Obituary for Roxanne Cooley

Ponca City Now - April 30, 2014 12:00 am

Roxanne Marie Cooley went to be with her Father on Sunday, April 27, 2014. She was 37. She was born in Wichita, Kan., on March 9, 1977 the daughter of Cathy Pendleton and Clarence Lee Osterloh II and was raised by her father Terry Lynn Pendleton.

She grew and attended school in Blackwell graduating from Blackwell High School in 1995 and later attended Northern Oklahoma College and was awarded an associate degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences. She graduated NOC with honors, magna cum laude. She was married to James Cooley on May 21, 2003. She had one daughter and one son. She was employed for Pioneer Auto at the time of her death.

She loved to dance and even more so the outdoors, going on float trips, camping, fishing, cooking out and spending time with family and friends. She loved her family very much and would always find a way for them to have fun. She was very family oriented.

She is survived by her husband, James; two children, Caytlyn Hind and Corbyn Cooley, all of Ponca City; her mother and father Cathy and Terry Pendleton; mother-in-law, Linda Rinehart, of Humboldt, Kan. and father-in-law, James Curtis Cooley, Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Sheila and Rodney Brewer, of Newkirk, Melissa Huster and Clint Bannister, of Blackwell; three brothers, Terry S. Pendleton, Cory L. Pendleton and Zackary S. Collyar, all of Blackwell; aunts, Louise Byers, of Tonkawa, Ilene Epperly, of Donna, Texas and Shirley and her husband Don Hanson, of Tonkawa, Tammy Bufford, of Deer Creek; nieces and nephews, Joshua Wilson, of El Paso, Texas, Brady Wilson and his wife Jennifer, of Ponca City, Jessica Pendleton, of Newkirk, Micah Pendleton, of Ponca City, Kaydance Lylli and Evya Pendleton, of Tennessee, Avin Collyar, Tonkawa and numerous cousins and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Ellen Beaulah Lambert; paternal grandparents, Dorothy and C.L. Osterloh and uncle, Roland Phillip Bufford.

Memorial contributions may be made for her children in her name c/o RCB Bank.

Visitation will held tomorrow beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 1.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Central Baptist Church, 1732 E. Coleman Rd, Ponca City under the direction of Trout Funeral Home with the Rev. John Waterloo officiating.

Source: Trout Funeral Home