Kenneth Paul Pierce

KENNETH PAUL PIERCE, 69, formerly of Anadarko, was born November 12, 1942, in Norman, Oklahoma to Thurman Nelton Pierce and Eunice May (Johnson) Brandon. He passed from this life on August 21, 2012 at his home in Austin, Texas.
Kenneth was raised and went to school mainly in Anadarko and graduated with the Class of 1960. He joined the U.S. Air Force for four years and was honorably discharged in 1964. Kenneth then attended Oklahoma State University. While at OSU, he and his teammates won the Big 8 Championship in Bowling. After leaving OSU he attended Lear Siegler Computer College in Oklahoma City to study computers. He later attended classes at the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts (now U.S.A.O.) where he met Hazel Marie Crumm. They were married on August 17, 1973 and recently celebrated 39 years of marriage. They had two children, Kena Marie and Brandon Dean, born in January of 1976 and November of 1977 respectively. Ken and his family lived in Moore, OK from 1974 to 1983 then moved to Plano, TX in 1983 where Ken went to work as a computer programmer at EDS in Plano, Texas. He retired from EDS in 2000 and moved to Austin, TX to work as a programmer for the City of Austin until he retired in 2006.
“Uncle Kenny†enjoyed being with his family and loved going camping with his family in the early years. Later he took road trips with his wife, children, and nephews along with a yearly Spring Break trip to Las Vegas with friends. He was very competitive and played pool and bowled with two leagues while living in Plano. He also spent many hours playing cards with family and participated in a weekly Bridge group with coworkers. After moving to Austin, Kenneth spent time going to live music shows and competing in a fantasy football league with family. He was always passionate about computers and shared that passion with his family and friends by usually having the latest and greatest computer and providing free tech support. Kenneth was excited to retire and to be a member of AARP.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a brother-in-law, Jim Marshall and a niece, Paula Botello.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel; his daughter, Kena, and his son, Brandon, all of Austin; one brother, Curry Pierce and his wife, Toni of Anadarko; two sisters, Valerie Marshall of Moore and Colleen Keeton of Miami, Oklahoma; three sisters-in-law, Wanda Morgan and her husband, Mike of Montgomery, TX, Pauline White of Oklahoma City, and Deborah Owens and her husband, Howard from Plano, TX along with nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.