Lillie Factor

Lillie “Rita” May Factor age 76, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2023. She was born July 27, 1947 in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She married Edward Ollie Factor on August 19, 1968 in Poteau, OK.

She attended Limestone School south of Wewoka, OK Carter Seminary in Ardmore, OK and graduated from Haskell Institute in Lawrence, KS. After graduating high school she attended Sparks Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Smith, AR.

She was employed by Seminole Municipal Hospital after high school during her nursing school breaks and immediately following graduation from nursing school. She also worked at Holdenville General Hospital several years as day supervisor and assistant director of nursing. Also for a short period she worked at Mission Hill Hospital in Shawnee, OK as a house supervisor and department supervisor of OB labor and delivery and nursery. For forty two years she worked at DHHS Wewoka Indian Health clinic as chief nurse executive and later infection preventionist/ employee health nurse until she retired on September 28, 2019.

Rita was baptized on May 14, 1954 and was presently a member of Wewoka First Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her maternal grandfather/ adoptive father, Thomas Hulbutta; adoptive mother, Kissie Harjoge Hulbutta; grandmother, Lillie Mae Wood Hulbutta; natural mother, Irene Hulbutta Frazier; natural father, Pete DeGuzman; son, Edward Lee “Sonny” Factor; uncle/brothers, Emmett “Scotty” Hulbutta, Leo Hulbutta, Charles Hulbutta; aunt/sister Geneva Fox.

Rita is survived by her husband, Edward Ollie Factor; brothers, Leon Frazier and wife Amanda of Durant, OK, Glen Frazier of Dallas, TX, Leonard Frazier of Seminole, OK, Anthony Frazier of Dallas, TX, Billy Frazier and wife Yolanda of Dallas, TX, Jimmy Ray Frazier and wife Michele of Wewoka, OK, Madrabo DeGuzman and wife Lynn of San Jose, CA, Gaspar DeGuzman and wife Ding of Tracy, CA; sisters, Aurelia DeGuzman of San Jose, CA, Aida DeGuzman of Tracy, CA, Alicica Timoteo of San Jose, CA, Barbara Simmons and husband Devere of Apache, OK, Lenora Janie Salazar and husband Arnold of Dallas, TX; aunt/sister, Mandy Williams of Seminole, OK; goddaughter Rebekah Russel of OKC, OK, along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Wake service will be held from 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., Sunday, November 5, 2023 at Stout-Phillips Chapel in Wewoka, OK with Pastor Curtis Kinney officiating.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, November 6, 2023 at First Baptist Church in Wewoka, OK with Pastor Nathan Brumley officiating, assisted by Pastor Frank Moppin. Interment to follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka, OK.

Pallbearers: Jimsey Factor, Antonio Factor, Todd Abbiss, Leonard Hulbutta, Wyatt Factor, Thaddeus Frazier.

Honorary pallbearer: Shawn Carter Arrangements by Stout-Phillips Funeral Home in Wewoka, OK.