Freda Carol Kimbrough

Freda Carol Kimbrough was born January 3, 1938, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, to Adam and Anne Cmar Fessel. She died Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Owasso, Oklahoma, at the age of 86 years. Freda was reared and educated in Sharon, PA and graduated with the Sharon High School Class of 1956. She began her nursing studies and graduated from Aultman Nursing School in 1959. She married John Howard Kimbrough on November 3, 1959. Freda first began her professional career as a licensed nurse at Sharon General Hospital in Sharon, Pennsylvania, then later worked at Baptist Hospital in Middleton, Tennessee, while her husband attended airframe school. During her husband's Naval service, Freda worked at General Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. When her husband was transferred to Detroit, Michigan, by American Airlines, Freda worked at Wyandotte General Hospital in Wyandotte, Michigan. Freda and her now former husband then moved back to Oklahoma, settling in Skiatook, OK when her husband was reinstated to Tulsa, OK after his layoff at American Airlines. She then returned to work at Hillcrest Medical Center in the 3-North and the 3-South units. It was also at this time she worked on getting a degree in Psychology from Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. Freda has also worked as an R.N. for the City of Faith and Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa. Her last nursing position was as Head Nurse with Brookhaven Psychiatric Hospital, when she finally retired. Freda enjoyed a variety of pastimes, but she especially enjoyed going shopping, time spent traveling all over with her daughter, Mary, preaching the gospel with her minister friend, Sue Forbes, and book reading. Those she leaves behind who hold many cherished memories include: Children: Jonnie Kimbrough Robert Kimbrough and wife Kris Mary Mason and husband Deric David Kimbrough and wife Jennifer Grandchildren; Seth Hayes, Chelsea Vanderwall, Brittany Escoe, Shelby Kimbrough, Connor Kimbrough, and Alexis Waetig. As well as several great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparents (who raised her), her parents, two brothers, Michael Cmar and Tom Fessell, and her half-sister, Rose Anne Greer. Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Mowery Funeral Service in Owasso, Oklahoma, with Chaplain Carrie Halverson officiating. There will be a one hour visitation-viewing before the service. Committal service and interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Skiatook, Oklahoma. The family requests memorial contributions be made in Freda’s memory to the Dementia Society of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 600, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 18901, or at www.dementiasociety.org. Arrangements and services were entrusted to Mowery Funeral Service of Owasso. www.moweryfs.com

Freda Carol Kimbrough

January 3, 1938 - June 6, 2024