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Elmer Ansley, 86 year old Woodward resident passed away, Monday August 4, 2025 in Woodward. A family reunion and memorial service is being planned for August 31, 2025 in the Mooreland Community Building in Mooreland.
Elmer A. Ansley, son of William D. and Ethel (Serfoss) Ansley, was born March 25, 1939, in Hooker, Oklahoma. He grew up and completed school, participating in basketball and baseball in Adams, Oklahoma. He married Dee Adams in 1955, and they had three children - Jan, Stan and Van. They parted ways in 1975.
Elmer and the children moved to Woodward, then Mooreland. In 1976, he married Karen Reed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and gained three children - Cathy, Christie and Nathan Reed.
Elmer lived and worked the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northwest Oklahoma as a builder, renovator and finish carpenter, working many years with his son, Stan. He had a lifetime love of many sports, he was a treasure hunter and metal detector, and he loved rebuilding old cars. He was a strong and loving husband and father, a devoted uncle and good friend.
He was preceded in death by his parents, great grandsons Bryson Rawlins and Trace Williams, great granddaughters Bailey Walker and Hannah Elliott, daughter Christie Reed Hill, daughter in law, Shelley Ansley, son Nathan Reed, brothers Roy and Pete Ansley, and sisters in law Darlene Ansley and Teri DeBolt.
Elmer is survived by his wife Karen; son Stan; daughters Jan, Van and Cathy Elliott (Mike); son in law Kent Hill; daughter in law Marty Reed; brother Charles and sister in law Kathy Lee; and grandchildren Terry Rawlins, Dee Williams, Ace Rawlins (Hannah), Lauryn Spray (Brett), Jeff Elliott (Kelsey), Jackson Coats (Julie), John Elliott (Amy), Andrew Reed-Moutray (Charlotte Burton), Amber Griffin and Heather Ansley (Caleb); fourteen great grandchildren; and many nephews and nieces.
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