Ivan L. "Boots" Wilkinson, 84, Cement, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Oklahoma City after a brief illness.

He was born January 15, 1936 in Crescent City, Oklahoma to Bill and Della (Washburn) Wilkinson. Boots biological mother passed away when he was two years old and he was raised by his stepmother Ruth Wilkinson. Boots went to school in Oney, Oklahoma and was raised in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. He joined the Air Force in 1954 and was honorably discharged in 1958. In his lifetime, Boots held several different jobs which included picking cotton and fruit in California and working in the oilfields. Boots worked for Bonray Drilling Corporation for more than 20 years and was his main source of income. Boots was married three different times and was considered a very hard worker. He raised coon dogs at one time as well. Boots married Trish Bentley on July 10, 2015 at a feed store in Norge, Oklahoma. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Boots is survived by his wife Trish, five children, Bobby Wilkinson and Paulette Rhoades, Bruce Wilkinson and wife Debra, Janet Wilson and husband Kevin, Donald Wilkinson and Austin Wilkinson, five grandchildren, Tommy Charles Alexander and Brenden Alexander, Mollie Walker and husband Darion, Jessica Hunter and Zachary Wilkinson, five great grandchildren, Ronnie, Braxton and Eleanor Hunter, Malykai and Elijah Walker, five siblings, Chester "Check" Wilkinson and wife Susan, Marvin Wilkinson and wife Nora, Linda Ford and husband Troy, Shirley Thompson and Retha Wilkinson, special cousins, Barbara and Joe Wayne of New Mexico  and other family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother, Ruth Wilkinson, and two brothers, Billy and Glen Wilkinson.

No services are planned at this time.