Funeral service for Dallas Amos will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday , July 25, 2018 at the Calvary Baptist Church. Pastor Chad Thompson will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Inola Funeral Home & Crematory.
Dallas Christopher Amos passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at the age of 55.
The son of Alfred and Martha Gardner Amos was born July 6, 1963 in St. Joseph, Missouri. There he was and attended Lafayette High School, graduating with the class of 1981. Dallas began his working career around the age of 14, working for United Department Store. After several years there, he decided to make a career change and moved to Claremore, Oklahoma. He then began working for Burgess Norton. Later he would take another job as a supervisor with a manufacturing company where he worked until he retired in 2016. It was during this time of his career that he met Diane Chasteen. They would begin dating, and would marry on May 27th 2003. Over the next few years they made their home in Claremore before moving to Inola.
Dallas had many hobbies and past times. He enjoyed auctions, camping, crafting things from wood such as crosses and wooden deer, and going on cruises. The Alaskan cruise was by far his favorite. Then there was his love of tractors. He loved buying tractors and the parts to restore them. His latest restoration project however was his 1953 Chevy truck.
He is preceded in death by his father Alfred Amos Sr. and brothers, Alfred Amos Jr., and Christopher Amos.
Survivors include he wife Diane; mother, Martha Smith, daughter, Ashley Meyer and husband James; step-sons, Tony Deckard and wife Jen, and Ronny Deckard and wife Jenny; brother, Billy Amos and wife Tammy; sister, Martha "Toots" Herwig; grandchildren, Janelle Urban and husband Billy, Brennon Allen and fiance Anna, Sebastian, Wyatt, Gage and Leslie Deckard, and great-grandchildren, Brynlee, Blake and Jaden Urban.
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