Rogers County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  WAHLEA MOLLIE MASSEY
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WAHLEA MOLLIE MASSEY

OCNS - May 18, 2002 - Wahlea Mollie Massey, 76, was born November 9, 1925 
in Claremore, Oklahoma to James F. & Rosa Lee Thompson Massey and passed 
away Thursday, May 16, 2002.   One of nine children, Wahlea was reared and 
educated in Claremore and her first employment was at the Mason Caf‚ where 
she worked as a young woman.   She married and daughter, Betty was born.

Wahlea moved to Sparks, Nevada for a year and then on to Susanville, 
California for a time.   This, Susanville, is where Betty grew up and 
received her education.   Wahlea next lived in Oxnard, California for 
several years before returning in the 1980s to Claremore which continued 
to be her home since that time.

Wahlea is survived by her daughter, Betty Anderson and her husband, Raymond 
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; grandchildren, Deadra Leah Anderson and Cecil Ray 
Anderson, also of Cedar Rapids and Anna Marie Lemke and her husband, Paul, 
of Ely, Iowa; four great grandchildren, Kristian Ray Anderson, Lukas John 
Anderson and Bailee Elizabeth Anderson, all of Cedar Rapids and Jacob 
Donald Lemke of Ely; a sister, Mary Jo Massey and numerous nieces and 
nephews.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Nathen and Loyd Massey; and 
sisters, Orvilla Davis, Leona Seals, Rachel Chambers, Elva Gann and 
Florence Aguirre.

Services will be at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, May 18, in the Chapel of The 
Garden at Rice Funeral Service, Claremore, Oklahoma.   Private interment 
will take place next week in Woodlawn Cemetery, Claremore.