William Cody

William Glen Cody, better known as Bill, passed away on Monday, August 11, 2008 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Mr. Cody was 85 years old. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Cody will be held at 10:00am, Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Re-Located Cemetery in Nowata with Steve Cody officiating. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 7-8pm, Thursday. Those who would rather send a memorial donation in memory of Mr. Cody are asked to remember the 10-33 Emergency Team, 321 E Cherokee, Nowata, OK 74048. On-Line condolences can be left for the family at www.honoringmemories.com. Services have been entrusted to the Benjamin Funeral Home of Nowata. Bill was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on Feb. 8, 1923, to William Stephen Cody and Virginia Irene Spencer-Cody. He later married Leona Louise Smith on June 2, 1941 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Mrs. Cody and Bill were married for 66 years at the time of her death in April of this year. Bill is survived by one son, Stephen R. Cody and his wife Mary of Lenapah, Oklahoma; by four grandchildren, Sheri Lynn Martin and her husband Larry of Lenapah, Richard Dean Cody and his wife Crystal of Nowata, Teresa Elaine Menefee and her husband Mark of Coffeyville, Tammy Dee Wilson and her husband Tim of Nowata; by 13 great-grandchildren; by 11 great-great-grandchildren; by one sister, Kay Cody of Nowata; by two brothers-in-law, Clarence Mattix of Nowata and Johnnie Earl Smith and his wife Wanda Jean of Nowata; by one nephew, Terry Mattix and his wife Kathy of Nowata; and by one niece, Sharon Mattix-Stevens and her husband Mike of Texarkana, Texas. Bill was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife, Leona Louise Cody; by a daughter, Dorothy Irene Marlin; by two brothers, Robert R. Cody and David L. Cody; by one sister, Mary L Mattix; and by two great-granddaughters, Cheyenne Robinson and Susan Cody. After he and Leona were married, he worked for the Moore Ranch northwest of Nowata, Oklahoma. While working for the ranch in 1948, he was asked to be a Reserve Deputy Sheriff in the first unit ever formed in Nowata County under then Sheriff Arch Sequichie. That began his 60 year law enforcement career. In 1951, he went to work as apolice officer for the City of Nowata, but in 1953 returned to work at the Nowata County Sheriff's Office as a full-time Deputy Sheriff. He later became Chief of Police in Nowata and later the Undersheriff of Nowata County until his supposed retirement in the 1970's. His retirement did not last long, as he once again went to work as a Deputy Sheriff and at the time of his death was still a Reserve Deputy. In those years he held a license with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, as well as his Private Investigator license. He loved flying his airplane and enjoyed taking people flying. He was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Nowata.

Service Details

Friday, August 15th, 2008 10:00am, Graveside

Interment Details

Relocated