Funeral service for Dorothy Joan Willis Wisdom will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Roberts, Pastor of First Christian Church, Frederick officiating.

Burial will follow in the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Dorothy Joan Willis Wisdom, 90, Cache, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2018 in Lawton. Dorothy was born on November 17, 1927 in Navasota, Texas to Abe William and Alice E. (Blankenstein) Willis. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School at the age of 16. Dorothy later married Jessie Lew Wisdom on March 10, 1944 in Bryan, Texas. They were married for 62 years before Jessie passed away on October 8, 2006. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cameron Jr. College and the Oklahoma College for Women in 1965 and a Master's Degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She taught fifth grade at Pecan Grove Elementary School in Lawton from 1965 to 1992. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Iota, Retired Teachers of Oklahoma and the Order of Eastern Star. Dorothy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and educator.

She is survived by her three children, two sons, Mickey Wisdom of Escondido, California, Jim Wisdom and wife Cindy of Cache, daughter, Laura Hamilton and husband Steve of Cache, three grandchildren, Jamie Pennington and husband Aaron, Luke Wisdom, Lew Wisdom and wife Debra, ten great grandchildren, AJ Pennington and Brittany, Courtney Hudson and Chris, McKinsey Wisdom, Wyatt Pennington and Jesse, Jackson Wisdom, Serenity Wisdom and Tristan Wisdom, four great great grandchildren, Colton, Avery and Mason Pennington, Cynthia Hudson, a sister, Carolyn Stafford and husband Alan of Voca, Texas, a sister-in-law, Rosemary Stewart of Wisconsin, and many other nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Sandra Philley and brother, Abe W. Willis, Jr.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215, the American Cancer Socitey, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, or to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Attn:  Office of Development, 2900 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607 or donate online at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org .