Joyce

Cormany

Connie Joyce Cormany, 83, longtime resident of Blanchard, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, in Oklahoma City. The daughter of Connie Leon Bickerstaff and Florence Gertrude (Bryant) Bickerstaff, she was born May 5, 1934 in Waurika, Oklahoma.

She graduated from Excelsior High School in Bellflower, California in 1952.   Joyce married Charles Wesley Cormany in Bellflower, California on October 2, 1953 and they moved to Oklahoma in 1954. Joyce and Charles owned and operated Cormany's Laundrette in Blanchard for 43 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Blanchard. In her spare time, she enjoyed crocheting and sewing. Joyce was very interested in genealogy and spent many hours researching both sides of her family.  She was a great cook and was always trying new recipes. Her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Howard and Harold Bickerstaff; and one sister, Marilyn Parker.

Survivors include her two daughters, Connie Budd and her husband, Tom, of Cushing and Trudy Newsom and her husband, James, of Norman; one son, Randal Cormany and his wife, Betty, of Paoli; six grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; two sisters, Dorothy Simpson and her husband, Boyd, of Noble and Nelda Richardson and her husband, Howard, of Amber; one brother, Henry Bickerstaff and his wife, Sharon, of Ninnekah; one sister-in-law, Betty Bickerstaff, of California; one brother-in-law, Horace Parker and his wife, Carolyn, of Ninnekah; and many other loved ones and friends.

Funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the Church of Christ in Blanchard. Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Chickasha. Memorial donations may be made in Joyce's name to the Blanchard Church of Christ, 1220 North Madison Avenue, Blanchard, OK 73010 to benefit widows and orphans. Arrangements were under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home in Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.