Glenna Sue Detter

Mrs. Glenna Sue Detter Mrs. Glenna Sue Detter, 82, of Bartlesville, died at 8:40 P.M. on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Detter will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Bartlesville with Dr. Carl Harris of Owasso, Oklahoma officiating. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Abiding Memorial Fund at the First Christian Church, P.O. Box 1177, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 74005-1155 . Mrs. Detter was born in Dewey, Oklahoma on March 12, 1929 the daughter of Lyon Speegle and Lena (Williams) Speegle. She grew up and received her education in Bartlesville, attending Bartlesville schools and graduating from College High School in 1947. She was employed for a time with Phillips Petroleum Company until she was married to Clyde Detter at the First Baptist Church in Bartlesville on August 28, 1949. They made their home in Norman where Mr. Detter was a student at the University of Oklahoma and Mrs. Detter was employed as a secretary in the Petroleum Engineering Department at OU. They returned to Bartlesville to make their home in February of 1952 where she was an active homemaker and stay at home mother. In the early 1970’s she was employed with Rathbone’s Flair Flowers for several years until returning to Phillips Petroleum Company where she retired on October 1, 1985. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Honeybee Quilters, Jubilee Quilters and the Tulsa Heirloom & Smocking Guild. She enjoyed handwork such as smocking and embroidery. Mrs. Detter is survived by her husband, Clyde Detter of the home, two daughters, Janet Margul and husband Michael of Plano, Texas, and Gay Cooper and husband Lee of Bartlesville, one son, Michael Detter and wife Alicia of Broken Arrow, Okla., one brother, L.E. Speegle Jr. of Maumelle, Arkansas, six grandchildren, Lisa Margul, Ashley Cooper, Branden Cooper, Kelsey Mackin, Jena Detter and Lena Detter, one great granddaughter, Ella Mackin and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Jacque Fisher. PDF Printable Version

Glenna Sue Detter

March 12, 1929 - February 25, 2012