Age 97, Lawton - Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Centenary United Methodist Church with Rev. William F. Todd, Senior Pastor, officiating. Viewing will be prior to the service. Mrs. Umphers died Saturday in Lawton. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. There will be no committal service at the cemetery. She was born February 2, 1912 in Frederick, Oklahoma to Orange C. and Delia Bertha (Redeker) Snelling. She married Audie T. Umphers on November 24, 1949 in Honolulu, Hawaii. LTC Umphers died May 21, 1961 in Lawton. She attended Ranger Junior College in Ranger Texas before receiving her teaching certificate from Cameron Junior College. She began her teaching career at Lincoln Elementary school in Lawton in 1932. She taught in Hawaii, immediately following the war. After her marriage she taught wherever her husband was assigned. He retired in 1961, and they moved to Lawton where she taught at Swinney School until 1976. She was a graduate of Central State University. She served as past president of ACE, a member of EB chapter of PEO and a member of Xi Delta Kappa Gamma. Mrs Umphers was alongtime member of Centenary United Methodist Church and served as president of Circle #7. She was on the Administrative Board, Council of Ministries, United Methodist Women Society, Lawton District UMW officer and treasurer of Centenary UMW. She is survived by three siblings, Elmo Snelling of Edmondson, Texas, Lois Day of Abernathy, Texas, and Kenneth Snelling of Plainview Texas; eleven nieces and nephews, Sam Mayo of New Deal, Texas, Jean Courtney of Allen, Texas, Wayne Snelling and Guy Snelling both of Edmonson,Texas, Delia Kellner of Blanchard, Oklahoma, SueAnn VanWinkle of Indiana, Taressa Snelling of Florida, Warren Snelling of Kansas, Becky Fields, Greg Snelling and Kenny Snelling all of California; numerous great nieces and nephews; and numerous great great nieces and nephews. Her parents, a sister, Thelma Haynes and a brother, Merle Snelling preceded her in death.. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Memorial Fund, c/o Centenary United Methodist Church, 704 SW D Ave., Lawton, OK 73501.