Ellen Belle Dreschsler Wilson Schuermann

© Enid News and Eagle

10-09-2021

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

January 25, 1930 - October 4, 2021

Ellen Belle Schuermann, 91, Enid, former longtime resident of Pond Creek, died Monday, October 4, 2021, in the Greenbrier Nursing Home in Enid where she had resided in recent years.

She was born January 25, 1930, in Enid, the daughter of August and Lela Gladys (Hunt) Drechsler. Ellen was reared on the family farm five miles east of Cleo Springs in northwest Oklahoma. She attended a nearby rural school in her early elementary grades, then attended Cleo Springs School where she graduated from high school in 1947.

She attended the Nurse Training School at Enid General Hospital, earning her certification and becoming a registered nurse.

Ellen and Eugene Orville Wilson of Pond Creek were married Dec. 31, 1950, at an aunt's home in Enid, and they made their permanent home in Pond Creek where Gene owned and operated a photography studio, and where Ellen was employed as a nurse for Dr. Robinson at his clinic. She was employed as a nurse through the 1950s and 1960s.

Ellen grew up attending the Christian Church in Cleo Springs, and in Pond Creek she was a very active member and worker in the United Methodist Church, where she was also an active member of the Methodist Women's Fellowship for many years. Ellen was also a member of the Pond Creek Mom's Club.

Her husband, Gene, preceded her in death in 1998. She married Roy Schuermann, also a longtime Pond Creek resident, in 2008, and they continued to make their home there. He preceded her in death.

Also preceding her in death were her parents; brother, Donald "Don" Drechsler; sister and brother-in-law, Nellie and Bernard Mena; brother-in-law, Charles Wilson; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Maxine and Dale Peier; sister-in-law, Helen Drechsler; son-in-law, Lt. Colonel Francis McGovern; and grandson-in-law, George Richardson.

Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Karen E. McGovern, Lake Ridge, Virginia, and Paula J. and Don E. Sporleder, Davenport, Oklahoma; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Gene and Dodie Drechsler, Altus, Bob and Iretta Drechsler, Wichita; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Dr. Keith Wilson and Mary Ann Wilson, Enid; a sister-in-law, Mary Wilson, Pond Creek; a grandson, Adam Sporleder, Davenport; three granddaughters, Turia Richardson, Davenport, Sandra McGovern, Georgetown, Texas, and Laurel McGovern, New York; four great-grandchildren, Diante Carter, Austin, Texas, Logan Richardson, Davenport, Joshua Sporleder and Morgan Sporleder, Davenport; numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

There will be a visitation 6:00-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek, OK. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at the United Methodist Church, Pond Creek, with by Rev. Wendie Jencks-Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Pond Creek Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to United Methodist Church, Pond Creek Firemen & EMS Association or Pond Creek Cemetery Association. Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek, OK.

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