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Cordelia "Cordy" (Dennis)
Liggett
Feb 28, 1927 - Nov 24, 2015
Posted by: Ann Weber
BARTLESVILLE
EXAMINER-ENTERPRISE
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Born February 28, 1927, in Anthony,
Kansas, to Charlotte Eugenia Smith Dennis and Paul
Henry Dennis, she was one of eight children. After
graduating from Wellington High School, she obtained
her degree from El Dorado Junior College. She
married James Edgar Liggett, Sr., who preceded her
in death. Together, they had six children: James
Edgar Liggett, Jr., Janet Leigh Casas, Ann Elizabeth
Hoffman, Ted Anthony Liggett, Lawrence Alan Liggett,
and Cynthia Kay Gebhart. She had eleven
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. After
devoting her life to lovingly raising her children,
she turned her nurturing attention to caring for her
larger community. In 1997, she received the Jim
Gillie Outstanding Citizen Award, which was only one
of the many times her contributions were recognized.
She tutored children at Kane Elementary, served as a
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), and helped
low-income people through Churches United for
Community Concern (CONCERN), on which she also
served as a member of the board. She volunteered at
the Agape Mission and the Child Learning Center for
years. Her greatest involvement was in the life of
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, where she gave of
herself for more than 40 years through the Lunch
Stop, the Paper Guild, the Bereavement Committee,
ECW and Rummage Sale crews. She was proud to
complete the Episcopal Education for Ministry
program in 1984. Her passions included attending
live performances of every variety, travel, reading,
progressive politics and championing the rights of
the disenfranchised. She was an engaged and joyful
participant in community life. Cordy will be deeply
missed by the many people whose lives she touched.
Her infectious smile lightened the lives of all she
met.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 210 E. 9th Street, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74003.
In
lieu of flowers, donations are requested to St.
Luke's, episcopalbartlesville.org or CONCERN, P.O.
Box 404, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005,
concernbartlesville.com.Friends who wish may sign
the online guest book and leave condolences at
www.stumpff.org.
Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory
1600 Southeast Washington Boulevard
Bartlesville,
OK
74006
(918) 333-4300
Published in Examiner-Enterprise from Nov. 29 to
Dec. 28, 2015
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