Wister:  Nita T. Shipley, 80 of Wister died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996 in Sparks Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Oakland Cemetery pavilion in Poteau with burial at Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Evans-Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.

She is survived by a son, Douglas A. Shipley of Wister, and a number of nieces and nephews.