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.
photo courtesy Teafor2.com,
March 2009