Obituary for Jessica Gelino

Jessica Gelino

February 11, 1937 – March 21, 2024

Our beloved mother, Jessica Marie Gelino, was called to our Lord and Savior on March 21, 2024, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, with our wonderful and caring aunt, Nancy Williams by her side. Viewing will be from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, and 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Trout Funeral Home. A Graveside Ceremony will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Resthaven Memorial Park in Ponca City, OK. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory, 505 W. Grand Ave., Ponca City, OK, 74601.

Jessica was born in Drumwright, OK, on February 11, 1937. Jessica was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and friend to many. Her Faith was strong, and this reflected in the ways she devoted herself to her family and the way she treated others. Jessica grew up in Ponca City, and married the love her life, Ralph Gelino on April 18, 1954. For the next ten years, the family grew with the birth of her five beloved boys.

While Ralph was deployed all over the world serving the Army, Jessica remained behind stateside with her boys and did her very best to raise them with love. Being a devoted military wife was never easy, but Jessica persevered with her unbelievable work ethic. She loved her family and later found personal and professional fulfillment when she served as the manager at Safeway in Killeen, Texas. Jessica is preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Roy Gelino, and her son, Anthony Ray Gelino.

Jessica leaves behind her sons; Freddie Martin and wife, Tina, Russell Robert and wife, Joyce, Richard Dean and wife, Melissa, and Randall Todd and wife, Dorothy, her grandchildren; Mathew, Mandy, Kevin, Jason, Phillip, Amber, Michelle, Erin, Casey, Amanda, Will and his wife, Faith, and Derrick, her great-grandchildren; Daniel, Zipporah, Summer, Zack, Kristin, Ashley, Abbey, Ethan, Ashton, Keeley, Dallas, Dacey, Corben, Baylie, Keyth, Penelope, Emerson, Hector John (JJ), Destanie, Serenity, Ananias, Jordan and Kyle; and her great-great-grandchildren; Anastasia, Sabrina, Alice, Oliver, Conor, Skyler, Jordan, Emma, Mason, Aubrey, and Payton.

Source: Trout Funeral Home