Memorial services for Helen Marie Tumelson, 83, of Chickasha, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Layman officiating.
Helen Marie (Harmon) Tumelson passed away on December 31, 2019 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was born on August 22, 1936 at Oil Center in Ada, Oklahoma to John Henry Harmon and Lela (Rogers) Harmon.
She married Orvil Tumelson on May 13, 1966 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She had two children, Bill Dodd, Jr. and LaCresha Tumelson-Hale, six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
Helen loved spending time with her family and she enjoyed watching NASCAR and college football. She was also a longtime member of New Life Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by both her parents John and Lela Harmon; her son Bill Dodd, Jr.; husband Orvil Tumelson; siblings James Harmon, Bobby Harmon and Betty Lou Harmon.
Survivors include her daughter LaCresha Tumelson-Hale of Chickasha; grandchildren Billy Dodd, Mike Dodd, Chris Dodd, Kassy Carlin, Brad Hale and Josh Hale; great-grandchildren Destiny Dodd, Hagen Dodd, Heaven Dodd, Jeremy Carlin, Hunter Carlin, Levi Carlin and Angie Hale; one great-great-granddaughter Brynlee Borski; brother, Carl Harmon of Aurora, Colorado; and other extended family and friends.
Services, cremation arrangements and interment of cremains in Fairlawn Cemetery are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.