Obit of Todd, Opal Marie - Payne County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 12 Dec 2010 Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Oakdale Cemetery--Cushing OK Cushing Daily Citizen January 24, 2007 11:08 am Opal Marie Todd Mar. 2, 1921 ~ Jan. 22, 2007 Opal Marie Todd, age 85 of Cushing passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday Jan. 24, 2007 at the Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel, Cushing. Pastor Mike Brannon will officiate. Interment will be at the Oakdale Cemetery, Cushing. Marie was born on Mar. 2, 1921 in Avery, Oklahoma to the late Earl and Clara Eva (Dillman) Rodgers. She received her early education in Ripley. Marie graduated from Ripley High School in 1939. Marie married William Chrystal Todd on Jan. 28, 1941 in Cushing and to this union four children were born, Erlene, Kent, Cheryl, and Stan. They lived in Farmington, N.M. from 1959 until returning to Cushing in 1973. While her children were growing up, she became a taxi driver for her children which kept her very involved with their activities. She was a member of the Ripley United Methodist Church since 1951, where she was a member of the Women’s Service Club. Marie was also very active at the Cushing Senior Citizens, where she was an active member of Project Heart. Marie enjoyed cooking, quilting, bird watching and reading. She especially loved taking care of her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. Marie was also a caregiver to her parents, brothers and sisters. Marie is survived by her sons William Kent Todd and wife Becky of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Stanley Harmon Todd and wife Jill of Cushing, daughter Cheryl Lynne Todd McKnight and husband Steve of Shady Shores, Texas, sisters Lila Hendrickson of Cushing and Velma Parham of Lubbock, Texas, grandchildren Michael Todd, Hutch Todd, Jessica Todd, Brandon McKnight, Valerie McKnight, Christa Todd, Mandi Todd, Johnnie Jack Walker, Timothy Walker and Shereen Bradley, great grandchildren Ash Todd, Burke Todd, J.J. Walker IV, Josh Walker, Jacob Adair, Roxanna Blish, Michelle Beck, Raymond Ackerman, Joseph Walker, great great-grandchildren Alissa Beck, Casey Beck and Vanessa Beck. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Don Rodgers and Bill Rodgers, sisters Bulah Priddy and Almeda Priddy, daughter and son-in-law: Opal Erlene Todd Walker and Johnnie Walker, grandchildren Jari Dawn Todd and Jeffrey Jay Walker. Services are entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home, Cushing. Condolences and online guest book are available at palmar --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html