Former Shawnee resident Denise Lorentz Poole died Saturday at a local hospital at the age of 32.

The Arlington, Texas, resident was born September 28, 1965, in Oklahoma City, to Bobby "Big Bob" and Sandra Aycox Lorentz.

She graduated from Bethel High School in 1983 and was a metal fabricator in Arlington, Texas.

Survivors include her mother, Sandra Lorentz of Bethel; a sister, Treena Haley of Shawnee; a brother, Donald Leon Lorentz of Shawnee; a niece, Sara Haley; her grandmother, Pearl Aycox of Oklahoma City; a friend, Rafael Hernandez of Arlington, Texas; several uncles, aunts and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a grandmother and both grandfathers.

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. John Mixon officiating.

Burial will be at New Hope Cemetery under the direction of Roesch-Walker Funeral Chapel.

Published December 30, 1997.