1920FCI JamesOakeyFam; Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Dickson > District 32; image 1 of 39 @ancestry.com; Roll: T625_1576; Page: 1A; Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Dickson City Ward 1, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1576; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 938.
James Oakey 39
Jane E Oakey 38
Beatrice Oakey 18
James Oakey 12
Alice Oakey 9
Herbert Oakey 8
Wilfred Oakey 5 6/12
Richard Oakey 4 11/12
Margaret Oakey 3 3/12
Harry Oakey 25

1930FCI James Oakey + fam; Pennsylvania; Lackawanna; Dickson City; Ward 2; District 128; image 20 of 26 @ancestry.com; ED 35-128; SD 6; pg 10B, Main Street; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Dickson City, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2049; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 128; Image: 154.0. Lincoln St;

1940FCI James Oakey and Family, 2 pages; United States Federal Census; Pennsylvania > Lackawanna > Dickson > 35-44 > Page 9-10 of 32 @Ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Dickson, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3523; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 35-44.

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Name: William R Oakey; Gender: Male
Age: 29; Birth Date: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1944
Marriage Place: Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: James Oakey; Mother: Janie Wear
Spouse: Margaret H Thurston
Film Number: 002314307
and Name: Margaret H Thurston; Gender: Female
Age: 31; Birth Date: abt 1913
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1944
Marriage Place: Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Norman Thurston; Mother: Helen Phillips
Spouse: William R Oakey
Film Number: 002314307

News1959 OakeyReunionStarlight.pdf
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
25 Sep 1959, Fri
Page 23
The Oakey family held a reunion last Sturday at Starlight, with a buffet luncheon, games and other entertainment.
Officers were elected as follow:
President, Gilbert Fay;
secretary, Mrs Louise Jackson;
treasurer, Fred Oakey.
Committees were named for next years reunion at Starlight tje 3rd saturday in September.
Present were:
Mrs Jane Oakey, Thelma Hughes;
Beatrice & Don Sylvester;
Julia & James Oakey;
Wilfred, Elneda, Teddy, Thomas & Billie Oakey;
MArgaret, Richard, Robert & Susan Oakey;
Fay, Harold and Donald Miller;
Nancy, Edward, Judy and Curt Kuranda;
Margaret and Barbara Wright;
Louise, WEllington and Allen Jackson;
Rose & Luther Bender;
Naomi Oakey
Lucille & Richard Howell, Marion Howell, Iris, Billie, and Sammy Knight;
Anna & Gilbert Fay;
Harry Oakey
Fred & Minnie Oakey;
Mrs Mabel Oakey;
Mr & Mrs Eric Salline, Calvin and Karen Salline.

SSDI U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 @ancestry
Name: William Richard Oakey [William R Oakey]
Gender: Male; Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1915
Birth Place: Dickson City, Pennsylvania; [Dickson, Pennsylvania]
Death Date: 6 May 2001
Father: James A Oakey
Mother: Jane A Weak
SSN: 203032183
Notes: Feb 1938: Name listed as WILLIAM RICHARD OAKEY; 09 May 2001: Name listed as WILLIAM R OAKEY

OBIT WilliamRichardOakey2001.pdf
The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)09 May 2001, Wed
Page 25
image 25 of 44 @newspapers.com
William R Oakey
May 6, 2001
William Richard “Dick” Oakey, 86, Dallas, Texas, died Sunday at Kindred Hospital, Dallas. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret.
Born 17 feb, 1915 in Dickson City, son of the late James Arthur Oakey and Jane Ann Wear Oakey, he was a longtime employee of Mirror Insulation and lived in Penn, Ohio, Taiwan and Texas
He loved his work, the church, the XYZers, music, birds, flowers, parasailing and life. He will be greatly missed by his large family and friends.
His caregivers were Ric and Heather Valadez and Sherrie Montgomery
Surviving are:
a son, Robert
a daughter Susan,
a sister Fay Rose Miller
nieces and nephews.
Also preceding him in death were 10 brothers and sisters.
A memorial service will be held friday at 11am in the oak Lawn Methodist Church, 3012 Oak Lawn, Dallas
Arrangements by the Oak Cliff Funeral Chapel, Dallas.