The funeral for Mona Lyn Lefler,  47, of Enid, will be at 2:00 PM Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. J.R. Ools officiating.  Burial will be in  Covington Cemetery with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.  Visitation with the family will be Sunday evening from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

    She was born to Elzner Roy and Virginia (Bateman) Yates on Dec. 29, 1961, in Enid, and went home to be with her Lord Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Enid.

    She grew up in Enid and attended school at Chisholm.  Mona married at a young age, and raised her five children.  On April 18, 2009, she married Howard D. Lefler and they made their home in Enid.  Mona was a wise, loving, compassionate woman, wife, daughter, sister, mother and grandmother.  Mona had a witty sense of humor and she loved to play pool, dance, all types of music, literature & writing, and enjoyed all with the people she loved and cared about.  Her favorite color was always sunshine yellow, whether it be a flower or a car.  She had the biggest heart of any human and always cheered and took up for the underdog.  She will be dearly missed by all who really knew her and loved her.  Mom, you will for always be in our hearts.  

    Mona is survived by her husband Howard of the home; her mother Cisi Canady of Enid; 5 children, Brandon Thomas and wife Crystal, Mirisa Thomas, Matthew Bibbee, Andrew Bibbee, and Sam Parsons, all of Enid; 3 grandchildren, Bradan, Jordan and  Aubrianna Thomas;  3 sisters, Carolynn Ranae Frye, Gina Marie Bush, and GiGi Clark, all of Enid; step-brother Lyn Canady of Perry; 1 niece and 2 nephews.

    She was preceded in death by her father Elzner Roy Yates, step-father George Canady, grandparents, and nephew Mark Andrew Frye.

    Memorials may be made through the funeral home to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.