Nona Lee Tolman

Nona Lee Tolman of Lindsay, Oklahoma departed this life on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 at Grace Living Center in Chickasha, Oklahoma at the age of 79. Nona was born on October 3, 1931 in Marlow, Oklahoma to Wilbur Ernest Raney and Alma Maurie (Waldron) Raney and grew up in that part of the Oklahoma. Nona was a long-time resident of Lindsay, raising her family here. While her children were in school, she was involved in their scouting activities, was a church youth sponsor and was a band parent. During summers she taught swimming. Around 1969, Ms. Tolman became a real estate agent with a company in Chickasha, later opening an office in Lindsay for her company. She continued working in real estate when she moved to Porum Landing in Eastern Oklahoma. Nona was a talented and artistic woman. She was accomplished with clay sculpting, china painting, flower arranging, sewing and cooking. She enjoyed music, traveling and, most of all, being with family and friends. Nona was involved in her community. One community project of which she was very proud was the work she did with the Lindsay-Murray Mansion. During her last years, an important part of her life was her work with the Grandparent program. She worked with a class at Morris Elementary and received many cards from "her" children after her first stroke. Ms. Tolman is survived by her two daughters, Julia M. Bunker and husband Bob Teeter of Norman, Oklahoma and Carol A. Bunker of Dallas, Texas, one son, Kent Tolman and wife Nita of Lindsay, Oklahoma and six grandchildren; Matthew Street, Anna McCloskey, Shannon Brush, Steven Street, B.J. Tolman and Ashley Tolman. She also leaves behind two great-grandchildren, Morgan Linnea Street and Ella Sue Tolman. Nona was preceded in death by her father, Ernest Raney, in 1957 and later by her mother, Alma Raney in 1996. Funeral services for Ms. Tolman are set for ten o?clock a.m. on Monday, February 21st, 2011 at the B.G. Boydston Funeral Home Chapel located at 308 S.W. Third Street in Lindsay, Oklahoma with Brother Bill Love officiating. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Nona Lee Tolman

October 3, 1931 - February 17, 2011

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