Vena Faye Werhan Teel was born on September 14, 1931 to Willis Leonzo Werhan and Edith Mae Berrie Werhan in Dill City, Oklahoma. She grew up in Dill City and helped on the family farm, even partnering with her Daddy in farming before she married.
She married Travis Ray Teel on May 17, 1951 and with his marriage came a spunky, 3-year-old girl, Vickie Lou, whom she loved and raised as her very own. Travis, Vena and Vickie lived and farmed in Chickasha, Ninnekah and Cement over the next several years and then finally settled in Dill City. Besides farming and caring for her home and family, Vena was involved in a couple of side businesses of her own, sewing for the public and catering weddings with her sister-in-law, Donie Smith. She then worked at Dill City Co-op Gin as a bookkeeper for 25 years. In later years, she developed a passion for quilting and many quilts were made by her over the years. Her meticulous work evident in every quilt.
Her faith, family and community were important to her and she dedicated her life to service and raising her family. She was blessed with a large family and she loved spending time together with them. When with the family, she was "full-on" in family fun. Whatever it was at the time, she was in the middle of it. Hours and hours of stories have been told of family trips, excursions, pranks and escapades, chivalry-ing young married couples, and surprise sleepovers with friends and family as young married couples and many lessons have been learned of God, the importance of family and the appreciation of hard work, hearing her talk of picking cotton as a child, racing with her family to see who could pick the most, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing and quilting.
She loved other's children as well. Many can remember her getting in the floor with them to "go on a bear hunt" or chant Owah Taygu Siam repeatedly until you finally learned the joke was on you. She did this the last time with the young grandchildren on her 90th birthday last year.
Vena loved life and lived life well.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis, after 65 years of marriage.
She married Travis Ray Teel on May 17, 1951 and with his marriage came a spunky, 3-year-old girl, Vickie Lou, whom she loved and raised as her very own. Travis, Vena and Vickie lived and farmed in Chickasha, Ninnekah and Cement over the next several years and then finally settled in Dill City. Besides farming and caring for her home and family, Vena was involved in a couple of side businesses of her own, sewing for the public and catering weddings with her sister-in-law, Donie Smith. She then worked at Dill City Co-op Gin as a bookkeeper for 25 years. In later years, she developed a passion for quilting and many quilts were made by her over the years. Her meticulous work evident in every quilt.
Her faith, family and community were important to her and she dedicated her life to service and raising her family. She was blessed with a large family and she loved spending time together with them. When with the family, she was "full-on" in family fun. Whatever it was at the time, she was in the middle of it. Hours and hours of stories have been told of family trips, excursions, pranks and escapades, chivalry-ing young married couples, and surprise sleepovers with friends and family as young married couples and many lessons have been learned of God, the importance of family and the appreciation of hard work, hearing her talk of picking cotton as a child, racing with her family to see who could pick the most, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing and quilting.
She loved other's children as well. Many can remember her getting in the floor with them to "go on a bear hunt" or chant Owah Taygu Siam repeatedly until you finally learned the joke was on you. She did this the last time with the young grandchildren on her 90th birthday last year.
Vena loved life and lived life well.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis, after 65 years of marriage.
Vena Faye Werhan Teel was born on September 14, 1931 to Willis Leonzo Werhan and Edith Mae Berrie Werhan in Dill City, Oklahoma. She grew up in Dill City and helped on the family farm, even partnering with her Daddy in farming before she married.
She married Travis Ray Teel on May 17, 1951 and with his marriage came a spunky, 3-year-old girl, Vickie Lou, whom she loved and raised as her very own. Travis, Vena and Vickie lived and farmed in Chickasha, Ninnekah and Cement over the next several years and then finally settled in Dill City. Besides farming and caring for her home and family, Vena was involved in a couple of side businesses of her own, sewing for the public and catering weddings with her sister-in-law, Donie Smith. She then worked at Dill City Co-op Gin as a bookkeeper for 25 years. In later years, she developed a passion for quilting and many quilts were made by her over the years. Her meticulous work evident in every quilt.
Her faith, family and community were important to her and she dedicated her life to service and raising her family. She was blessed with a large family and she loved spending time together with them. When with the family, she was "full-on" in family fun. Whatever it was at the time, she was in the middle of it. Hours and hours of stories have been told of family trips, excursions, pranks and escapades, chivalry-ing young married couples, and surprise sleepovers with friends and family as young married couples and many lessons have been learned of God, the importance of family and the appreciation of hard work, hearing her talk of picking cotton as a child, racing with her family to see who could pick the most, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing and quilting.
She loved other's children as well. Many can remember her getting in the floor with them to "go on a bear hunt" or chant Owah Taygu Siam repeatedly until you finally learned the joke was on you. She did this the last time with the young grandchildren on her 90th birthday last year.
Vena loved life and lived life well.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis, after 65 years of marriage.
She married Travis Ray Teel on May 17, 1951 and with his marriage came a spunky, 3-year-old girl, Vickie Lou, whom she loved and raised as her very own. Travis, Vena and Vickie lived and farmed in Chickasha, Ninnekah and Cement over the next several years and then finally settled in Dill City. Besides farming and caring for her home and family, Vena was involved in a couple of side businesses of her own, sewing for the public and catering weddings with her sister-in-law, Donie Smith. She then worked at Dill City Co-op Gin as a bookkeeper for 25 years. In later years, she developed a passion for quilting and many quilts were made by her over the years. Her meticulous work evident in every quilt.
Her faith, family and community were important to her and she dedicated her life to service and raising her family. She was blessed with a large family and she loved spending time together with them. When with the family, she was "full-on" in family fun. Whatever it was at the time, she was in the middle of it. Hours and hours of stories have been told of family trips, excursions, pranks and escapades, chivalry-ing young married couples, and surprise sleepovers with friends and family as young married couples and many lessons have been learned of God, the importance of family and the appreciation of hard work, hearing her talk of picking cotton as a child, racing with her family to see who could pick the most, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing and quilting.
She loved other's children as well. Many can remember her getting in the floor with them to "go on a bear hunt" or chant Owah Taygu Siam repeatedly until you finally learned the joke was on you. She did this the last time with the young grandchildren on her 90th birthday last year.
Vena loved life and lived life well.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis, after 65 years of marriage.
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