Published: April 08, 2008 11:10 am            

Thela Fern Malle

Thela Fern Malle, 94, of Stillwater, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, in Stillwater. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Stanley M. Warfield Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Fairlawn Cemetery. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was born June 7, 1913, in Nevada, Mo., to Judd Addison Chesnut and Bessie Belle (Roe) Chesnut. She married Albert Leon Malle on June 28, 1936, in Springfield, Mo. He preceded her in death on March 22, 1991.

She received her BA in music from Pittsburg State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kan. She moved to Stillwater in 1950. She was active in and president of many area clubs including the Eastern Star and St. Cecelia Music Club. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and sang in the choir for many years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one brother, Judd Allen Chesnut.

She is survived by two daughters, Diane Beeman of Stillwater and Kathy Dearinger and her husband, Tom, of Stillwater; five grandchildren, Jason Beeman of Doylestown, Pa., Jessica Beeman of Venice, Calif., Amie Andress and her husband, Jeff, of Edmond, Brett Dearinger of Stillwater and Chase Dearinger of Stillwater; three great grandchildren, Ashlee, Maggie and Maycie Andress of Edmond; and one sister-in-law, Maxine Chesnut of Lamar, Mo.

Active pallbearers will be Jason Beeman, Jeff Andress, Chase Dearinger, Brett Dearinger, Michael Chesnut and Judd Chesnut.

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Judith Karman Hospice, P.O. Box 818, Stillwater, OK 74076; the First United Methodist Church, 400 W. 7th Ave., Stillwater, OK 74074; or Camp Barnabas, Rt. 2 Box 131, Purdy, MO 65734.

        

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