Jewell Dean Fitzgerald

© Enid News and Eagle

09-02-2014

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

A service of Remembrance and Celebration of Life for Jewell Dean Fitzgerald, 90, of Ponca City, formerly of Enid, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Rev. Scott Whittenburg and Rev. Kenneth Wade will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-7 p.m. Wednesday at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Jewell was born Dec. 30, 1923, in Butler, Tenn., the oldest child of Glasco and Tillie Goodwin, and died August 31, 2014, in Ponca City, Okla.

She moved to Oklahoma at age 5 and graduated from Garber High School in 1941. She attended Hill’s Business University in Oklahoma City. She worked as a secretary for National Youth Administration in Enid during World War II. She also worked for Southwestern Bell and JC Penney. She then worked as a secretary for Enid Public Schools at Coolidge and Wilson for 20 years.

She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Beta Sigma Phi Delta Chapter, Red Bud Garden Club, Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, St. Paul’s Visiting Circle, Abraham Prayer Ministry and Enid Senior Citizens.

She married Delson Fitzgerald Nov. 1, 1950. He preceded her in death Oct. 28, 1993.

She is survived by her children, Steve and LeAwna Fitzgerald, Ponca City; Susan and Ron Ivey, Edmond; Stan and Cheryl Fitzgerald, Edmond; three grandsons, Ron Ivey Jr. and wife, Kathryn of Washington, D.C., Jimmy Ivey of Edmond and Joe Fitzgerald of Ponca City. She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law Bob and Karen Goodwin of Enid, sister-in-law Ruth Goodwin of Benbrook, Texas, and special friend Arnold Schweer as well as many loving nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and brother Bill Goodwin.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1626 E. Broadway, Enid, OK 73701, or Marland Children’s Home (formerly the American Legion Children’s Home), 1300 Summers Place, Ponca City. OK 74604. Condolences may be made at ladusauevans.com.

(Submitted by family) Funeral for Helen Louise Frost, 86, of Kremlin, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, at Central Christian Church. The Rev. Don Johnson will officiate. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Visitation with family will be 5:30-7 Monday evening at the funeral home.

Helen was born Sept. 4, 1927, in Enid to N.L. “Bob” and Helen (Eickhoff) Lafferty, and passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in Enid.

Helen attended grade school and junior high school in Ponca City and graduated from Hoisington, Kan., High School with the class of 1945.

Helen and Harrison LeRoy Frost, Jr. were married Dec. 7, 1946 at Olive Chapel Church. They made their home on a family farm in the Kremlin-Hillsdale area.

She was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for several years. After the birth of her second child, she was a stay-at-home mother, involved in school activities and helping with the farming operations. Helen returned to work at Vance Air Force Base, working for Northrop in communications and later in the learning center in the student squadron. She retired in 1989.

Helen and LeRoy enjoyed traveling and going on many state-side trips and several foreign tours. She was a member of Central Christian Church, Ruth Chapter 447-Order of the Eastern Star, Keotte Club, Pioneer Telephone Women, and Sons and Daughters of Cherokee Strip.

Helen is survived by a son, H. Lee and wife Deby of Sapulpa; two daughters, Debbie and husband Bill Wright, and Beverly Yost and her partner Eric Bright, all of Enid; grandchildren, Sara and husband Chad Knowles, H. Levi Frost and his partner Eden Evans, Rachel and husband Wray Baker, Carisa and husband Nick Manderfield, Alex and wife Dana Shibley, Sarah Wofford, Russell Wofford, Jason Carson, Jennifer Mack; great-grandchildren, Megan Lynn Carson, Parker Lee Carson, Faith LeAnn Mack, Macy Jo Mack, Jensen Knowles, Collin Knowles, Alexandra Baker, Greyson Shibley, Evelot Frost and Cateleya Frost; and a brother, Robert and wife Joan Lafferty of Hacienda Heights, Calif.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Leroy.

Memorials may be made to Central Christian Church or Enid Public Library. Guestbook available at www.anderson-burris.com.

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