Velma Osburn Obituary

Funeral services for Velma Juanita Osburn, 82, of Edmond, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, December 4, 2006, at Heritage Baptist Church, in Edmond. Burial will be Monday afternoon in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Velma was born April 4, 1924, in Moodys, Oklahoma. She was one of 13 children born to Bertha and Marvin Pilcher. She died Thursday, November 29, 2006 in Edmond. She attended Moodys school and married Marvin Osburn on December 29, 1945. They had five children. Velma was a cafeteria worker and was retired from Nelson Electric in Tulsa. She was a member of Heritage Baptist Church where she attended faithfully until her illness. Velma enjoyed doing needlepoint, playing rummy, and watching her beloved Gunsmoke, Matlock, and her 'stories.' She was a loving mother with bright eyes and a smile that could light up any room. We will miss her funny stories, her laughter and her smile. Velma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Curtis and Roy, three sisters, Lorene Richardson, Marie Combs, and Ethel Coop. Survivors include six sisters, two brothers, her children, Carolyn Silvis, Renee Osburn, Rosemary McLaughlin, Leon Osburn and Ronald Osburn, eight grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. An additional viewing will be at the church from 9:00-9:45 a.m., Monday.