Obituary for Sheila Strong

Ponca City Now - April 21, 2020 4:25 pm

Sheila Jane (Grace) Strong

February 13, 1985 ~ April 18, 2020 (age 35)

Sheila Jane Strong, 35, passed away on April 11th, 2020 at the age of 35. She was born on February 13th, 1985 in Ponca City, OK, to Robert & Donna Grace.

Sheila loved her family very much. She enjoyed playing pranks and joked around with everyone. Music was her thing; she could always be found with her earbuds in and music on. She enjoyed camping and fishing but didn’t enjoy cooking. Sheila collected monkeys and was an artist, drawing for those close to her.

She is survived by her three sons: Landon Lee Strong, Derek Lee Strong, & Nathaniel Lee Strong, of Tonkawa OK. Her mother Donna Grace of Ponca City, her sister Bobbi Kay Taylor of Enid, her two brothers David Wayne Dowell & wife Andrea of Aschaffenburg, Germany, and Henry Lloyd Chaney, lll of Ponca City, as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Sheila was preceded in death by her dad, Robert Grace, grandparents, Eva Buffalohead and Robert Buffalohead and cousin, Leslie Diane Littlecook.

There will be a time for friends and family to pay their respects for Sheila at Grace Memorial Chapel Thursday, April 23rd, from 11am to 1pm. The funeral procession will depart the funeral home at approximately 1:30pm to lay Sheila to rest at 2pm at the Otoe-Missouri Tribal Cemetery, where she will have a graveside service.

Any donations may be made to Donna Grace. Proceeds will go for a headstone.

Words of encouragement and messages of condolence may be left online at www.gracememorialchapel.net.