Christine Cullum, age 96, resident of Asher passed away Feb. 7, 2025.
Christine was born July 15, 1928 in Temple, OK to Henry Frank and Mary Lou (Crow) Hutchins. She grew up around Temple, OK, where she graduated in 1946.
After high school she met and married Ervin Cullum. As her children grew up and left home she rejoined the workforce and worked retail and did office work for Sears, Montgomery Ward and Anthony’s in many towns where she lived.
When Christine and her husband moved to Holdenville, OK, they opened their own branch of a Montgomery Ward Catalog Store. After retirement, Christine continued to work as a parttime office clerk for the Clark-Fuqua Agency in Holdenville.
After the passing of Ervin and recovering from a broken hip, Christine moved to Asher, OK to live with her daughter Carolyn and husband Mike on their farm.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; daughter, Cheryl Hasty, brother Ernest and sisters, Lottie, Maggie Lois, Loree, Billy, Corene, Eula, and twin sister Catherine; and grand daughter-in-law Jennifer.
Survivors include her daughter and son in law, Carolyn and Mike Edie; son in law, Lloyd Hasty; grandsons: Matt Hasty and daughter Ellie: Nich Hasty, wife Opal, and daughter Harley; and Kendal Hasty; many nieces and nephews and their families; long-time friend and hair dresser Lynda DeShields and many other precious friends and extended family.
Services were held Feb. 15, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home in Tecumseh, OK with burial service at the Holdenville Cemetery Chapel, in Holdenville, OK.
