Edna J. Welch

Born on August 19, 1926, Edna was the first of three children born to George Elmer Miller and Zenobia Louise Cochran. She was born on the family’s Chickasaw allotment east of Tuttle, Oklahoma.

Edna attended Waldon Elementary School and Tuttle High School. She married William Junior Welch, with whom she spent 43 years. They raised four children and their first child was stillborn.

Edna was a member of the Southern Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City and enjoyed singing in the choir and spending time with her friends from Sunday school. It was here that she met her fiancé, Curtis Clanton. Curtis’s failing health prevented them from marrying. She lovingly cared for him until his death.

Edna was a proud citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and she was an active member of the Oklahoma City Chickasaw Community Council until her health declined.

Her uncle Montford Pikey gave her the nickname “Big heart” which fit her perfectly. She is remembered by all who knew her as a wonderful, sweet, loving, Christian woman. Edna worked hard as a wife and mother, staying at home to raise her four children, keeping a vegetable garden to provide and prepare her delicious home-cooked meals. She also canned vegetables, loved tending to her flower gardens, sewed clothing, quilted, crocheted, knitted and beaded. She moved into assisted living in 2014.

Preceding her in death are her parents; brother, Kenneth Miller; sister-in-law, Cuma Miller; daughter, Sharon Linda Moore; son-in-law, Ronny Moore; grandsons-in-law, Tracy Hensley and Bryan Warrick; and a great-grandson, Milo Warrick.

She is survived by brother, Alexander Miller, and sister-in- law, Joanne Miller; son, Gary (Butch) and Doniece Welch; daughter, Betty Sue and Kip Smith; daughter, Janet Maxine Robbins-Page and husband, Russell Page; grandchildren, Kayla Hensley; Zachary and Becki Smith; Amanda and Johnny Payne; Katherine and Victor Martiny; Jacqueline Warrick; Max and Sarah Robbins; great-grandchildren, Kaleb Hensley, Keith Hensley, Mike Hensley, Matt Uhlar, Kyle Uhlar, Evelyn Martiny, Jackson Learn, Maya Learn, Levi Martiny, Greyson Learn, Jayden Wright, Landon Warrick, and numerous nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends.

The family appreciates the care she received by the staff of Sommerset and also by the staff of Traditions Hospice.

A viewing will be held from 10 am - 12 pm on Monday, July 10, followed by the funeral service at 2 pm at Advantage Funeral Home, 7720 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle, Oklahoma.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.AdvantageSouth.com for the Welch family.