Obituary for Clyde Wimsett

Ponca City Now - January 13, 2016 12:00 am

Clyde Wimsett

(September 9, 1939 – January 12, 2016)

Clyde Wimsett of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away on the evening of January 12, 2016 at St. Frances Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 76 years.

Services are pending.Clyde Walter Wimsett of Blackwell, Oklahoma passed away on the evening of January 12, 2016 at St. Frances Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 76 years.

Clyde Walter Wimsett was born on September 9, 1939, in Oilton, Oklahoma, to Charles Orville and Bessie Mae (Woodin) Wimsett. He grew in Oilton and attended Oilton Public Schools, graduating with the class of 1957. He joined the United Sates Navy on February 2, 1960 and after being honorable discharged, he married the love of his life. Iva Lea Buxton on May 26, 1969, in Ponca City, Oklahoma. They first made their home in Ponca City, before moving to Tonkawa, finally settling in Blackwell. They had one daughter, Ona Marie Wimsett Boise on November 19, 1970. He worked at Bill Mocks Flooring, Whitmores, Blackwell High School as a Janitor, and retired from Thornapple Valley. He enjoyed camping, wood working, gardening and growing flowers. He loved spending time with his daughter, grandchildren, great grandchildren and family. He was a member of the Tabernacle church in Blackwell. He loved his lord and church family.

He is survived by one daughter, Ona Maria Boise of Blackwell; two granddaughters, Alison Brookshire and Cynthia Boise; two great grandchildren, Brooklynn Nicole Gabbert and Bentley Ryan Courtney; one sister, Charlene Mock of Ponca City; one brother, Harold Wimsett of Ponca City; and many noumerous nieces and nephews.

Clyde was preceded in death by his wife Iva Lea Wimsett; his parents; and three brothers, Orville Wimsett, Bill Wimsett and Claude Wimsett.

Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 16, 2016, at the Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Ponca City, Oklahoma, with Rev. Robert Johnson, Tabernacle Church, Blackwell, Oklahoma, officiating.

Casketbearers will be Paul Carbajal, George McCoy, Kenneth Boise, Scotty Buxton, Earl Beard and DeWayne Chambers.