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Vera Lorene Mitchell

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Graveside Funeral Services for Vera Lorene Mitchell, 74, of Wayne were held Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Washington Cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.

Ms. Mitchell passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020.

She was born July 22, 1945 in Washington, Okla., the youngest of 10 children born to Dave and Martha Ann (Dover) Mitchell. She was raised in Lexington and attended Lexington Schools.

Vera married young, and was the proud mother of four children; daughter, Dana, and sons, David, Bill and Chance.

She worked at Guilt Edge Dairy in Norman for several years and later as a Loan Clerk at McClain Bank. Vera was a big History buff and enjoyed traveling and seeing the country. She loved a good western and anything and everything John Wayne.

She was very witty and had a great sense of humor, and she wasn’t afraid to share a good laugh, sometimes even at her own expense. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be dearly missed!

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dave and Martha Ann Mitchell and siblings, Dovie Madden, Laverne Croslin Monroe Mitchell, Dave Mitchell Jr., Fred Mitchell, John Mitchell and Robert Mitchell

Survivors include her children, Dana Hartless of Wayne, Okla., David Shea and wife, Debra, of Cartwright, Okla.,Bill Shea and wife, Hazel, of Lexington, Okla., and Chance Shea of Edmond, Okla.; two sisters, Lillie Bruehl of Edmond and Hazel Ille and husband, Bernard, of Lexington, Okla.

Online condolences may be made at wilsonlittle.com.