Wanda LaRue (Estep) Willingham
Jun 11, 1940 - Aug 25, 2022
Posted by Terry Dudley

Browns Funeral Service
(permission granted)

Wanda LaRue Estep Willingham, 82, of Coleman, was born June 11, 1940, in Kenefic, Oklahoma, to Odis B. “Ode” and Maggie Lucielle Wilkerson Estep. She passed from this life on August 25, 2022, in her home in Coleman.

Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ in Coleman on August 29, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., with interment to follow in the Enterprise Cemetery. Shawn Zybach will officiate with Tommy Sharp assisting. Pallbearers will be Cody Willingham, Cory Willingham, Caylen Willingham, Brenton Willingham, Jared Mackey, and Thomas Seidel. Honorary pallbearer will be Jerry Pigg.

She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings Sue Dean and Jimmy Estep, and granddaughter Danna Kaye Tadlock.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Don, of the home, and children Donna and Richard Owens, Jeff and Sherry Willingham, Deena and Neil Mackey, and Jim and Tanya Willingham all of Coleman, and Joe and Christy Willingham of Stratford. Also surviving are siblings Keith Estep and wife Diane of Fort Worth, Texas; John Estep and wife Becky of Wapanucka; and Trudy Daniel and husband David, Marilyn Goodwin, and Kathy Estep, all of Coleman. Additionally, she is survived by grandchildren Laurie Jo and Thomas Seidel, Cody and Alesha Willingham, and Casey Willingham of Coleman; Cory and Jessica Willingham of Norman; Jared and Jamie Mackey, Caylen and Emily Willingham, Trevan and Addy Willingham, and Kennedy Willingham of Stillwater; Aubrey and Jordan Danser of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Brenton and Jenci Willingham of Amarillo, Texas; Ethan Willingham and Kourtney Willingham of Stratford; and Raylee Willingham of Coleman. Also surviving are eight great-grandchildren: Karson, Elana, Hialeah, Ava, Jayce, Dean, Lanie, and Drew.

LaRue will be mourned by numerous nieces and nephews as well, along with her honorary sister, D.J. Rounsaville and dear friends Jerry and Darlene Pigg of Coleman, and many others whose lives she touched.