Lennis Lorraine McMillan Kolb , passed away Dec. 25, 2009 with her family around her, after a battle with cancer. She was born to Theodore Lewis McMillan and Mae Ruth Vaughan Jan. 10, 1922 in Jester, Greer County, Okla. Her life was devoted to teaching elementary children and she met her husband Vernon Louis Kolb at O.U. as they were working on their master's degrees. They married Feb. 19, 1955. They moved to Tulsa and she taught 3rd and 4th grade until her retirement in 1982. She was teacher of the year in 1960. She loved to sew, crochet, and read and study the Bible. She was active in church; singing in the choir and participating in Bible study groups after retiring. Lennis was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church when, in 2008, they moved to Edmond to be closer to family members. She was also caring and helpful to her family.

Survivors include her husband Vernon of the home; niece, Janna McCollom and nephew James Steward; grandnieces Courtny Steward and Sarah Morgan; grandnephews Wesley Morgan, Luke McCollom and Grant McCollom.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Mae Anne McMillan Steward and brother-in-law Roland Steward. Public visitation will be held from 12-9 PM Thursday, December 31st and 8 AM-9 PM Friday, January 1st. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on January 2, 2010 at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel, with interment to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Services are under the direction of Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, OK.