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Edith MaeLee Webster, 101, passed away peacefully March 17, 2025. She was born October 7, 1923 to William P. Reavis and Neva Gertrude (Boyd) Reavis near Earlsboro, OK.
When Edith lived near Earlsboro, her dad worked in the Seminole oil fields. That was how they made it through the depression. He raised Red Polled cattle and showed them around the state and neighboring states. But it was dry and not very good for ranching. In 1936, at 13 years old, she moved with her family to north of Pawhuska in the Osage, where as she said, "The blue stem grass would take your eye." Her Uncle John and Uncle Fred lived in Pawhuska at the time, so there were other family members living close by.
Edith graduated from Bowring High School. After high school she went to Wichita, Kansas, and worked in the Cessna aircraft factory. After the war she returned to Pawhuska and met a young man named Ralph Webster. The two married November 4, 1943.
After a few years ranching north of Pawhuska they moved to Barnsdall and lived on the Red Eagle acreage. Ralph began working at the Bareco refining company and after a few years they moved to a farm southwest of Barnsdall where they lived for a number of years. They were always busy raising horses, cattle, sheep, Brittany Spaniel bird dogs, and poodles to name just a few. Summers were especially busy taking care of a good sized vegetable garden and orchard. Edith spent much time canning and freezing as well as packaging beef and lamb for the freezer. Edith and Ralph always shared a strong work ethic. They eventually sold their farm and moved to Bartlesville to be close to their daughter Lea Ann.
Edith is survived by daughters, Linda Burger and husband Stewart of Claremore, Oklahoma, and Lea Ann Gingerich and husband Greg of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Holly Hubbs of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Phil Hubbs and wife Allison of Twin Falls, Idaho, Benjamin Fronkier, and Annie Fronkier of Oklahoma City; great-grandchildren, Violet, Maggie, Daphne, Lucy Hubbs; daughter-in-law, Frances Webster; brother, Earl Reavis and wife Judy of Woodward, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Webster; son, Allen Webster; and infant son, Randy. She will be sincerely missed by her loving family.
Visitation will be Thursday March 27, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory - Walker Brown Chapel, 4201 Nowata Rd, Bartlesville, OK 74006, 918-333-7665.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 28, 2025, at Pawhuska Cemetery, W 11th Street, Pawhuska.