Graveside Service:
2:00 PM Saturday, January 16th, 2021
Eakly Cemetary
Eakly, OK

Obituary

Mae Evelena (Klusmeyer) McAnally
May 2, 1934 — February 12, 2021

Mae Evelena McAnally, 86, of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma was called home by the Lord on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Evelena was born May 2, 1934 to Walter and Elna (Hancock) Klusmeyer near Lookeba, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Lookeba-Sickles High School, She met the love of her life, Ira McAnally, at a skating rink in Hinton Oklahoma. On June 2, 1952, they were united in marriage in his grandparents home near Highland United Methodist Church.

Evelena worked for the telephone company as an operator while Ira attended college at Cameron and OSU. She helped support the family by working at Sequoyah Carpet Mills and Fort Cobb Tag & Tax Agency while Ira transitioned from working for the U. S. Soil Conservation Service (USSCS) into farming. Evelena always said she married Ira because he was a college man, not a farmer. "Time changes all."

God blessed Ira and Evelena with four wonderful children. Evelena was a loving wife, mother, grandma, neighbor and friend. Her greatest love was for her husband and family. She really enjoyed all the time spent with her grandchildren. She always looked forward to the Hancock reunions where she could visit and catch up with her many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

After retiring from farming, they established the McAnally Tax Service to provide accounting and tax preparation services to the public with specialization in farming. Evelena was an active member of Fort Cobb United Methodist Church and later the Highland United Methodist Church. Evelena was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter in Fort Cobb. She was known for her great peanut brittle.

She will be greatly missed by family and all who knew her. She is survived by sons; Rex and wife Susan of Carrollton, TX, David of Rhome, TX, Tim of Enid, OK and fiancé, Tracy Bowden Meyer of Kingfisher, OK, and daughter, Sharla Tapper of Norman, OK, Nine grandchildren, Christopher McAnally and wife Jean of Seattle, WA, Brett McAnally and wife Crystal of Georgetown, TX, Kyle McAnally of Los Angeles, CA, Caitlin Moreno and husband, Richard of Rio Rancho, NM, and Meghan McAnally of Guthrie, OK, Shelbi Tapper of Midwest City, OK, Courtni Covington and husband Dustin of Norman, OK, Kelsi Miklosko and husband, Steve of Frisco, TX and Kerisa Tapper and husband, Cody Gamond of Oklahoma City, OK. Four great grandchildren, Diesel McAnally of Georgetown, TX, Bowen and Ella Covington of Norman, OK, and Luke Miklosko of Frisco, TX, Numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Elna Klusmeyer, husband, Ira, brothers, Leon and Derol Klusmeyer and sister Gerene.

Public viewing will be on Thursday Jan. 14 and Friday Jan 15 from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with the family in attendance on Friday evening from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M at Fort Cobb Funeral Home. Visitation on Saturday, Jan 16 will be from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. A small private burial will take place at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Eakly Cemetery under the direction of the Fort Cobb Funeral Home in Fort Cobb, OK. The family hopes to hold a Memorial at Highland United Methodist Church with all her family and friends later in 2021.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Highland United Methodist Church, 914 West Skyline Drive, Ft Cobb, 73038, in remembrance of Evelena McAnally.

Services under the direction of Fort Cobb Funeral Home, Fort Cobb, OK.

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