Graveside service for Lela B. Wilburn, 103, Lawton will be at 2:30 pm Wednesday, October 19, 2011 in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder with Rev. Patrick McPherson, Pastor of the Snyder First United Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Wilburn died Saturday in Lawton. Burial will be under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. Lela Blanch Bristow Wilburn was born January 16, 1908 in Roosevelt, Oklahoma to Gilbert B. and Lela (Dirickson) Bristow. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and three sisters. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. A graduate of Roosevelt High School, Lela also studied two years at Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater. Her most enjoyable hobby was pistol target shooting, and she was an excellent shot. On March 8, 1930, Lela married Edward D. Wilburn. They lived in Roosevelt and Mountain Park before moving to Snyder in 1935. The couple owned together and managed grocery stores in Roosevelt, Mountain Park and Snyder, and owned the Ford Tractor Dealership in Snyder. In addition, the Wilburn's were ranchers near Snyder. Lela and Ed had no children of their own, so they helped raise the children of her sisters-in-law: Harry Morgensen, Virginia Huckabay Meadows and Gary Huckabay. Lela never said a cross word, and regularly said that she was right were she was meant to be. She also said if she ever got restless, she just took a walk. A lifelong member of the Snyder United Methodist Church, Lela was also active in the American Legion Auxiliary. In addition, she was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star. In 2001 Lela moved to the Brookridge Retirement Center in Lawton. Her care and life were lovingly attended to by Harry and Kathleen Morgensen and Todd and Deatra Huckabay. In Lela's memory, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Snyder United Methodist Church or the Fairlawn Cemetery Association, PO Box 365, Snyder, OK 73566.