Leslie Howard Ault

Funeral service for Les will be held at 10am, Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Central Christian Church in Claremore with Rev. Larry Conaway and Rev. Scott Blume officiating. Burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens in Claremore under the direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service.

Leslie “Les” Howard Ault passed away August 10, 2011 at the age of 74.

Born November 6, 1936 to Charles and Ruth Sarvies Dawes in Bristow, Oklahoma. Les was raised in the Tulsa area and was a member of the 1955 graduating class of Rogers High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma on a wrestling scholarship and joined the football team as a walk on. Les switched his major from medicine to business and graduated from The University of Tulsa. After graduation he became involved in several local businesses: a printing company, real estate, a pizza business and even a spice company.
One day after having lunch at Sambo’s Restaurant he met Rita Farris. They were married May 10, 1973 in Las Vegas. After their marriage they moved to Denver, Colorado where he worked as a general contractor. He later opened his own contracting company, All American Builders. After returning to Oklahoma, he worked for Oklahoma Fixture Company and coached the company baseball team. They moved to Claremore where he began helping his father-in-law in the extermination business, eventually owning the business, Farris-Ault Exterminators.

In his spare time, Les loved to travel. Many times he and his family went to mine for gold at a family owned gold mine. More recently he loved volunteering as a train conductor at Dry Gulch.

Les is preceded in death by his father Charles and son, Tony Ault.

Survivors include his mother Ruth of Claremore; wife Rita and daughter Leslie Kay of the home; daughter Shanda Moren, husband John and their son, Joel of Broken Arrow; son Darrill Ault of Texas; daughter Theresia Begley and husband Jeff of Oologah; brother, Don Dawes and wife Earlene of Base City, Texas. Grandchildren, Sean Ault, Brady Begley, Payden Begley and great-grandson, Taylor Ault.