A private family service for Barbara
Jane Wheeler Yeoman, 88, will be held at 10:AM
Monday May 11, 2020, in front of Oak Grove Church
officiated by Ronnie Horn. Burial will follow at Oak
Grove Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz
Funeral Home, Hennessey.
Barbara was born at Lovell, Oklahoma
on July 21, 1931, to Lloyd and Louise Ramsey Wheeler
and died Thursday May 7, 2020, at her home
surrounded by her loving and devoted family.
She graduated from Hennessey High
School in 1949 and attended business college in
Oklahoma City. Barbara was voted HHS Football Queen
in 1948.
She married George Lee Yeoman in
Hennessey on September 10, 1950. She was very active
in their dairy and farming and ranching business.
She was a lifetime member of Oak Grove Christian
Church and was a member of Surprise Home
Demonstration Club for over fifty years.
Barbara is survived by two daughters, Pam Halverson
of Russellville, Arkansas and Linda Wilcox and
husband Larry; two sons Robert Yeoman and wife
Cathy, Byron Yeoman and wife Carolyn, all of Dover;
seven grandchildren Angela Woker and husband Jim,
Heather Payne, Ryan Wilcox and wife Nicole, Jimmie
Yeoman and wife Kathleen, Keri Benedict, Crystal
Clark and husband Wendell, Brandon Hays; one brother
Darby Wheeler and wife Pansy; one brother-in-law,
Earl Marshall; one sister-in-law Mary Ann Minton;
special friends Sharon Goodwin, Anna Jo Burge, Ira
B. Mitchell, Earl Marshall; twenty one great
grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband George
Yeoman, one sister Bea Marshall, and one infant
brother, Lewis Lee Wheeler.
Special thanks to Care At Home and
Valir Hospice.
Memorial donations may be made in her name to Oak
Grove Cemetery, First Christian Church of Hennessey,
or to the charity of donors choice. The funeral home
will servce as custodian of the fund.
Her legacy will live on in those who loved her.
