|
| |
Ima Jo (Mangus) Stapp, 71, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 in Shawnee, following a 17 year battle with CADASIL.
Ima was the ninth of ten children born to James Lloyd and Martha Edna (Ketner) Mangus on October 7, 1949 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.
Ima was raised in Tecumseh and attended Tecumseh Schools in K-12th grades. She graduated with the class of 1967 from Tecumseh High School.
Ima married James “Stanley” Stapp on December 2, 1967 in Poteau, Oklahoma.
She retired from Tinker Air Force Base after 27 years of service as an IT Specialist.
Ima was a long-time member of Sharon Baptist Church in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.
Until she became ill, her hobbies included crocheting, cross-stitching, camping with her family and spending time with her pride and joy, her husband, 2 children and her 4 grandchildren. Ima also liked going to the casino with her sisters.
She was preceded in death her parents, James and Martha Mangus; brothers, Charles Mangus and James Mangus; sister, Dorothy Newton; sister-in-law, Carrie Mangus and brothers-in-law, Charles “Charlie” Newton, Robert “Bob” Farr and Fritz Tegtmeier.
Those left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 53 ½ years, James “Stanley” Stapp of the home; daughter, Stana Kai Friend (Brad) of McLoud, OK; son, Gary Wayne Stapp (Brenda) of McLoud, OK; 2 grandsons, Christopher Cranford (Rebecca) of Carney, OK and Kyle Stapp (Allyson) of Midwest City, OK; 2 granddaughters, Nicole Gunder of Shawnee, OK and Jennifer Stapp of McLoud, OK; 1 great-grandson, Maverick Cranford of Carney, OK; 5 sisters, Cleta Farr of Shawnee, OK, Marcella Jones of Lake Havesu, AZ, Deloris Browning (Mark) of Spokane, WA, Helen Lamb of Shawnee, OK and Nancy Tegtmeier of Macomb, OK; 1 brother, Virgil Mangus (Jimmie) of Wellston, OK; mother-in-law, Betty Stapp of Tecumseh, OK; 2 sisters-in-law, Dovey Mangus of Tecumseh, OK and Linda Hawkins (Doug) of Midwest City, OK; many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.
Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 21, 2021 at McLoud First Assembly of God with Pastor Danny Webb and Pastor Michelle Webb officiating under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
The family would like to thank the nursing staff on the 2nd floor and in ICU at SSM in in Shawnee and the staff and nurses who work for Angelic Hospice Care.
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.