to 1990. The Hapgoods retired in Edmond in 1990. Hapgood was born in Hartford CT on 12-17-1923 and moved with his family to Santa Fe, NM in 1939. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and completed his undergraduate work at the University of New Mexico in 1949. In the late 1940's he acquired and consolidated a tract of land that became the Glorieta Baptist Assembly. Hapgood graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1959, and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1960. Hapgood was an active Episcopalian in Oklahoma, having served on the Diocesan Council and on a Bishop's Search Committee, as well as attending many Diocesan conventions. Early in his retirement, Hapgood volunteered in the job placement section of REST, a day shelter for the homeless, and for two years served as a Board member of Common Cause Oklahoma. Funeral services are as follows: Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Edmond, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday May 10, 2011. Private interment in Ponca City.