NAME: IDELL RUTHLEE (WITHROW) WALLACE, AGE 85, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 23, 1921 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO CLAUDE AND ADELL (SWINDELL) WITHROW. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 AT THE ELMBROOK NURSING HOME IN ARDMORE WHERE SHE HAD   RESIDED THE PAST 3 YEARS. AGE: 85 YEARS 7 MONTH AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: IDELL ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1939. MARRIED: BOSTON LEE WALLACE ON MAY 7, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON OCCUPATION: IDELL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE WAS ALSO THE BOOKKEEPER FOR THEIR FAMILY BUSINESS, SKELLY OIL COMPANY AND ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED ATOKA BOOT AND SHOE STORE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST SINCE 1943. SHE TAUGHT BIBLE SCHOOL AND WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH CONDOLENCE COMMITTEE. IDELL WAS ACTIVE IN THE P.T.A. AND WAS HOMEROOM MOTHER AS WELL. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DON WALLACE AND WIFE FAYE OF ATOKA, OK. WANDA THOMPSON AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ARDMORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RICKY WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK. LISA HOOK AND HUSBAND DAVID OF MUSTANG, OK. KEVIN THOMPSON AND WIFE PATTI OF AUSTIN, TX. RHONDA CHUNN AND HUSBAND CAM OF WILLARD, MO. BRENT THOMPSON AND WIFE ALLISON OF OWASSO, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY YATES, LANA'A WALLACE, ASHLEY HOOK, ANDREW HOOK, MEGAN THOMPSON, GRANT THOMPSON, GRACIE CHUNN, BENJAMIN THOMPSON. BROTHER: GILBERT WITHROW OF OREGON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLAUDE AND ADELL WITHROW HUSBAND: BOSTON WALLACE ON JULY 28, 1995. BROTHERS: WENDELL,ORVILLE AND CRELL WITHROW. SISTERS: OLETA CORBITT AND LOUISE UBER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. DAVID HARENDT. ASSISTING: JERRY CARTWRIGHT AND GRANDSON KEVIN THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN THOMPSON, BRENT THOMPSON, RICKY WALLACE, DAVID HOOK, ANDREW HOOK, CAM CHUNN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY CARTWRIGHT, RAY CARROLL, BRETT BRADFORD, RUSSELL FUGATE, RICK FEWELL. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00-8:00 P.M.