Wanda Capps

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Age 75, Snyder - Services will be 2:00 PM Sunday in the Snyder First United Methodist Church, with J. Stephen Posey, Pastor, officiating.
She died Thursday, December 20, 2007, in Oklahoma City.
Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 – 4:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.
She was born on August 14, 1932, near Headrick, Oklahoma to John M. and Lois (Kelly) Miller. She graduated from Snyder High School, attended Oklahoma State University (formerly A&M) and graduated from Cameron University in Lawton. She married Senator Gilmer N. Capps on January 27, 1951 in Altus.
In addition to raising a family, she taught school in Snyder, served as school librarian, and later worked for the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System. Wanda was invaluable in supporting her husband, Gilmer N. Capps, in the Oklahoma State Senate. They served the state and their community together for over 36 years. After her retirement, she became a full-time volunteer who worked with Gilmer to serve his district.
However, her priority was always her family. Come rain or shine, she attended all the sporting and musical activities of her two children and four grandchildren. She was an amazing wife, daughter, mother and grandmother. She will be deeply missed.
Survivors include her husband, Senator Gilmer N. Capps, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Cynda Ottaway and Larry of Oklahoma City; son and daughter-in-law, Gilmer John Capps and Darcy of Elgin; four grandchildren, Lauren Kellee Ottaway, a senior at Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, Girard Colton Capps, recent graduate of MacArthur High School, Lawton, Oklahoma, Brielle Cherie Capps, a junior at Lawton MacArthur High School, Lawton, Oklahoma, and Holden Rhett Capps, a seventh grader at Central Middle School, Lawton, Oklahoma.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for cancer research, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, or to the charity of the donor's choice.

Facts

Born: August 14, 1932
Place of Birth: Near Headrick, Oklahoma
Death: December 20, 2007
Place of Death: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Services

Funeral

Sunday December 23, 2007, 2 - 00 PM at Snyder First United Methodist Church
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