IIma Jean Beal, age 79, of Mangum, passed away Tuesday evening, September 20, 2016, at Quartz Mountain Medical Center in Mangum, Oklahoma.
Ima Jean was born on July 25, 1937 in Hackberry, Oklahoma to Clarence and Mary Esther (Harbison) Lanning. She attended school at Vinson, Oklahoma, which was near to Hackberry. Ima Jean loved to cook and made the best homemade enchiladas. She owned and operated several cafés during her life. She had the Western Café and the Trails Inn in Mangum, a café in Coleman, Texas and most recently the Vinson Café. Ima Jean also was a nurse’s aid and loved going and assisting people in their homes. Ima Jean loved riding horses and barrel racing. When she was younger, her brother Lawrence often had to remind her not to run barrels or mesquite trees while gathering up the other horses and cattle. In her free time, when she wasn’t working, Ima Jean enjoyed singing in church with her sister Betty, cheering for the Oklahoma Sooners, fishing and deer hunting, but most of all she loved helping others and spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary and four siblings, Lavena (Sis) Bowen, Lawrence Lanning, Pansy Atwood and Betty Myers, Ima Jean is survived by two sons, Clarence Hopingardner and wife Sandy of Mangum and Bobby Joe Beal of Mangum; one grandson, Christopher Hopingardner and wife Jessica of Mangum; one great grandson, Mason Hopingardner; one great granddaughter, Jaycee Harvey; one sister, LaWanda Leino and husband Bruce of Hobart, Oklahoma and Jeremy Parks whom she helped raise; three Chihuahuas, Chica, Allie and Princess along with numerous nieces, nephews and other close family and friends.
Ima Jean was born on July 25, 1937 in Hackberry, Oklahoma to Clarence and Mary Esther (Harbison) Lanning. She attended school at Vinson, Oklahoma, which was near to Hackberry. Ima Jean loved to cook and made the best homemade enchiladas. She owned and operated several cafés during her life. She had the Western Café and the Trails Inn in Mangum, a café in Coleman, Texas and most recently the Vinson Café. Ima Jean also was a nurse’s aid and loved going and assisting people in their homes. Ima Jean loved riding horses and barrel racing. When she was younger, her brother Lawrence often had to remind her not to run barrels or mesquite trees while gathering up the other horses and cattle. In her free time, when she wasn’t working, Ima Jean enjoyed singing in church with her sister Betty, cheering for the Oklahoma Sooners, fishing and deer hunting, but most of all she loved helping others and spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary and four siblings, Lavena (Sis) Bowen, Lawrence Lanning, Pansy Atwood and Betty Myers, Ima Jean is survived by two sons, Clarence Hopingardner and wife Sandy of Mangum and Bobby Joe Beal of Mangum; one grandson, Christopher Hopingardner and wife Jessica of Mangum; one great grandson, Mason Hopingardner; one great granddaughter, Jaycee Harvey; one sister, LaWanda Leino and husband Bruce of Hobart, Oklahoma and Jeremy Parks whom she helped raise; three Chihuahuas, Chica, Allie and Princess along with numerous nieces, nephews and other close family and friends.
IIma Jean Beal, age 79, of Mangum, passed away Tuesday evening, September 20, 2016, at Quartz Mountain Medical Center in Mangum, Oklahoma.
Ima Jean was born on July 25, 1937 in Hackberry, Oklahoma to Clarence and Mary Esther (Harbison) Lanning. She attended school at Vinson, Oklahoma, which was near to Hackberry. Ima Jean loved to cook and made the best homemade enchiladas. She owned and operated several cafés during her life. She had the Western Café and the Trails Inn in Mangum, a café in Coleman, Texas and most recently the Vinson Café. Ima Jean also was a nurse’s aid and loved going and assisting people in their homes. Ima Jean loved riding horses and barrel racing. When she was younger, her brother Lawrence often had to remind her not to run barrels or mesquite trees while gathering up the other horses and cattle. In her free time, when she wasn’t working, Ima Jean enjoyed singing in church with her sister Betty, cheering for the Oklahoma Sooners, fishing and deer hunting, but most of all she loved helping others and spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary and four siblings, Lavena (Sis) Bowen, Lawrence Lanning, Pansy Atwood and Betty Myers, Ima Jean is survived by two sons, Clarence Hopingardner and wife Sandy of Mangum and Bobby Joe Beal of Mangum; one grandson, Christopher Hopingardner and wife Jessica of Mangum; one great grandson, Mason Hopingardner; one great granddaughter, Jaycee Harvey; one sister, LaWanda Leino and husband Bruce of Hobart, Oklahoma and Jeremy Parks whom she helped raise; three Chihuahuas, Chica, Allie and Princess along with numerous nieces, nephews and other close family and friends.
Ima Jean was born on July 25, 1937 in Hackberry, Oklahoma to Clarence and Mary Esther (Harbison) Lanning. She attended school at Vinson, Oklahoma, which was near to Hackberry. Ima Jean loved to cook and made the best homemade enchiladas. She owned and operated several cafés during her life. She had the Western Café and the Trails Inn in Mangum, a café in Coleman, Texas and most recently the Vinson Café. Ima Jean also was a nurse’s aid and loved going and assisting people in their homes. Ima Jean loved riding horses and barrel racing. When she was younger, her brother Lawrence often had to remind her not to run barrels or mesquite trees while gathering up the other horses and cattle. In her free time, when she wasn’t working, Ima Jean enjoyed singing in church with her sister Betty, cheering for the Oklahoma Sooners, fishing and deer hunting, but most of all she loved helping others and spending time with her family and friends.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mary and four siblings, Lavena (Sis) Bowen, Lawrence Lanning, Pansy Atwood and Betty Myers, Ima Jean is survived by two sons, Clarence Hopingardner and wife Sandy of Mangum and Bobby Joe Beal of Mangum; one grandson, Christopher Hopingardner and wife Jessica of Mangum; one great grandson, Mason Hopingardner; one great granddaughter, Jaycee Harvey; one sister, LaWanda Leino and husband Bruce of Hobart, Oklahoma and Jeremy Parks whom she helped raise; three Chihuahuas, Chica, Allie and Princess along with numerous nieces, nephews and other close family and friends.
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