Funeral services for Thelma Hamman, age 99 of Covington, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Covingrton.
Hamman died early Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, at the United Methodist Health Care Center in Clinton. She was born on Aug. 17, 1904 in Branson, Mo. and was one week away from her 100th birthday. She was the daughter of Frank and Katherine Powell.
Hamman grew up in the Blair and Lugert area, graduating from high school there.
She moved to Enid with her family and earned a nursing degree in 1924 from the Enid Springs Sanitarium.
Serving as a nurse until she was 75 she continued to work as a private nurse until she was 90.
On Dec. 24, 1924 she married William "Bill" Hamman in Watonga. She was active in the Enid community, serving as a volunteer in the S.H.A.R.E. program until her 99th birthday.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, were a daughter, Joyce Ayers; three sisters, Opal Pippinger, Eva Kennedy, Betty Shields; and four brothers, Orville, Ralph, Albert and Alfred Powell.
Burial will conclude in the Covington Cemetery under
the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home in
Clinton.
Survivors include a brother, Wayne Powell and his wife, Rosemary, of Clinton; a sister, Dorothy Reed and her husband, Ward, of Bella Vista, Ark.; a special friend, Leona Lohse of Covington; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Thelma Hamman, age 99 of Covington, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Covingrton.
Hamman died early Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004, at the United Methodist Health Care Center in Clinton. She was born on Aug. 17, 1904 in Branson, Mo. and was one week away from her 100th birthday. She was the daughter of Frank and Katherine Powell.
Hamman grew up in the Blair and Lugert area, graduating from high school there.
She moved to Enid with her family and earned a nursing degree in 1924 from the Enid Springs Sanitarium.
Serving as a nurse until she was 75 she continued to work as a private nurse until she was 90.
On Dec. 24, 1924 she married William "Bill" Hamman in Watonga. She was active in the Enid community, serving as a volunteer in the S.H.A.R.E. program until her 99th birthday.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, were a daughter, Joyce Ayers; three sisters, Opal Pippinger, Eva Kennedy, Betty Shields; and four brothers, Orville, Ralph, Albert and Alfred Powell.
Burial will conclude in the Covington Cemetery under
the direction of the Stanley-Lee Funeral Home in
Clinton.
Survivors include a brother, Wayne Powell and his wife, Rosemary, of Clinton; a sister, Dorothy Reed and her husband, Ward, of Bella Vista, Ark.; a special friend, Leona Lohse of Covington; and a host of nieces and nephews.
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