1930
Letha
2015
Letha Hollingsworth
May 5, 1930 — May 16, 2015
A Service of Remembrance and Celebration of Life for Letha Hollingsworth, age 85, of Meno, Oklahoma, will be held at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home, Enid, Oklahoma, on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 10:00 A.M.. Reverend Jim Edminson will officiate. Interment will be held, Tuesday, May 26 at 10:00 A.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma. Visitation with the family will be Friday, May 22 from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Letha Fern Hollingsworth passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at home on the family farm.
Letha was the fourth child born to Herbert and Mable Johnson Brakhage on May 5, 1930, at the family farm three miles west and three miles north of Lahoma, Oklahoma. She attended Lahoma High School, with fond memories of playing basketball in the original gymnasium. On December 22, 1945, in Wellington, Kansas, she married Elwood Hollingsworth and to this union was born Thomas Fredrick Hollingsworth, III, on October 29, 1947.
Elwood and Letha made their first home in Lahoma, Oklahoma, living there until moving to the landmark “crooked house “, located three miles west of Lahoma on Highway 412. In 1976, they constructed their new home on the same site.
During her lifetime Letha worked as a switchboard operator for the Lahoma community and Montgomery Oil Company of Enid, Oklahoma. Her most important job, however, was raising their son, Tom, and working as a helpmate for her husband, Elwood, on their farm.
Letha was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Elwood; her sisters, Opal Driskell Ritterbush and Velda Brakhage; her brothers, Jerry Brakhage and Vernon Brakhage; brothers-in-law, Ferrell Driskell, Bill Beckwith, Cleo Decker, Kenneth Hollingsworth, S.J. Lovelady, Gail Pierce, Karl Ritterbush, and Jerry Galusha; sisters-in-law, Ann Brakhage, Mertie Brakhage, Lela Beckwith, Leona Decker, Hazel Hollingsworth, Rae Pierce, and Elnora Galusha-twin sister of Elwood.
Letha is survived by her son, Thomas and wife Jean Hollingsworth of Arkansas City, Kansas; two grandsons, Thomas (Tim) and wife Michele Hollingsworth of Bartonville, Illinois and Todd and wife Sara Hollingsworth of Wichita, Kansas; great-grandsons Zachary, Nathaniel, and Lukas Hollingsworth and Brooks Willinger; great-granddaughters Brittney and Amanda Hollingsworth and Ellie Willinger; brothers Charles and wife Michelle Brakhage of San Antonio, Texas, and Willard Brakhage of Enid, Oklahoma; sisters-in-law Rosalie Brakhage of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and Lien Brakhage of Coal Valley, Illinois. Letha also cherished her relationships with her numerous nieces and nephews and many loving friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid Oklahoma with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home custodian of the fund. Online condolences may be left and the service may be viewed at ladusauevans.com.
Letha was the fourth child born to Herbert and Mable Johnson Brakhage on May 5, 1930, at the family farm three miles west and three miles north of Lahoma, Oklahoma. She attended Lahoma High School, with fond memories of playing basketball in the original gymnasium. On December 22, 1945, in Wellington, Kansas, she married Elwood Hollingsworth and to this union was born Thomas Fredrick Hollingsworth, III, on October 29, 1947.
Elwood and Letha made their first home in Lahoma, Oklahoma, living there until moving to the landmark “crooked house “, located three miles west of Lahoma on Highway 412. In 1976, they constructed their new home on the same site.
During her lifetime Letha worked as a switchboard operator for the Lahoma community and Montgomery Oil Company of Enid, Oklahoma. Her most important job, however, was raising their son, Tom, and working as a helpmate for her husband, Elwood, on their farm.
Letha was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Elwood; her sisters, Opal Driskell Ritterbush and Velda Brakhage; her brothers, Jerry Brakhage and Vernon Brakhage; brothers-in-law, Ferrell Driskell, Bill Beckwith, Cleo Decker, Kenneth Hollingsworth, S.J. Lovelady, Gail Pierce, Karl Ritterbush, and Jerry Galusha; sisters-in-law, Ann Brakhage, Mertie Brakhage, Lela Beckwith, Leona Decker, Hazel Hollingsworth, Rae Pierce, and Elnora Galusha-twin sister of Elwood.
Letha is survived by her son, Thomas and wife Jean Hollingsworth of Arkansas City, Kansas; two grandsons, Thomas (Tim) and wife Michele Hollingsworth of Bartonville, Illinois and Todd and wife Sara Hollingsworth of Wichita, Kansas; great-grandsons Zachary, Nathaniel, and Lukas Hollingsworth and Brooks Willinger; great-granddaughters Brittney and Amanda Hollingsworth and Ellie Willinger; brothers Charles and wife Michelle Brakhage of San Antonio, Texas, and Willard Brakhage of Enid, Oklahoma; sisters-in-law Rosalie Brakhage of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and Lien Brakhage of Coal Valley, Illinois. Letha also cherished her relationships with her numerous nieces and nephews and many loving friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid Oklahoma with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home custodian of the fund. Online condolences may be left and the service may be viewed at ladusauevans.com.
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