Helen Michele Phelps

January 6, 1956 - July 22, 2020

Helen Michelle Phelps January 6, 1958-July 22, 2020 ‘’Cause I’m free as a bird now and this bird you cannot change” Helen “Michelle” Phelps, 62, born to Kenneth Reed Phelps and Dovie Fern (née Lininger) Phelps. Michelle was born on Kansas City, Mo. The family relocated to Bartlesville, OK in the summer of 1970 where she attended Sooner High School. Michelle was a renowned interior designer with her work being featured in magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens. She expressed her love for her family through her creativity with festive flower arrangements, warm family gatherings, home cooked meals, homemade articles to welcome new additions to the family and homemade holiday candies. Michelle’s talents were endless. She lived life passionately with a spark of creative genius. Michelle was full of energy and had many hobbies. She was a strong horticulturist growing a variety of plants. She was an avid outdoors woman who loved to camp and fish. Michelle was also a competitive black powder profile shooter and a sharp shooter billiards competitor. Michelle was proceeded in death by her father, Kenneth Reed Phelps, brother, baby John Phelps, brother, Michael Stanley Phelps, paternal grandparents, Clyde and Mildred (née Reed) Phelps, maternal grandparents, Orville and Georgetta (née Dudley) Lininger, brother-in-law, Gary Morris and sister-in-law, Margaret (Aquino) Phelps. Michelle is survived by her mother, Dovie (Lininger) Phelps, one sister, Sherald Morris and four brothers, Keith Phelps, Clifford Phelps, Kenneth D. Phelps (Diana) and Jeffery Phelps (Dianna), seven nieces, Theresa (Daniel) Knapp, Victoria (Barry) Leeson, Misty Phelps, Angela (Bobby) Jeffers, Sabrina (Tyler) McCloud, Nicole (Kevin) Marshall and Alisa Phelps, and three nephews, Gary (Melanie) Morris, Christopher (Kristi) Phelps and Robert (Amy) Phelps. Michelle also adored many great nieces and nephews.