Theresa Elaine

Leird-Peña

Theresa Elaine Leird-Peña, 49, of Elmore City, died Friday, December 26, 2025, in Cortez, Colorado.  The daughter of Thomas Leroy Leird, Jr. and Mary Beth (Sanders) Leird, she was born May 15, 1976, in Oklahoma City.

Theresa married Michael Anthony Peña on December 17, 2021, in Newcastle and they made their home in Elmore City.  She was Christian in faith and served as a deaconess at the Ekklesia Church in Pauls Valley.  In her spare time, she enjoyed reading the Bible and also romance and fantasy novels.  She loved watching movies, binge watching Grey's Anatomy, American Pickers Mountain Men, Friends, and Frasier, and playing online games.  She also was a big fan of the Dodgers and the Kansas City Chiefs.  Theresa's greatest enjoyment was spending time with family and friends.

Theresa was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Leroy Leird, Jr., her grandparents, and one cousin, Robert Lloyd, III.

She is survived by her husband, Michael Peña, of Elmore City, four daughters, Tatum Leird and Corey of Noble, Emily Leird and Zack of Elmore City,  Samantha and Justin Slover of Edmond, and Nancy Freeman of Austin, Texas; her mother, Mary Leird of Newcastle; two sisters, Laura Synnott and Keith of Newcastle and AmBer Somerlott of Cedar Lake; two brothers, Zach Leird and Daniel Phillips, both of Tuttle; one nephew, Corbin Hodges and Cheyenne of Newcastle; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and many other loved ones and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at Woodland Hills Baptist Church in Newcastle.  Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.