In Loving Memory Of

Estelle Dehart

Estelle Dehart was born August 16, 1918 to Oscar and Pammie (Carter) Chesser in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She went to be with the Lord on November 19, 2006 in Pauls Valley.

She and J.T. Dehart were married in Hugo, Oklahoma on March 30, 1935. She and J.T. spent their early years in the Hugo/Boswell area. They then moved to California for a few years before settling in Pauls Valley which has been their home for the past sixty one years. She was a devoted wife and mother and spent her life caring for those she loved. She was a woman of great patience and wisdom who always claimed that a person’s character could easily be determined by how they were accepted by babies and animals. Undoubtedly, she never met a baby, dog or cat that did not love her instantly. She never had a harsh word to say about anyone and was a firm believer that “if you can’t say something good, say nothing at all”. Estelle loved to read, quilt and collect dolls, figurines and trinkets of all kinds and in her later years, relaxing with her dog, Sam.

She is preceded in death by her parents, two daughters: Helen Jane Dehart and Betty Ann England, two sons: Kenneth Dehart and Larry Dehart; one sister, Marjorie Stacey and one brother, Jay Chesser.

She is survived by her husband of almost 72 years, J. T. Dehart of the home; seven daughters: Violet Pettigrew, Dorothy Lyons and her husband Greg, Connie Messer and her husband, Gil, Tresa Evans-May and her husband, Sonny all of Pauls Valley; Susie Smith and her husband, Bobby of Sulphur; Linda Brown and her husband, Donnie of Norman; Maybell Bailey and her husband, Joe of Choctaw and Gearldean Robbins and her husband, Wayne of Arkansas City, Kansas; two sons: John Dehart and his wife Cindi and Tommy Dehart and his wife, Anita all of Pauls Valley.

She is also survived by grandchildren: Peggy (Pettigrew) and Don McCarty of Pauls Valley; Sandy (Pettigrew) and husband, James Walker of Norman; Bobby and Jennifer Pettigrew of Wynnewood; Carolyn (Dehart) and Mark Wigley, Cathy Morton, Jason and Lena Dehart and Shane and Melissa Dehart all of Maysville; Bonita (Robbins) and Dalton Key of Amarillo, Texas; Randy and Angela Robbins of Stillwater; Terri Robbins, Lauri (Robbins) and Scott Duncan, Tyler Robbins and Kelsey Robbins all of Arkansas City, Kansas; Jody and Ann Bailey, Michael and Terri Bailey, and Annie (Bailey) and Matt Pettigrew all of Choctaw; J Riley and Kim Shaw of Oxford, Mississippi; Donna (Brown) and J.D. Nelson of Goldsby; Mickey and Amy Brown of Pauls Valley; Nancy Beutler of Norman, and Tammy (Brown) and David Carter of Purcell; Christina (Dehart) Edmond of Meeker; Dalinda (Dehart) Hinkle of Prague, Jeffrey Dehart of Pauls Valley and Karmin (Dehart) Caldwell of Maysville; Terri (Smith) Powers, Michael and Heather Smith all of Sulphur; Melissa (Dehart) and Matt Connally of Princeton, New Jersey, Anika Dehart of Norman; Jamie (Williams) Hobbs of Davis; Darla (Gilliam) and Mike Gerhard of Noble, Derrick and Brandi Gilliam of Pauls Valley; Missy (Evans) McElhaney, Dusty and Amanda Evans and Karen (Evans) and Ritchie Compton all of Pauls Valley; Tommy Keith Dehart and Crystal Dehart both of Pauls Valley. She is also survived by a host of great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

There will be family viewing only, please.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Remembrance at Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pauls Valley.

The Dehart family would like to say thank you for all the loving care, patience and support given our precious wife and mother throughout her challenging illness. A special thanks to the nurses, nurse aides and dietary staff at Washita Valley Living Center and especially to Donna Sharp with Pauls Valley Hospice. She was truly a special lady, loved by many and will be missed greatly.