Lorene Elizabeth Eoff

Mrs. Lorene Elizabeth Eoff Lorene Elizabeth Eoff, 82, died Sunday at Heritage Villa following a lengthy illness. Services will be held Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Eastern Heights Baptist Church, 1331 Swan Drive. There will also be a viewing on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 PM. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. The youngest of four children, Mrs. Eoff was born October 12, 1932, in Crabtree, Arkansas, to Lula Neoma (Tester) and James Edgar Autry. Mrs. Eoff grew up in Clinton, Arkansas. Her father was a lay preacher and ran a local delivery service. Her mother was a homemaker and worked many years as a cook at the local bus station. Mrs. Eoff graduated from Clinton State Vocational Training School on May 19, 1951. Through generosity of a local physician who sponsored her education, Mrs. Eoff attended nursing school at St. Vincent Infirmary School of Nursing in Little Rock, Arkansas, graduating June 23, 1955 and passing the state certification examination to become a registered nurse. Mrs. Eoff was married to Rual Doyle Eoff on August 25, 1955, in Clinton, Arkansas, and worked to support him as he finished college. Mr. Eoff joined Phillips Petroleum Company upon graduation and the couple moved to Oklahoma City. They lived there until 1958 when Mr. Eoff was transferred to Bartlesville where they established their home and raised three children. Mr. Eoff preceded her in death on April 28, 2002, and Mrs. Eoff continued her retirement in Bartlesville until her death. Mrs. Eoff worked in various capacities in the local medical center for 25 years. She began her career working as a nursing supervisor in labor and delivery at Washington County Memorial Hospital. While working at Memorial she worked with local ophthalmologists to establish hospital unit for performing various eye surgeries. After the merger of Memorial Hospital with Jane Phillips Episcopal Hospital, Mrs. Eoff was promoted to Director of Surgical Services and remained in that capacity until her retirement in 1990. Mrs. Eoff enjoyed her career as a nurse and her association with her co-workers, local doctors, and her patients. Frequently, Mrs. Eoff would be stopped by people who had been under her care and be thanked for the care and concern she had provided to them. Mrs. Eoff was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Delmar Ray and James Norvell Autry, and one sister, Virginia Mae (Autry) Bee. Mrs. Eoff is survived by her son, Randell Wayne Eoff and wife Sylvia, Rio Rancho, New Mexico; two daughters, Terri Moody and her husband of Don, Humble, Texas; Linda Lorenz and her husband, Chris, Tulsa; two granddaughters, Jodi (Moody) Huffman and her husband, Steve, Shawnee; Jessica (Lorenz) Bradley and her husband, Michael, Enid; three grandsons, Matthew Moody, Abilene, Texas, Joseph Lorenz and his wife, Jessy, Tulsa, and Andrew Lorenz; and two great-granddaughters, Elisabeth and Emily Huffman. For those who would like to remember Mrs. Eoff, please make contributions to the Wounded Warriors Project or Disabled American Veterans in memory of her brother Delmar Ray Autry, or in her memory to the Eastern Heights Baptist Church. Friends who wish may sign the online guest book and leave condolences at www.stumpff.org. PDF Printable Version

Lorene Elizabeth Eoff

October 12, 1932 - February 8, 2015