June 17, 1950 ~ Feb. 5, 2015
Funeral service for Harla Sharlene Eslick, 64-year-old Douglas, Okla., resident, will be 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Chris Griffith will officiate. A private family burial will follow at a later date. Visitation with family is 2-4 p.m. today, Feb. 8, at Henninger-Hinson Chapel.
Harla was born June 17, 1950, in Enid, Okla., to Harold and Marylou (Miller) Beopple and died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Douglas.
She attended Covington/Douglas schools and graduated with the class of 1968. She then attended NOC in Tonkawa for a year, transferring to Northeastern State University in Durant.
In 1970, she married Steve Avery in Mohab, Utah. The couple made their home in Utah, then moved to Denver and then to Enid in 1972. They moved to Covington in 1982, where she still lived. She worked in the offices of Dr. Detrick DDS before opening her own clinic in the Enid area. She later became a private home-health care aide.
She later married Dwight Eslick. He preceded her in death in 2006.
She served on the Covington/Douglas School Board. She loved her horses, and one of her horses won a race at Remington Park.
She is survived by her son, Eric Avery and wife Melista of Perry; her mother, Marylou Boepple of Douglas; her sister, Rhonda Steinert and husband Bill of Fairmont; three grandchildren, Blake, Dylan and Carson; one stepdaughter, Elizabeth Vassar and her two daughters, Wilhemina and Virginia; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father and husband, Dwight.
Memorial may be made through Henninger-Hinson to Safe Haven Animal Rescue.
Condolences may be made to the family at www.enidwe care.com.
(Submitted by family)