Thelma Bessie Buxton

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Thelma B. McEnany
Thelma B. McEnany, 530 Virginia, died Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at the Ponca Nursing Home.
A graveside service will be held Friday, 1 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Majors, pastor, Community Christian Church, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.
Thelma B. (Buxton) McEnany was born May 6, 1907, in Cherokee to Charles Edward and Florence Jane (Spoon) Buxton. She grew up and attended schools in Cherokee and Wichita, Kan.
Thelma worked as a barber and beautician in Wichita and Lamont before she married Edward William McEnany on Oct. 9, 1926, in Newkirk. The couple established their home in Ponca City where she was a homemaker and Mr. McEnany worked for Lew Wentz before going to work for Continental Oil Company until his retirement. Mr. McEnany preceded her in death in 1986.
Mrs. McEnany was a member of Community Christian Church. She was an avid gardener and a member of the Red Rose Garden Club for many years. She loved to dance, fish, play bridge and play the piano for the Nutrition Center and nursing homes.
Survivors include a sister-in-law, Mary Buxton, Ponca City; nine nieces and nephews, Joan Waters of Las Vegas, Nev., Jacque Hollar of Ponca City, Gene Buxton of Hutchinson, Kan., Donna Dobbs of Golden Mo., Neal Singletary Jr., Mary Ruth Hoos, Glenda Kay Mills, and Iva Lee Winsett, all of Blackwell, and Charles (Chuck) Buxton, Hatfield, Ark. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles, Ivan, and Eugene Buxton; and four sisters, Mary Young, Maude Robinson, Hazel Morgan and Merle Singletary.

Thelma married Edward William McEnany, son of John Michael Peter McEnany and Rose Etta Straw, 9 OCT 1926 in Newkirk, Kay Co., OK. (Edward William McEnany was born on 18 Dec 1898 in Catburn, Oklahoma, died on 13 Nov 1986 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Park.)