Graveside services for Zada (Shrader) Eakes, 90, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Chickasha, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 in Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma with Brother Bill Dickey officiating.
Zada (Shrader) Eakes was born September 23, 1925 in Ninnekah, Oklahoma to Hubert Mitchell Shrader and Bessie (Tankersley) Shrader. She died Saturday, November 21, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Zada grew up in Chickasha and in 1942, she married William Cowan and they had three daughters, Frieta, Coleta and Vonieta. In 1950, she married George Burris and had two sons and a daughter, George Hollis, Craig Anthony, and Ramona Jane. During the time she was raising her children, she studied nursing and achieved her LPN degree and went to work as a nurse.
In 1971, Zada married Connie Eakes and also entered college to obtain her RN degree. After becoming an RN, she continued to work in the nursing field which she did for over 40 years.
She enjoyed painting and quilting. She and her husband, Connie, ranched and worked cattle for many years.
Zada was preceded in death by her husbands, George Burris and Connie Eakes and by her sons, George Hollis Burris and Craig Anthony Burris.
She is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Frieta and James Battistoni of Ft. Worth, Texas, Coleta and James Estep of Shady Point, Vonieta and Dan Stogner of McLoud, and Jane and Gary Patterson of Moore; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and other extended family and friends.
Services and interment in Fairlawn Cemetery are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.