Funeral for Mary Leota McCune, 91, Marlow, will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel in Lawton, with Shawn Nunley, officiating.

Burial will follow at Letitia Cemetery, east of Lawton.

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

Mary Leota (Daubenspeck) McCune passed away October 26, 2017 at Marlow Manor Nursing Home.  She was born November 7, 1925, in Lawton, OK, to Arthur and Thelma (Wade) Daubenspeck.    She married Henry E. McCune on May 16, 1943, and they were blessed with 53 years of marriage until his death February 20, 1996.

After her children started school, she was employed by Kresses, Montgomery Wards, and retired after 30 years of civil service as a bookkeeper at Central Accounting at Fort Sill.

Leota loved her Lord and her family. She was a member of Crystal Hills Freewill Baptist Church.   She was an energetic, hard-working, happy, smiling person that loved to play with her children and grandchildren. She loved to cook, sew, crochet, garden and tend flowers.    She was a devoted, loving wife, mother, and Mam-Maw.

Survivors include 2 daughters:  Mary Jean and Don Dees (Sterling); and Rhonda and J.B. Langford (Lawton); eight grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren:   Dr. Shawna McCune (Lawton);  Vonda and Jerry Williams ( Hulen), and their sons, Deekota and Maverick;  Jeff  and Melodye Dees (Sterling) and their children, Jakob, and Mikayla and Zac Howell ;  Dusty and Joe Neely (Ada) and their children, Tyler, Zac and Deesa;  Darla and Shawn Nunley (Sterling) and their daughters, Dara, Paige, Jadyn, and Emma;  Jamie and Gina Dees (Sterling) and their sons, Chauk and Bandee;  Kasey and Jay London (Newcastle) and their daughters, Jaycee, Harlee and Kinzee;  and Garrod and Adriane Marshall (Lawton) and their children, Judson, Chayse, Rhett and Reese;  a brother-in-law and sister-in law, Doyle and Pat McCune (Elgin) and a sister-in-law, I.J. Daubenspeck (Bixby) and many nieces,  nephews, and friends.

Leota was preceded in death by her husband, Henry McCune; her son, Alan McCune; her parents; three brothers, Louis, Victor,and Joe Daubenspeck; and two sisters, Thelma Bisbee and Evola Clark.

The family would like to express appreciation to the staff of Marlow Manor Nursing Home for their personal and gracious care of our mother.