Obit of Shipman, Leona C. - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 13 Nov 2005 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Lawton Constitution 16 Mar 2003 *Leona C. Shipman Funeral for Leona C. Shipman, 78, Lawton, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home Chapel with Tom Willoughby, First Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. Shipman died Saturday, March 15, 2003, at a local hospital. Burial will be at Letitia Cemetery under direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. She was born April 1, 1924, in Duncan to Robert and Francis Rohlman Fietz. She grew up and attended school in Hulen. She married Lester L. Shipman on Feb. 24, 1942, in Lawton. He died on Jan. 25, 2001. Survivors include three daughters: Carey Buckhalter and her husband, Skip; Twilla Presswood and her husband, Don, all of Lawton; and Eyvonne Simpson and her husband, Wallace, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; a sister, Margaret Jarvis and her husband, Elmer, Walters; eight grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Marie Peddy; and a brother, John Fietz. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 3545 NW 58, Oklahoma City 73112. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm