Frances Herod

Margaret “Frances” Herod was born October 11, 1927, in Gadsden, Alabama, the fifth of seven children, to John Norris Roberts and Ollie C. McClusky Roberts. She died Tuesday, October 31, 2023, in Owasso, Oklahoma, at the age of 96 years. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1929. Frances completed her secondary education in Roosevelt, Oklahoma, and was a graduate of Roosevelt High School. The sudden death of husband, Charles R. Garrison in May 1975 was hard on the whole family, but together we carried on. She married George F. Herod in 1979, who died in October 1988. Frances’s early working career began in banking. She loved working with numbers. She was a homemaker while her children were small; sewing all their clothes. She went back to work as a school secretary for Cherokee Elementary School (Tulsa Public). She was in charge of making sure all the homeroom classes had the equal number of children. She ended her career with many years as the insurance administrator at the Tulsa Public School Service Center, retiring in February of 1983. Frances was a strong woman of faith and loved the Lord, having accepted Him as her Savior in her teens during a Baptist outdoor revival in Roosevelt. She later joined the Turley United Methodist Church and then, Christ United Methodist Church in January of 1990. After moving to Owasso, she joined the Owasso Methodist Church. During her years at Christ Methodist, she traveled extensively with groups led by Dr. Mansfield. One trip she especially enjoyed was a Mission trip to Alaska where they helped with Bible school. She enjoyed a number of cruises with friends, but her most memorable trip was to the Holy Land. She volunteered in the office at Christ Methodist Church and remembered, on her first day, she was asked to type the Sunday bulletin on the typewriter! She attended Bible Study Fellowship a number of years and taught a Sunday School Class for a while but had to give it up due to a serious illness. In 1997 she moved to Owasso and transferred her membership to the Owasso Methodist Church. Frances worked on the Son Shine Desk and was a member of the UMW for a number of years. She had a special roller that she would crease those bulletins, like they had gone to the cleaners. On her last cruise to Alaska in 2001, she found out she would be teaching a new Sunday School Class. The members had decided they wanted a class on Genesis. They had it all set up, Minister approved the room, the content, and name and they told her, she was going to be the teacher. The class grew and was active until the Pandemic of 2020. During the Pandemic, she prepared Sunday School lessons and shared them through email with shut-ins, members who moved away, as well as anyone who requested them. Her love of teaching lasted 22 years. Frances dearly loved her family and was fond of her role as “Punchin” and “Grandma” to her 5 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She became “Punchin” when her first grandchild spoke that word around the days of Halloween. We didn’t know if it would stick, we wondered if she might be called “turkey” when the calendar changed. Punchin did stick and remains as even part of her email address. Frances wrote this part, “This is my last chance to warn people NOT to name their child and then call them by their middle name. In the hospital at an earlier surgery, I laid in Recovery where the nurse was calling for “Margaret” and it meant nothing to me. The nurses were getting a bit concerned thinking Margaret wasn’t going to wake up. I responded when they said “Margaret FRANCES” very loudly!” Frances realized this summer that she needed a little more looking after. With the help of her daughters, who researched far and wide, she settled on Oxford Glen Assisted Living to be her new home. “She needed time to adjust after living on her own for 35 years and the staff eagerly took special care of her. All the staff became her favorites and more like family every day. We could not have picked a more compassionate, attentive, or loving place.” - - Sandy & Connie Those she leaves behind who hold many cherished memories include: Two daughters; Sandy Chandler and husband Joe, of Owasso, Oklahoma Connie Oglesby and husband Doug, of Tulsa, Oklahoma Grandchildren; Becky Kankelfritz and husband Mike, of Tucson, Arizona Christy Waterbury and husband Daniel, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Jason Oglesby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma Jonathan Oglesby and wife Kari, of Morris, Oklahoma Mindy Oglesby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma Great grandchildren; Abby Grace and Samuel Kankelfritz Emma Waterbury, Kyle and Tyler Oglesby She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Charles R. Garrison and George F. Herod, two brothers, Bill Roberts and Jack Roberts, and four sisters, Mildred Denison, Jennie Hill, Shirley Sheets, and Kate Stafford. She is the last of her family to COME HOME, what a day of rejoicing it must have been. She lived to be the oldest of everyone. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at Mowery Funeral Service in Owasso. Funeral will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the Mowery Funeral Service Chapel in Owasso with Pastor Jim Cinocca officiating. Serving as honorary casket bearers will be Jason Oglesby, Jonny Oglesby, Sam Kankelfritz., Kyle Oglesby, and Tyler Oglesby. Committal service and interment will follow at Rest Haven Cemetery in Sperry, Oklahoma. The family requests memorial contributions be made in Frances’s memory to the Owasso Methodist Church, 13800 East 106th Street North, Owasso, Oklahoma, 74055. Arrangements and services were entrusted to Mowery Funeral Service of Owasso. www.moweryfs.com

Frances Herod

October 11, 1927 - October 31, 2023