Funeral service for Zelma Evelyn Westfall will be Friday, January 31, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at St. John Lutheran Church, located at 102 SW 7th Avenue in Lawton, Oklahoma with Rev. Dr. Bill Schneider, Pastor officiating.

Burial will follow in Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Zelma Evelyn (Snyder) Westfall (87) passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2025.    She was born on July 11, 1937 in Weston, West Virginia to Emory and Laura Snyder and was the second of 12 children.

Zelma traveled to Germany and various military bases in the United States for 20 years with her husband and four children as an Army wife and mother.  She retired from the Lawton Public School System as a school cafeteria cook, starting her career at Parklane Elementary School and ending at Central Junior High School.  Cooking at a school was a perfect fit as she was an excellent cook and loved interacting and being around children.

Zelma was a devoted member of St. John Lutheran Church and enjoyed using her cooking skills to help at their annual Thanksgiving dinner.

Zelma was a smart, funny, loving, caring, no nonsense person.  Her family and friends will deeply miss her good-natured personality and smile.

Zelma was preceded in death by her husband, Amos G. Westfall; her parents, Emory and Laura Snyder; one grandson, Jason Kelley; one great great granddaughter, Jordan King; and four sisters and two brothers.

Zelma is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Brenda and husband Raymond Kelley, Berryville, Arkansas, Carolyn and husband Michael Knight, Lawton and Kathy and husband Bob Hicks, San Antonio, Texas; one son and daughter-in-law, Allan and wife Marrianne Westfall, Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren: Carlena Kelley and partner Don Friend, Matthew and wife Lindsey Knight, Sarah Knight, Stephen and wife Kimberly Turner, James Hicks, Allan and wife Crystal Westfall, Aundrea Westfall and Aaron Westfall, ten great grandchildren, thirteen great great grandchildren, one great great great grandchild; a niece, Laurie Davidson Folk along with other numerous nieces, nephews, two sisters, three brothers and her best friend who was like a sister to her, Hannelore Brownfield.

The Westfall family would like to acknowledge and share grateful appreciation for the respectful and compassionate care given by Dr. Daniel Joyce, Dr. Dan Bell of Arkansas, Dr. Manal Robin-Hanna, the staff of the Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center and the staff of Complete OK Hospice Care especially Leslie, Alex, Carolyn and Makinda.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, 102 SW 7th Street, Lawton, OK 73501.