Obituary

Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:
Jane Harris

Bertha Frances [McPhail] Ireland

Graveside service for Bertha Frances [McPhail] Ireland, 89, Lawton, OK, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Duncan City Cemetery with Jasper Grigg officiating, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home.

Mrs. Ireland died on Friday, Dec. 23, 2005, at her home.

She was born on Aug. 30, 1916, in Comanche, OK to E. Gates Sr. and Bertha [Brewer] McPhail.

She grew up in Stephens County and graduated from Comanche Public Schools, continuing her education at the Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha, OK.

She married Hayden C. Ireland on June 10, 1939, in El Reno, OK. The couple had two sons, Hayden C. Ireland, Jr. and James Lee Ireland.

The couple moved to Lawton in 1941 and opened M&D Motor Freight Lines. She later worked for E.J. Leverett and J.T. Neal Insurance Agencies. She served as president of Insurance Women of Lawton and was active in business auxiliary and service organizations throughout the area.

She was a longstanding member of First Baptist Church and in recent years attended Letitia Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Hayden Ireland, Charlotte, N.C. and Jim Ireland, Fort Worth, Texas; two grandchildren, Hayden C. Ireland, III and Elizabeth Ireland Bothwell, five great-grandchildren, Hayden C. Ireland, IV, Colby Ireland, Laura Kate Ireland, Dillon Bothwell, and Annie Jude Bothwell' a brother, Gates McPhail, Jr.; and a number of beloved nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband and her parents; a sister, Martha Elizabeth Douglas; and two brothers, Preston McPhail and Miles McPhail.

Sympathy cards may be sent to the family online at © www.beckerfuneral.com

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