© The Chickasha Express-Star
Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Thelma R. [Carter] Mainka

Funeral services for Thelma R. Mainka, 85, of Chickasha, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Grand Assembly of God Church in Chickasha.

Mainka was born Dec. 31, 1924, in Oklahoma to Lon and Willie [Franklin] Carter. She passed away on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Chickasha.

Mainka married Joe Mainka on March 8, 1941, in Chickasha. They had farmed west of Chickasha since 1947. She moved to town in 1991.

She was a member of Grand Assembly of God Church for many years.

Mrs. Mainka was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, on July 10, 1991, and two daughters, Linda June Mainka and Mary Louise McClees.

She is survived by a daughter, Betty Carpenter of Shreveport, La.; seven grandchildren, Bob and Sharon Carpenter of Changler Ari., Ken Carpenter of Chicksha, Lisa Overstreet of Chickasha, Steven Carpenter of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rhonda Davis of Duncanville, Texas, Angie Hamlin of Yukon, and Dale Walters of Mustang; fifteen great grandchildren, Amy Cox of Oklahoma City, Jared Carpenter of Chandler, Ari., Derek Carpenter of Chickasha, Devin Carpenter of Chickasha, Miranda Overstreet of Chickasha, Justin Overstreet of Corpus Christi, Texas, Brooke Carpenter of Verden, Steven Carptenter of Anadarko, D.J. Davis of Duncanville, Texas, Amanda Hamlin of Yukon, Arynn Hamlin of Yukon, Tyler Hamlin of Yukon, Tanner Hamlin of Yukon, and Baylee Walters of Mustang; and three great-great grandchildren, Marya Nance, Laken Carpenter, and Reily Cox.

Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Chickasha under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home.