Joan Mildred McInturff Hale

© Enid News and Eagle

05-27-2015

Submitted by: Glenn

© Enid News and Eagle

Celebration of Life service for Joan Mildred McInturff Hale, 83, of Enid, Okla., will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jim Edmison will officiate. Burial will be at Garber Cemetery in Garber, Okla. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Joan was born to William Adam and Myrtle Alice (Vinyard) McInturff on May 24, 1932, on a farm near Lucien, Noble County, Okla., and died on her birthday, May 24, 2015, at her home.

Joan was an only child. She was raised in the Lucien-Covington area and attended West Lawn and Keystone grade schools and Covington High School.

On June 7, 1948, she married Dick L. Hale. They raised their family of four children in the Covington area, later moving to Pampa, Texas, when husband Dick was transferred. In the late 1970s, Joan moved to Enid, Okla.

Since she was a little girl, Joan always wanted to be a nurse and she achieved her dream.

Joan obtained her GED in 1968. In 1969, she was a member of the first graduating Licensed Practical Nurse class at O.T. Autry, Enid, Okla. Joan was especially proud, when two of her daughters became nurses as well.

In Oklahoma, Joan worked at Sunset Estates Nursing Home, National Manor Nursing Home, Garber Nursing Home, Enid Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital. In Texas, she worked at Worley Hospital and Pampa Regional Hospital. She retired from Enid State School (NORCE).

Joan was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church, as was her mother’s family. While living in Covington, Okla., she was a member of Eastern Star.

Joan enjoyed reading, collecting dolls and having a small garden. She also enjoyed finding a bargain at thrift stores and other places like garage or estate sales.

Joan was kind and always generous to her children, helping them along as they grew into adults. Her favorite phrase was “I hope I don’t faint and fall in it.”

Survivors include one son, Dick L. Hale Jr., of Enid; three daughters, Darla J. Terry and husband Mike of Enid, Tammy S. Kirk and husband Lonnie of Lubbock, Texas, and Teresa J. “Joni” Morris of Ore City, Texas; and several nephews, nieces and cousins.

Joan has 11 grandchildren, Chandra (Hale) Holly, Jamie (Hale) Davis, Lacie Hale, Dick Hale III, John Hastings, Dustin Meyers, Jarrod Meyers, Kelsey Hart, Kortney Meyers, Cari Morris and Brandon Morris. She has 11 great-grandchildren, Haden, Christopher, Jaycee, Aniston, Kara, Madison, Elizabeth, Wyatt, Justin, Ross and Caroline.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Dick L. Hale.

In lieu of flowers, Joan would hope that you will do an unexpected and unsolicited act of kindness for some poor unfortunate soul in her name.

Condolences may be made and the service viewed at ladusauevans.com.

(Submitted by family)

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