Canton Indian Mennonite Cemetery

Canton, Blaine County, Oklahoma

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Submitted by: Ann Weber

Wanda Lee (Walker) Birdshead

August 22, 1949 ~ October 6, 2016

Wanda Lee (Walker) Birdshead was born August 22, 1949 to Sampson and Cordelia (Howlingbuffalo) Walker in Lawton, Oklahoma. She departed this life Thursday, October 6, 2016 at her rural home near Canton.

Wanda grew up in Longdale, Oklahoma and attended Longdale Public School. She received her GED certificate from O.C.U. in 1972. Wanda began working at the U.S. Gypsum plant at Southard, Oklahoma in 1975 after working at the Hollytex spinning mill in Watonga. She spent her entire career in the mill department where she became a foreman in 2005. Wanda was the only woman to become a production foreman at the Southard plant. She retired in 2010 having accumulated 35 years of dedicated service.

Wanda was preceded in death by her parents; one brother Rodman Walker and one sister Alta Brawley; Survivors include her husband Lawrence Birdshead of the home; four children, son Anthony Birdshead and wife Patty of Geary, OK, son Kenny Birdshead of Seattle, WA, daughter Moosey Goljenboom and husband John of Putnam, OK and daughter Sharon Birdshead and Mark Hafner of McLoud, OK; grandchildren Jess Birdshead (Amanda), Josh Birdshead, Anthony Birdshead, Jr. (Marie), John Birdshead, Jeremy Birdshead, Amanda Goljenboom, Amber Supple (John), John Goljenboom, Jr. (Beth), Samuel Goljenboom (Alisha), Sonya and Cheyenne Deatherage; great-grandchildren Nevaeh, Dalton, Ambre, Alta, Rachelle, Jason X, Jorden, Lilliee, Jeremy, Bruce Wayne, Dominic, Peyton, Alexis and Raine.

A wake service will begin at 7:00 p.m., Monday evening, October 10, 2016 at the Canton Native American Gymnasium. When the wake concludes at the gym, the family and friends will gather at the Birdshead home near Carleton for an all-night wake. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at the same venue with Rev. George Akeen, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Cantonment Cemetery west of Canton Lake. Condolences may be made online at www.piercefuneralhomes.com. 

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