Services for Edith Patterson Moler, 70, of Enid will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 21, 2008, in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Stanley Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Enid Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Edith was born on February 24, 1938, in Ames, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lester and Ernestine Shook Crawford and died early Thursday morning, April 17, 2008, at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center.
She was raised and educated in Ames. On January 20, 1954, she married Clarence Patterson. He preceded her in death. Edith was a member of Ames Baptist Church and the Home Extension Club. At the time of her death, Edith was the long-time switchboard operator at NORCE. She married Harold “Holly” Moler in Waukomis on June 30, 1984.
She is survived by her husband, Holly of the home; son, Tim and wife, Vickie Patterson of Enid; daughters, Nancye and husband, Danny Turner of Waukomis, Tammy and husband, Ben Adams of Menifee, California; eleven grandchildren, Amy and husband, Michael Dingler, Jon Mark and wife, Kristina Turner, Robert Patterson, Meghan and husband, Kevin Wotring, Jacob, Philip, Benjamin, Ethan, Miriam, Hannah, Keenan Sisson; and three great-grandchildren, Zackery Patterson, Abby Dingler, Leah Turner; three sisters, Hazle Schwind of Enid, Twila Nusz, and Caroleen Clester, both of Okeene, Oklahoma.; brothers, Jim and Teddy Crawford of Enid, Bill Crawford of Altus, Oklahoma, and Bobby Crawford of Ames, Oklahoma. Her beloved cat and dog, Pouncer and Shorty.