We only knew Lonna for a short time but she became a good friend. She could light up any room with her presence. She is certainly missed

I love u see u soon luv always n forever kat

Lonna wasn't just my sister-in-law, she was my sister, my best friend, and my confidant She knew all my wants and dreams.  She was always supportive of me and my family.  Every day she would let me know she was praying for my family.  She never judged me or ever said a mean thing to me.  We always had good times together.  There isn't any one time that was a special memory, they all were.  I know she loved me and thought of me the same way I did of her.  I will forever cherish our friendship.  She will always be loved and missed

Since the racing days, she always still came to visit randomly and on holidays. She was one of the few people that could actually get me to get up and dance, like at one New Years party.  I miss the times visiting with her, but I will cherish the memories and the time I got to spend with her while she was still on Earth. My aunt Lonna will always remain loved and she will never be forgotten. Her memory will live forever

As I was about 9 years older than Lonna.  When Lonna was about 3-4 years old, she broke her arm.  In recent years, I had asked her if she could remember anything about it.  I had been wondering how she got that riding toy up on the dresser and rode it off the end.  I could not remember exactly what happened, but I was hoping she wouldn't say I pushed her.  When we lived in Alaska we tried to join in with the local customs.  One was doing the Eskimo blanket toss.  Since Lonna was so much younger and smaller, she was the one who always got tossed.  Luckily, there were no broken bones and she must have really liked it since she talked about it often

My aunt Lonna was a caring, loving and adventurous person. I remember starting to race stock cars on an oval dirt track in 2008. Lonna was one of my biggest fans. She didn't hesitate to jump in as passenger during some of the races. Then, in 2009, she decided she wanted to race as well.  She drove from Oklahoma to Texas once a month to visit and race my car. She continued to race throughout 2009 and 2010, winning multiple races and securing the 2010 Championship for her division. I was proud of her accomplishments, not just on the track, but in life as well.  Her coming down to Texas wasn't just about racing. It was primarily to spend time with family. The racing aspect was just something we all enjoyed and wanted to share together. She also always jumped in to help perform last-minute repairs on the car

I was Lonna's mother in law for 7 years.  She was an intricate part of this family.  We had grown to love her beyond words, and she would always bring me little gifts.  When Greg's dad passed away, she was by our sides with just the right words.  My son Greg and Lonna were very much in love, never seem to argue, and you could just see how much they meant to each other.  She was the greatest gift my son ever had.  Lonna was so excited when Greg bought her a new car, saying she really had never had a new car before, and she would call me to tell me how excited she was.  Lonna never saw an animal she didn't love, and she absolutely loved and adored her dog Alli.  We will all miss our Lonna and her special ways of showing love as only she could. She was a treasure to Greg and the family and we all cherished the time we got to spend with her.  RIP my sweet little Lonna, I miss you so much

 We went to a local lake a couple of years ago and there were several 20 something aged girls there in very small bikini's riding Seadoo's on the lake. We were on raft's floating on the lake (Lonna loved just floating on the water and tanning, the woman could get this amazing tan in just 5 minutes in the sun) and the girls would ride by us their hair and other things, let's say flopping as they jumped the waves on the lake that day on their Seadoo's.

As we got to the shore, Lonna looked back at he girls who were now riding closer to the shoreline and said "They sure make great eye candy, but the thing about candy is it only taste good for a moment, but personality taste good for a lifetime". Then she smiled her beautiful smile and gave me a kiss as a reminder.

For Lonna memories were very important that she would keep and preserve. She was always wanting to create them and then store it, to look at and reflect on it at a later time. If it was a feather on a walk, a pebble at the lake, or a piece of paper with a scribbled quick note, every memory was a treasure for her. I never understood it until she became one.

After Lonna Stewart retired from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Dept, she started a new job. She bought two new dresses for her first day at work. One was a very simple dress, and let's just call it, in my view, bland or less impressive. The other one was WOW!. In my view, especially as a male, the second one while very bit business like attire just jumped out at you and was very impressive and clearly my choice for her first day at work.

That morning she appeared with the simple outfit, and I was a little mystified by her choice for the first day of work. She said she decided on the simple dress because she wanted people at her new job to like her for her, and to come to know her for who she is before deciding to wow anyone.

Later, over time and discussions, I learned out her attitude toward that day. "If I go in and dress to really impress and WOW people, then I have set the bar to that standard, so the day I dress and just be myself people will think something is wrong, not being myself, and have the wrong impression. I will always have to go to work being someone I am not. But if I WOW them later then they will notice that day and I can say, I am just in the mood because I have a wonderful man at home"

Lonna was just Lonna, no shade of grey. She truly was/is a what you see is what you get and you will either love me or not based on who I am. People say that all the time, but then you learn there is a large shade of grey in their statements and their actions. Lonna is the only woman/person I have ever met that really embodied that principle. And, her friends will tell you, EVERYONE loved Lonna. I miss that and the house feels so empty, so distant without that spirit and attitude in it. Now the house is a house, but not a home.

Lonna was/is a total romantic. Her favorite movie is Titanic. A friend of hers recently told me a story. While I was out on road, Lonna and a girlfriend of hers went the lake. Her friends had a pontoon boat and they went for a ride around the lake. Her friend noticed Lonna had gone to he front of the boat and feel the freedom the wind. She let go of the rail and held her arms out. And in that moment captured the spirit of the movie. Her friend said it was heartwarming and inspiring just to watch her get lost in that moment, and she was so happy.

But as they approached the dam her friend had to quickly slow to boat down, and Lonna quickly learned that romance comes with some safety limits.

Lonna and I worked together in Inmate Trust for several years. We always had a good time, I thought of her as a very dear friend. We smoked together on our breaks and even when she went over to be a Detention Officer, she still came by and got me to go outside with her.
One day we had this brilliant idea to go and get body piercings together, and so we did! Lonna and I and one other friend we worked with we and pierced ours bodies....OMGosh we laughed and laughed at the pain we had just put ourselves through, but the experience and the time together is something I will never forget! Another memory is when her heater had gone out at home, so I was always looking for firewood for her. I scored big at this house they were cutting down all there big trees. So I loaded my truck up and took it to work to give to Lonna. She was so grateful, but she had this small yellow car, so every day for a week after work we loaded her car full of logs so she could take them home. She didn't want me to take them home for her, even though I kept trying to. She just hauled what she could every day after work. She was a great friend and I miss her dearly. Working at the jail, I still find myself looking for her, even though she has been gone from county for a while.
Lonna had text me that Saturday afternoon to wish me a Happy Birthday. I will always think of her on my Birthday from now on. I loved her so very much. She was a true and great friend!!!

Lonna defined a "Smart Car" as any vehicle that had "gizmos" such as the GPS, stereo with multi features, sensors, basically a complicated array of devices to make the driving experience better.

When we went to buy her a new car, I told her that she could have any car from the dealer lot. I was looking at some pretty cool SUV's and we test drove a few cars that would qualify as Lonna's definition of a "Smart Car". She finally spotted this one car. About the only thing remotely "high tech" is the electric windows and digital MPH on the dash. She test drove it and fell in love with that car. After buying it I finally had to ask. "Baby, there were all those other cool cars with neat stuff in them, why this one?"

And her reply was......"I don't know how to use all that stuff, and I don't need a car that constantly reminds me that I should have went to college"

Lonna was a special and funny friend that we had the great pleasure of knowing if only for a short period of time. We will miss her dearly.

For Christmas 2015, Lonna came up with a Christmas present for my mom.  My Dad had passed away about a year before and Lonna thought that taking her to the TSO (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)would lift her spirit and that TSO had always brought Lonna great joy and she wanted to share that with my mom.

Months ahead of the show she sat and researched what seats to get, going online and looking at the angle of all the seating positions in the Chesapeake Arena before making her decision and purchasing the tickets.  We had some friends who also wanted to go to the concert so she had to make sure there was room for 5 people.  Surprisingly, the concert was close to sold out, and this was 5-6 months before the December concert date.

She really wanted my mom to feel that same spirit that she felt and uplifted her.  So it amazed me how much time and effort she put into making this concert something special for her.  Me? I was less involved, and as many things I have come to regret, just chalked it up to a Lonna thing and let her do it.

The night came and we all went, and my mom loved the concert.  Lonna was so happy.  It just made her night and I just chuckled and felt grateful for such a wonderful woman in my life.

After the concert we all went to eat in Bricktown.  Which is where this picture came from.  Lonna was so happy and full of joy for that night we were all together.

I had the picture printed and is now hanging in the house and everyday, I stick my tongue out her and thank her for making my life worth living

Lonna was a special person. She was the one who showed my brother Greg that True Love was real and not an illusion. She loved him with all her heart. I finally got to see my bother trully in love. She brought the special quality of love  that he had been searching for most of his life. She was the sunshine to his rain. From her, my brother learned how it felt to be truly loved from someone who loved him for him. For this she will always have a special place in mine and my family's Heart. We all love and will truly miss her. God has a special place for her in his Kingdom.

Once Lonna found a small bird that had apparently fallen out it's nest, in the jaws of her beloved dog Alli.  She immediately retrieved the bird and began to nurture the bird, before deciding that it needed medical attention and long term TLC.  Her dog Alli was like that.  We found the dog in the street and a day and half later it was curled up in the corner preparing to die.  A visit to the vet revealed that the dog had advanced stages of Parvo and was on it's last breath. She wanted to save the dog.  The vet advised that it would be very expensive (it was) and probably futile (it wasn't).  On IV's for 10 days she sat with that dog every day after work until closing.  The dog finally started to perk up and look forward to its daily visits.  Finally she got to come home and the vet said that he was surprised the dog survived and credited Lonna's daily visits with saving it's life. Five years later the dog is still with us and very spoiled (thanks Lonna).  With this same determination she approached the bird's situation.  Holding it, stroking it and feeding it, she would routinely visit the bird in a cage she set up to protect it from Alli, the dog.  If the bird could just find strength through her love, like Alli did, it would survive.  After 4 days the bird died and she was heartbroken.  Not wanting it to be alone, she buried it next to her ferrets that she deeply loved and had perished over time, so that the bird who have friends in heaven.

I so enjoyed working with you at H.L. and keeping in contact with you via FB and messages. I always loved the fact that you had such love for animals because I do too. Gone too soon but you will never be forgotten. Rest in peace sweet Lady.

Greg,
I'm so sorry for your lose.  It was a pleasure to meet Lonna at your Dad's memorial and spend some time with actually both of you.  Hugs to you and keep her memory forever in your heart.

When Lonna and I first started dating over 7 years ago she worked 2 jobs.  She worked at the county jail on the 11-7 shift (where she was a supervisor) and at the Oklahoma DHS where she would transport and supervise visitation between children who had been removed from a parent's home and their parent(s).  Then on the weekends she did volunteer work.  The first was in the animal shelter.  She would care for the animals and wash and feed them and give them attention and love.  But she found this very difficult because she wanted to bring them all home and was uncertain as to what would happen to them during the week.  Eventually she stopped volunteering, because of this and she had just started dating me and wanted more time to spend with me.  The other volunteer thing she did was to feed the homeless.  She would make sandwiches and put those and other items in a paper bag and then go with some other women and seek out homeless people in some areas that generally is not safe (especially for women) and offer them the bags of food.  When we got together she did it less on weekends and as the weeks turned into months I discovered that although she was working 12-16 hrs a day she would go with the women on certain days after working those long hours during the week, and instead of sleeping would make and deliver the food.  

I was recently asked what made me fall in love with Lonna when we first met.  I stumbled with the answer at first, not able to choose one certain answer (there were several).  But after some thinking and reflecting back on memories, I can honestly say it was her heart.  Lonna has the biggest heart of anyone I have ever met.  I have never met anyone who gave so much, and gave when she didn't have anything.  She always put the needs of someone (whether human or animal) above herself and I was amazed by this.  That spirit is who Lonna is.

Greg Wilkinson - Husband

I cannot believe my BEST friend of 40 years is no longer with us. Lonna and I met in 7th grade at Haggard Middle School in Plano, TX. We were both transplants to this little town that at the time wasn't even on the map. We both came from the north, her from Ohio and myself from Kentucky. We were considered yankees and outsiders. Making friends was not easy. We became quick friends. One of our favorite activities as teenagers was roller skating. We skated every Friday and Saturday nights as well as Sunday afternoon. We took turns spending the night at each other houses every weekend. We had found out that the owner was offering figure skating lessons on Sunday mornings before the rink opened. After much convincing our moms signed us up. We even got new precision skates with was a must for this kind of skating. Truth be told we had absolutely no interest in figure skating. We were pretty good skaters already. We just wanted the rink to ourselves for the 2 hours. We thought we were the bomb. I still have my skates as Im sure Lonna does somewhere. We had green wheels and pompoms on the toe of our skates that to this day I cannot get off. Not that I want to know. I skated frequently for exercise for many many years until i had to stop due to a back injury, (no, not from skating). I passed a skating rink here in OKC and about lost it. I will put my skates on again, and I know Lonna will right there with me. Going too fast, getting called down from the staff. This memory will live on forever as will all my memories. R.I.P. my dear friend.....I will see you again!

I cannot believe my most cherished friend of 40 years is no longer with me. I'm having such a hard time reconciling with this in my heart. I have so many memories of Lonna it's hard to know where to begin. So I will start with some of my earliest. I remember when I met Lonna in 7th grade at Haggard Middle School. We were both transplants from the north to a little town in TX, not even on the map at that time, called Plano. We were considered yankees and oustsiders. We became very fast friends! One of our fravorite activities in our teenage years was roller skating at Thunderbird Rolling Rink. We went every Friday and Saturday night along with most of the day on Sunday. We would take turns spending the night together every weekend after skating. One day we found out the we could take private figure skating lessons for 2 hours every Sunday before the rink opened. We begged our moms to sign us up. After much convincing our moms did sign us up, even bought us precision skates as this was a must. The funny thing about this story is that Lonna and I had absolutely no interest in learning to figure skate. Actually we were pretty good on our own. But we knew we would have the rink to ourselves for 2 hours. We thought that was the bomb! We loved every minute of those 2 hours! I passed a skating rink the other day here in OKC and almost cried my eyes out. I know when I see my skates, of which I still have and wore until resently, the memories will again begin to flood my heart. My skates are showing the effects of time, got them in used in 1976. To this day I still have them. I continued skating for exercise until just the last 8 yrs when I suffered a back injury. I cannot make myself get rid of them. They still have the green wheels and pompoms at the toe that showed our school colors and spirit. Now they will be that much more important to me as they hold all the memories of those days. I know that the next time I put them on Lonna will be right there with me. I miss you Lonna more than you could possible know. I've never felt such a hole in my heart that I know will never be completely whole again. 
Rest in peace my friend. I will see you again.....

You will be surely missed Lonna. Bill adored you and Bobby. Although we only met once I felt like I knew you through Bill. I'm  so sorry for your family and my God bring  peace to your family while going through this sad time.

Greg, As I see pictures of Lonna, I see that she when she was born she was kissed by an angel, May God hold you and the family in the palm of his hand we love you
Chris and Donna Walsh

My heart is broken, to think I won't see you again Lonna. You were such a dear friend, and I loved you dearly! To the family, I am truly sorry for your loss. Lonna was such an amazing person and friend, and I will miss her daily. May god comfort the family and friends in the days to come.

I will always remember lonna by how honest and positive. She always gave me the best advice she was always helpful to me when I needed it just starting out at EZ messenger... I will always remember you lonna... I will always remember how you made me laugh.

Dear David and Rick , our deepest sympathy to your family in the loss of Lonna . Our hearts and prayers to your family during this difficult time . May God comfort you in the days ahead. God Bless your families . Ida Ruth , Gerald & Tracye Johnson , Penny and Chris Simpson and Donna and Bill Green .

The thing that impressed me about Lonna was her determination to do achieve and her love for animals and her family and relatives. That tells a lot about a person's heart. She will be missed by us who knew her.

I can't believe your gone when we only just recently reconnected. I could see what a kind and loving person you were.My favorite memory of you goes back to when you were a teenager up here visiting with your parents and you & I decided to go to the drive-in with my young daughter to see the 2 Grease movies that were playing. We went early to get a good spot & ended up in a perfect spot in the middle near the front. It was so nice out that we decided to put down the top of my convertible. It was push button so easy, right? Until it got stuck straight up in the air! Just then the movie was about to start & people were honking at us as you and I were out on the trunk trying to get the top to go down while laughing hysterically! We finally got it down but I never forgot that night. I hope this story will bring a smile to all of those people who are missing you so much right now. Love you always cousin. Leisa Tyree Huddleston

Our hearts.love and prayer are with each of you .Angels surround you.Our Father God.hold yall.close to him.in this time of saddness..and always..In Gods.love..Joyce and Don Tapp

Even though we only saw Lonna two or three times a year when we came to Oklahoma to visit family, each time we got together, you could see more and more of what a wonderful person she was. Sensitive and a kind heart, her love for my brother Greg was deep and passionate. It was always great to see Lonna's passion for dogs, which shined through her entries on Facebook. We shared stories and she was so compassionate when we lost both of our dogs. Lonna quickly found a special place in our hearts and we will miss her greatly. Go with God, keep an eye on Greg and occasionally give him a hug from heaven.

Oh, sweetie, I still can't believe it. I miss you. You will forever be in my heart. Love and light, my darling friend. Blessed Be. 

Greg, we love you. She was our treasure, our Lonna banonna.

You became a friend as soon as I met you. You were patient, kind, loving, thoughtful, kind. Your love and kindness for people and animal's was never ending. You were very much loved on earth, so I can only imagine the love you now have being in heaven. Rest in peace my friend.

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Lonna Fern Stewart

28 diciembre, 1962 – 13 marzo, 2016

Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Directors and Rose Hill Burial Park

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