Funeral service for Daisy Ruth Birdwell will be at 3:00 pm Saturday, April 29, 2017 in the First Baptist Church, Snyder with Jimmy Reed, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Poteau, OK and Danny Reed, Pastor of First Baptist Church Elmore City, OK officiating.

Burial will be in the Mountain Park Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder.

Daisy Ruth Birdwell, 72, Mountain Park passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at her home.  She was born June 15, 1944 in Snyder, OK to Rodney Franklin and Clara Leavena (Reed) Edgar.  She was a graduate of Mountain Park High School.  Daisy worked many jobs through the years.  She was a volunteer EMT for Kiowa County from 1979-1982.  In 1982 she went to work for Anadarko Ambulance Service.  In 1986 Anadarko Ambulance and Fire Department combined.  She trained to be a fire fighter.  Daisy and her sister Clara "Tootie", were the first female fire fighters/EMT to be working in Oklahoma and both serving the same fire department.  She retired in 1991.  She then opened D & D Embroidery with her friend Dickie Tripp.  They operated the business until she moved back to Mountain Park.  She spent her time babysitting her nephew Jacob and operating Fancy Threads Embroidery.  Daisy was a member of the First Baptist Church.  She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends.

She is survived by her brother Bob Edgar and wife Regina of Mountain Park, OK, 8 nieces and nephews; Angela Lewis of Michigan City, IN, James Andrew Edgar and wife Kristi of Nixa, MO, Allen Edgar and wife Maranda of Logansport, LA, TJ Edgar of Carthage, TX, Matthew Shane Harrold of Mountain Park, OK, Denton Allen Edgar and wife Rebecca of Apache, OK, Amie Rena Edgar of Canyon, TX, Jacob Reed Edgar of Mountain Park, OK, 4 great nieces and nephews; Amanda Lewis, Zach Lewis, Kody Maldonado, Shana Bratcher, special friends; Dickie Tripp of Anadarko, OK, Mary Elrod of Gracemont, OK and numerous other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, James Allen Edgar, John Franklin Edgar and her sister Clara "Tootie" Harrold.

Memorial contributions may be made to the : Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center of Southwest, OK, 101 NW 31st Street, Lawton, OK, 73505 or to the Oklahoma State Fire Fighters Association; 2716 NE 50th Street, OKC, OK 73111.