Graveside services for Susie Sutherland were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2024, at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with her grandson, Ryan Redgate, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka.
Susie Adella Inman, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Beulah Avon (Brown) Inman, was born February 20, 1931, at Togo, Oklahoma, (south of Bouse Junction) and passed away May 15, 2024, at Alva, at the age of 93 years, 2 months and 25 days. She was raised in the Cheyenne Valley area with her nine brothers and sisters. Susie graduated from Cheyenne Valley School in 1948.
On June 7, 1948, she was united in marriage to Leo Kenneth Sutherland at Alva. They lived in Longview, Washington, and Wichita, Kansas, a short time before making their home on the farm near Waynoka, Oklahoma. Leo passed away February 21, 1990. Susie remained on the farm until May of 1992 when she bought a home in Woodward, Oklahoma. She lived the past year in Alva.
Susie was a member of United Methodist Church in Woodward and worked as a volunteer at Woodward Hospital for 16 years. She was also a stocker at the community food bank and was involved at the senior citizens center where she was on the activity board and helped with the monthly birthday suppers. She loved her family very much and enjoyed playing cards with them as well as the Senior Center.
Besides her parents, Thomas and Beulah, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leo; her son, Bobby Sutherland and his wife Gayle; her siblings, Eugene Inman, Gerald Dean Inman, Delford Inman, Lilburn Inman, R.J. Inman and Inez Bouse.
Susie is survived by her daughter, Connie Redgate and husband Steve of Waynoka; her sisters, Virginia Harmon of Missouri, Ardena Bartlow of Kansas and Darlene Lyon of Woodward; her grandchildren, Lori Adair and husband Jay, Tambi Brown and husband Billy, Ryan Redgate and wife Dacia, Monica Shepard and husband Dusty, and Cassi Bouziden and husband Mitchell, all of Waynoka; great-grandchildren Taggart Brown and wife Alysson of Oklahoma City, Brenli Dobrinski and husband Scott of Kingfisher, Jake Adair of Norman, Traben Redgate of Waynoka, Taelyn Gray and husband Seth of Edmond, Kyler Shepard of Waynoka, Tayen Redgate of Waynoka, and Temperance Bouziden of Waynoka; one great-great-grandson, Madden Dobrinski, and one great-great-granddaughter, Sagelyn Dawn Gray, to be born this week; other relatives and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Wesley Foundation House or the Woodward Senior Center.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at http://www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
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