Nadine

Lunsford

Verna Nadine Lunsford, 79, of Oklahoma City, died Thursday, February 26, 2015, in Oklahoma City. The daughter of Elmer Allen Rigney and Verna Verona (Warren) Rigney, she was born September 15, 1935 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

She married Wade Donald Lunsford on February 22, 1953 in Stratford, Oklahoma. They moved to Newcastle in 1963 where Nadine worked as a mail carrier and was postmaster for several years. Later, she owned and operated Lunsford's Grocery on Highway 37 for 12 years. In 1985, they moved to Savannah, Georgia for Wade's job and returned to Oklahoma in 1999, after his retirement. In her spare time, she enjoyed painting, doing jigsaw puzzles and working in her yard. She loved to use her computer looking at facebook and sending jokes by email. Nadine's greatest enjoyment came from spending time with her family and dogs.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Wade Lunsford in 2002.

Nadine is survived by one daughter, Brenda Faytinger and her husband, Fred, of Bethany; one son, Don Lunsford and his wife, Donna, of Newcastle; six grandchildren, Chad Griffith and his wife, Mandy, of Wichita, Kansas, Craig Griffith and his wife, Mindy, of Newcastle, Cory Griffith of Bethany, Jeremy Lunsford and his wife, Casey, of Owasso, Shawna Lunsford of Austin, Texas, and Nathan Lunsford of Chicago, Illinois; eight great grandchildren, Emily, Lily, Michael, Cadee, Marcy, Jack, Corbyn, Madelyn, and one on the way, Emma; one sister, Bety Cofer and her husband, Steve, of Oklahoma City; and many other loved ones and friends.

Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the Eisenhour Funeral Home Chapel in Blanchard. Burial will follow in the Blanchard Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.