Anna Mae Sedlacek Jeske, 81, longtime Shawnee resident, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2016.

She was born on January 7, 1935 in Meeker, Oklahoma to John Sedlacek, Jr. and Helen Walenta Sedlacek.

Anna Mae married Wesley “Wes” Jeske on June 12, 1955 in Meeker at her parent's home.

She attended Crescent School and graduated from Meeker High School.

Following graduation, she worked for S.H. Kress in Shawnee until marriage. She and her husband moved to Dallas where she was a housewife and later worked at Collins Radio. Sixteen years later, the family returned to Shawnee and she worked at S.H. Kress until 1974 when she took a job in the parts department at Wrangler in Seminole. She retired from Wrangler in 1998, after 24 years of service.

After retirement she worked on the family farm picking pecans and riding her four-wheeler to check cattle. She had many different hobbies. She particularly enjoyed working in her garden, canning vegetables, and going to garage sales and auctions. Anna Mae treasured cooking and entertaining for her family on the holidays.

She was a member of the Quilting Queens Sewing Group; she made numerous quilts and crocheted many afghans. Anna Mae was a member of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Tecumseh, where she actively participated in working at the Pumpkin Patch and making food for church dinners.

Anna Mae is preceded in death by her husband, parents, one brother, Harry Allen Sedlacek and one sister, Mary Frances Newton.

Those left to cherish her memories are her beloved children; Sharon Howard and Darrin Jeske of Shawnee; two granddaughters, Kelli Howard of Edmond and Stacey Howard of Oklahoma City; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Edward Lee and Edith Sedlacek of Meeker, Franklin and Pat Sedlacek of Prague and Johnny Sedlacek of Meeker; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Helen Irene and Wayne Sturdivan of Ringgold, Georgia, Rose Marie and Jack Vaughn of Prague and Linda Kay Sedlacek of Meeker; and many other extended family members and friends.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Broadway United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 37, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 74873 as appropriate for memorials.

Visitation will begin 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 3, 2016 and continue through service time. The family will gather to meet with friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Cooper Funeral Home.

Services will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Josh Langille-Hoppe officiating.

Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Shawnee under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.

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