Wanda Lowry

Lowry

Wanda Dean (Gaines) Lowry, age 88 and a longtime resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away February 6, 2023 surrounded by her loving family at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2023 at the First Baptist Church in Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Rev. Heath Sapp will officiate, and burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery.

Wanda was born February 27, 1934 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to Edward F. Gaines and Essie (Robinson) Gaines. She graduated from Maud High School, and she worked for more than fifty-five years as the City Clerk for the City of Konawa. She married Rex Wortham Lowry on September 15, 1951 in Sherman, Texas.

She is survived by one son, Ron Lowry of Konawa; one daughter, Deborah Jackson and husband Danny of Del City, Oklahoma; one daughter-in-law, Kathy Lowry of Konawa; two sisters, Betty Wieghard of Konawa, and Linda Beaty and husband, Robert of Fairfax, Virginia; 11 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sons, Ricky and Tim Lowry.