Obit Index
Updated: 07 Apr 2013

Daily Oklahoman, The 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
January 3, 2000

Willa Mae Alcorn, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 29, 1999. Willa Mae was born in Harrah, OK to Milt and Emma (Benedix) Alcorn . She attended the Harrah Schools. Employed by O.G.&E., she would be the first female employee in the generation department at the Horseshoe Lake Plant. In September of 1949, she and her family moved to Oklahoma City, after being transferred to the O.G.&E. offices. She retired from O.G.&E. in 1976 after thirty-two years of dedicated service. She will also be remembered for her dedicated service to the Mercy Hospital Volunteers, giving almost ten thousand hours spanning twenty-one years. She is a fifty-year member of the Eastern Star of McLoud, the Pioneers Club and a member of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, John Wesley Alcorn . She is survived by her sister Aline Alcorn . Willie will be remembered for her kind and gentle spirit. She was an accomplished seamstress and meticulous in everything she did. She had a great love for her flowers and all of God's gifts. The family requests NO flowers and NO memorial donations. A special thank you is extended to Mary Brasiel, her nurse, for the loving kindness shown to Willa Mae through her illness and this last year.

A private burial was held at Fairlawn Cemetery. A memorial service will be held in her honor 11:00 am Tuesday, January 4, 2000 at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 13112 N. Rockwell. "Willie I love you so very much. We have been together all our lives. I will miss you forever. May God bless and keep you, until we meet again. Rest in Peace!" Your sister, Aline.
 

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Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham, Oklahoma County, OKGenWeb Coordinator, March 2009. Information posted for educational purposes for viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

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