October 23, 1969 ~ May 19, 2020
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 30, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.
Tressa Fay, daughter of Betty Fay (Reid) and Robert (Bob) Lee, was born on October 23, 1969, in Haxtun, Colorado, and passed away in Oklahoma City on May 19, 2020, after a brief illness at the age of 50 years, 6 months and 28 days. She started school in Capron, Oklahoma, and transferred to Burlington in 1976. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1987. She attended college at both Northern Oklahoma College and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. She also attended Northwest Technology Center at Alva.
During her adult working career she worked at the Rope Factory in Kiowa, Kansas; at Enid State School and at Beadles Nursing Home, VAP Productions and Wal Mart.
On May 8, 1999, she married the love of her life, Karl (Monty) Dirham, in an outdoor wedding north of Capron. With this union came a blended family, Wyatt T. Lee, Karl Dirham III and Brianna Parmer. She had seven grandchildren and a special little "grandson," Michael Hawkins.
Tressa entertained herself with word searches, Candy Crush, Color by Numbers and other games. Her TV time was westerns, Hallmark Christmas shows, and she enjoyed a great police drama. Everyone around her knew she loved the color green.
Tressa is survived by husband Karl (Monty) and son Wyatt of the home in Alva; and siblings Rockey (Diana) Lee, Anita Tingler (Jo Sandoval), Angie (Don) Kirkley, Karen (Mike) Outhier of Enid, Shelley (Larry) Clark of Woodward, Jeff (Danette) Lee of Ringwood; and Karol (Carl) Parsons, Roger (Alice) Putnam and Donald (Julia) Lee, all of Alva; her sisters-in-law Susan Yonemmura of Hawaii, Dory (Rex) Reader of Montana, Dee Rucker of Alva, and Tana Dirham of Enid; multiple nieces and nephews and many other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers-in-law Vernon, Harry and Andy; stepdaughter Kayla Dirham; sister Rena Maddux; and nephews Michael Lee and Aaron Lee Connell.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Diabetes Association through Wharton Funeral Home.