Thelma C. Pidgeon

Mrs. Thelma C. (Greenhaw) Pidgeon Mrs. Thelma C. (Greenhaw) Pidgeon, 89, of Bartlesville, died Tuesday evening, May 10, 2011, at Clarehouse in Tulsa. Funeral services for Mrs. Pidgeon will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church with Pastor Paul Rummage officiating and assisted by Mr. Phil Holeman, Director of Missions for Northeastern Baptist Association. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. Casket escorts will include Eugene McSpadden, Phil Holeman, Derek Holeman, David Joe Pidgeon, Tiger Pidgeon, Vic Yoder, Josh Krawczyk and Matt Krawczyk. The family will receive guests for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, from 6 PM until 8 PM. Memorial funds have been established, and those who wish may send their contributions in her memory to Smile Train (a medical mission for children’s cleft palate repair), P.O. Box 96231, Washington, D.C. 20090-6231 or to Clarehouse (a loving alternative for end of life care), 7617 S. Mingo Road, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74133. Mrs. Pidgeon was born in Dewey, Oklahoma on May 17, 1921, the daughter of Omah Gertrude (Meador) and Enoch Anderson Weston. She grew up and received her education in Dewey and graduated from Dewey High School. She attended Oklahoma A & M at Stillwater, and later attended business college in Bartlesville. She was married to George Dale Brady, on April 13, 1941 in Dewey, and they made their home in the Dewey area. She was later married to Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Greenhaw in Dewey, on February 14, 1968. They made their home in Bartlesville, and Mr. Greenhaw preceded her in death on February 12, 1986. She was married to David Tiger Pidgeon, at Shawnee, Oklahoma on January 23, 1992. They have made their home in Bartlesville, and they were instrumental in bringing the Senior Olympics program to Bartlesville, for 11 years. Mrs. Pidgeon was employed as a secretary with Phillips Petroleum Company from 1959 until her retirement in 1981, after 23 years of service. She was a member of Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church, Jane Phillips Sorority, Little Red Hens Red Hat Society, two arts and crafts clubs, Belles of Ireland Garden Club, the ceramics club at Washington County Adult Center, Home Demonstration club, was President and “Girl of the Year” of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and was a volunteer for Dr. Grisham’s eye clinic and American Red Cross. Mrs. Pidgeon is survived by her husband, David Tiger Pidgeon, of Bartlesville, two daughters, Joy McSpadden and her husband Eugene of Broken Arrow, Dixie Holeman and her husband Phil of Grove, her step children, Debbie Yoder and her husband Vic of Tulsa and David Joe Pidgeon and his wife Deanne of Tulsa, one brother, Roy Weston of Poteau, two sisters, Wilma Workman and Marilyn Ramey, both of Dewey, twelve grandchildren: Shannon Poe, David Poe, Heather Way, Heidi Kamm, Derek Holeman, Josh Krawczyk, Matt Krawczyk, Jamie Smith, Stacey Cater, David Tiger Pidgeon, Nicole Muradoglu and Brandon Yoder, and 21 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Helen Ashcraft and Virginia Moore, five brothers, Edgar Weston, Enoch Weston Jr., Ray Dean Weston, Robert Weston, Freddie Weston and one granddaughter, Jessie Gilbert. PDF Printable Version

Thelma C. Pidgeon

May 17, 1921 - May 10, 2011