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  • Lzena L McElvany Obituary

Lzena L McElvany Obituary

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The funeral for Lzena L McElvany will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday July 14, 2020 at the First United Methodist Church officiated by Pastor Debbie Biehler. Burial will follow at Forest Home Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.

Lzena went home to Jesus on July 9, 2020 at the age of 84, after a long battle with cancer.

She was born to John N. Warren and Mary Jane Fleshman-Warren on December 9, 1935 near Loyal, Oklahoma. As a child, she attended Omega and Loyal Schools.

Lzena met her husband and lifelong partner of 67 years, Robert (Bob) L. McElvany in 1952 at the First United Methodist Church in Loyal, where Bob’s father was the minister. They married June 15, 1953, and went on to have three children, Diane Hardin, Terri Judkins, and Robin McElvany.


Due to Bob’s military service they moved many times until settling down in Choctaw, Oklahoma in 1963. They lived there until both retired after long careers at Tinker Air Force Base. After retirement they moved back to Loyal, Oklahoma in 1990.

In addition to being a dedicated and loving wife and mother, Lzena also loved spending time at the lake fishing and throwing the girls around on skis, tubes, and other toys.

She also loved to garden and grow her own vegetables. She enjoyed taking a swim after work in her pool to relax. 

After returning to Loyal, she became a very involved member of the Loyal United Methodist Church. She was a member and secretary of the UMW. She worked hard to help with the Wednesday  Night Kids Group and the ever-loved annual Loyal United Methodist Church Thanksgiving Dinner. 

She also became a radical Lomega Basketball Fan, and attended  almost all the home and away games, including many tournaments and state championships. She also loved to travel when she could and she always loved being surrounded by her family and friends. Throughout her entire life, she held an unwavering faith in God, which she shared with those around her.

Lzena joins her parents John N. and Mary Warren, granddaughter Ashley Judkins and many other family and friends in Heaven. 

She is survived by her husband Bob McElvany, sister MaryLynn Ogle, daughters Diane Hardin and husband Bill, Terri Judkins and Robin McElvany; grandchildren April Wellman and husband Steve, Brad and wife Randi, Bobby and fiancé Amber, Alysia and husband David; Brandon and wife Dawn; twenty great grandchildren, and three great-great grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made in her name to the United Methodist Church with the funeral  home serving as custodian of the fund.

God saw she was getting tired
And a cure was not to be,
So He put His loving arms around her
And whispered, “Come with Me:
With tearful eyes we watched her suffer
And saw her fade away,
Although we loved her dearly
We could not make her stay.
A golden heart stopped beating
Hard working hands to rest,
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.

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