Graveside services for Grace Ilene Terwort will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2022, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Gene Jackson officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
Grace Ilene Terwort, daughter of the late Albert and Mary May (Kirby) Herren, was born February 5, 1928, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and passed away April 12, 2022, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 94 years, 2 months and 7 days.
She graduated from Byron High School. On November 7, 1945, she was united in marriage to Keith Theodore Terwort in Alva, Oklahoma. To this marriage two children were born, Barbara and Ted. She worked as a Nurse's Aide at Alva General Hospital and then at Shalloup Packing Company before becoming a cook at the Alva Schools and later a cook at the Woods County Senior Citizen Center.
Grace was a devoted member of the Friends Church. She enjoyed reading the Bible, gardening, canning, and quilting. She loved to cook for others and made the best chicken and noodles, cinnamon rolls, and fried chicken. Grace loved spending time with family and friends.
Besides her parents and many brothers and sisters, she was preceded in death by her husband, Keith Terwort.
Grace is survived by one son, Ted Terwort and wife, Linda, of Disney, Oklahoma; one daughter, Barbara Long and husband, Sam, of Alva; one sister, Claretta Wheeler of Fairlawn, Ohio; three grandchildren, Halah Simon and husband, Chad, of Alva, Jeff Terwort of Alva, and Brandon Long of Alva; four great-grandchildren Kody Terwort, Zachary Terwort and wife, Mikaela, Drew Terwort, and Tevin Long; one great-great-grandchild, Isla Terwort; other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Woods County Senior Citizen Center.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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