Wilma Jean Sisson's Obituary
Wilma Jean Sisson passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91.She was born June 27, 1926, on a farm four miles north of Ringwood, Oklahoma. When she was a year and a half old, her parents moved to Bakersfield, California. After living there a year and a half, they moved back to Oklahoma until 1931 when they purchased land in West Texas, four miles south of Felt, Oklahoma. It was here that she started school and finished the first grade, at which time her parents moved back to Oklahoma due to the severe dust storms in West Texas. She attended Enid, Oklahoma, schools, graduating from Enid High School with the class of 1944. She then attend Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated in 1946. She also attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, until 1948, classified as a junior, then returned to Enid and attended Enid Business College.In 1949 she moved to Sacramento, California, where she was employed by the State of California Department of Surplus Properties as a stenographer. It was there that she met Walter Sisson, and on December 27, 1949, they were married in Enid, Oklahoma. She was employed by the Social Security Administration for five years until their son, Jack Douglas, was born on September, 30, 1954. On May 9, 1957, they welcomed their daughter, Jill Dorene.During this time, she kept the books for the Enid Christian Bookstore until February 1957 at which time she and Walt purchased the bookstore from Mr. Peter Bolhr. They operated the bookstore until February 1977 at which time it was sold. Jean worked for Frye’s Office Systems for a while and traveled with Walt who was a sales representative for Warner Press, the Church of God Publishing House in Anderson, Indiana. Three years after selling their bookstore, they purchased a Kwik Kopy Printing franchise and located it in Norman, Oklahoma, July 1979. The operated the print shop until November 2006 at which time they sold it and retired. During the time they owned the bookstore and the print shop, they traveled to conventions each year and made many side trips seeing the United States.Wilma Jean was preceded in her death by her husband, Walt, her parents Jonas and Mildred Unruh, her sister, Dorothy Palmer and her brother, Jerroll.She is survived by her son, Jack, and wife, Susan, her daughter, Jill, and husband, Ray Allen, ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.Graveside services will be held in the spring of 2018 at the West New Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery, four miles north of Ringwood. The service will be conducted by her son Dr. Jack Sisson.Friends and Family may send their condolences to www.floralhaven.com
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