A memorial service for Lucy May Strickler, age 66, will be held at a later date.  Visitation and viewing will be 2:00 to 6:00 PM , Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

She was born to Charlie Leslie and Bertha Olive (Brewer) Rhoades on February 26, 1941, in Alva, and died Monday, August 13, 2007, at her home in Enid.

Lucy graduated from High School in Hartner, Kansas.  She moved to Enid in 1997, and worked as a nurse’s aide at Sunnyside Home.

She is survived by three daughters, Lucy Brewer of Enid, Ruby Klick of Enid, and Bertha White of Wellington, KS; two sons, Lester Achemire and Charles Achemire, both of Enid; eleven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, George Rhoades of Kinsley, KS, and Floyd Wing of Emporia, KS; three sisters, Lalie Knox and JoAnn Curry, both of Enid, and Wilda Springer of Aline.

She was preceded in death by her parents, stepfather, five sisters, five brothers, and one grandson.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation – Cancer Division