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Nancy Moreland © Alva Review-Courier 11-18-015 Submitted by: Glenn
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NANCY MORELAND
A loving life has left us, but her light still shines. On Saturday morning November 14, 2015, Nancy passed away peacefully at home in Mustang, Oklahoma, while she and her husband/caregiver Ron were preparing for a day of football games. She was wearing her favorite Sooner shirt the last day of her life. Even though Nancy was suffering the relentless effects of ALS, she played tough in order to continue to be a part of her family and friends’ lives.
Nancy was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, and was raised by her mother Jean Ann and father H.S. Graham in Alva, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school in 1965. Nancy loved being a cheerleader for her Alva Goldbugs. Two years later she graduated from Enid Business School after which she was employed by First Bethany Bank and Trust for 10 years working up to a vice presidency. On June 5, 1971, she married her high school sweetheart, Ron Moreland, whom she had met in the fifth grade. She resigned from the bank to become a full-time, stay-at-home mom to raise their two sons, James Ira who lives and works in Dallas, and Jason Sherman who lives and works in Oklahoma City. Ron began his career in banking with the First National Bank of Oklahoma City and retired recently from First Bethany Bank and Trust.
Besides being survived by her husband and sons, Nancy leaves behind a sister, Kay Ann Rudd, husband Jack and sons Aaron and Dion and families of Sandy, Utah and Hathaway Pines, California. She was preceded in death by her beloved nephew Jay Bird. She is also survived by a brother, Dr. Stephen Graham, wife Jennifer and children Jeff and Whitney and families of Norman and Edmond as well as Carol, Katie, Taylor and Drew wife and children of her younger brother Chris Graham who also died of ALS at his home in Roswell, Georgia, in 2012. Nancy was also preceded in death by a favorite teenage niece, Shawna Kaye Goodin. Additional survivors are Ron’s sisters, DeAnna Goodin of Oklahoma City and son Derek and family of St Louis, Missouri; Bonita McCoy of Edmond and son George and wife Jamie of Lawrence, Kansas; nephew Craig Moreland, wife Lori and daughter Emmy of Mustang, son of Ron’s older but deceased brother Jim Moreland; as well as sons and daughters of previously deceased sisters-in-law Zona Raveill of Independence, Missouri, and Leona Knight of Sallisaw. Ken Raveill still resides in Independence. Nancy loved them all. She also mothered hundreds of friends and many children who went through the halls of Mustang Valley Elementary School where she had worked until retiring in 2010.
Besides making a festive and happy home, Nancy was known for encouraging the continuance of family traditions and holidays which benefited from her detailed artistic style: “Share the love and have some fun doing it. Well, as long as you bring me a Tim’s Dr. Pepper with extra ice.”
She and Ron attended the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of Mustang. Nancy was committed to loving of a large circle of friends and former co-workers who were faithful and supportive until her death and to whom she gave instructions to continue to take care of her “three favorite men.”
Services will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Mustang at 928 N. Mustang Road. Later graveside and burial services will be held in the Alva
Memorial Cemetery in Alva, at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, you may share your gifts in Nancy’s memory with a charity of your choice or the ALS Foundation.
Viewing will be available at McNeil’s on Wednesday Nov. 18 from 1-8 p.m. with family members available for visiting between 3-6 p.m.
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