Ida Bell Gill
Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved one shine down to let us know they are happy.
Mrs. Gill passed away Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, in Lawton.
Ida Bell was born April 10, 1946, in Lawton to James and Virginia Tartsah Sword. She grew up in Anadarko, Stecker and Lawton where she attended school. She married Herbert Gill on Nov. 6, 1979, near Faxon and they owned and operated Gill's Waste Oil Company for more than 30 years.
They were members of the Shirts and Skirts Square Dancing Club and enjoyed dancing, riding motorcycles, casinoing, fishing and camping. She also enjoyed sewing, knitting and crocheting and OU football. She loved the holidays and decorated often. She adored her family and children, and was "Maw Maw" to her pride and joy, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was a very strong loving and caring person who was loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her husband of 35 years, Herbert, of the home; four sons and their spouses: Michael and Elizabeth Spencer, James and Michele Spencer, Christopher and Paula Spencer and Bryan "Bonzo" Spencer and Kim Ready, all of Lawton; three daughters and a son-in-law: Sherry "Candy" Spencer, Mandy Hardin and Becky and Chris Carter, all of Lawton; her brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Laura Sword, Lawton; her mother-in-law, Mary Gill, Marlow; her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: JR and Judy Gill, Aaron and Louise Gill, Eddie and Rebecca Gill, Juanita Brim, Mary and James Russ, Alice Gill Turley, Patty and Charlie Pendergrass and Margie and Lee Bearden; 10 grandchildren: Adam Wharton, Brittany Spencer and Eric Morrison, Jessica Crowther, Brandi Lopez Jirtle and Kendall Jirtle, Misty Spencer, Jakeb Spencer, Cassie Spencer, Tyler Hardin, Ashtyn Hardin and Hailey Carter; eight great-grandchildren: Makayla Wadlow, Michael Morrison, Jordan Rosas, Sesalie Wharton, Adonis Wharton, Payton Spencer, Prestyn Spencer, and Jeremiah Jenkins; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great-nephews and cousins; and a host of loving friends including Linda and Ronnie Smith and Rita Rogers.
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