Mary L. Frantz

The Funeral services celebrating and honoring the life of Mary L. Frantz, 97, formerly of Enid, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday September 02, 2019 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel with Trip Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 A.M. Monday September 02, 2019 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Mary Lee made her entrance into this world, April 13, 1922, the second daughter of Constance Salter Winters and Roy Lee Winters, Oklahoma City, OK.  She loved music and had a song on her lips when she exited this world with grace on a late summer afternoon.

Mary grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Classen High School where she was a Merry Maid, graduating in 1940.  She attended the University of Oklahoma where she majored in music and joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.  Mary was selected the Engineer Queen her sophomore year at the University as well as the St. Patrick’s Queen.  It was also at OU that Mary was charmed by the irresistible laughter of Harry P. Frantz, Jr. from Enid, Oklahoma.  Harry and Mary were married June 9, 1942 and moved together to Cape Cod where Harry attended basic training at Camp Edwards.  On April 2, 1943 Harry shipped off to fight in WWII and Mary returned to Oklahoma City and worked at Tinker Air Force Base using her artistic talent to create military equipment drawings for training manuals.  The two were reunited at the end of the war and made their home in Enid, Oklahoma.

While busy raising five children, Mary also found time to serve on the Enid Junior Welfare League, PTA and was a lifelong member of PEO (she would never tell us what that meant).  She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, Enid and loved singing in the choir.  Mary also sold real estate and was a Doncaster Clothing Consultant in the 1970s. Mary was an ardent OU fan, especially about Women’s basketball.  Regardless of reality, as far is she was concerned, those ladies were always #1 in the nation.  Mary lived in Enid until the mid-1990’s, moving to Tulsa, OK 10 years after her husband, Harry, passed away.

Mary’s favorite pastimes were painting, singing, spending time with her family and traveling.  She spent many summer vacations at the beloved family cabin in Cascade, Colorado where she was really more or less a cook for the hoard of family and friends, and still she considered it fun.  She visited Europe a number of times and ventured as far as Hong Kong and Singapore. An amateur artist excelling in watercolor, oil and pastels, Mary enjoyed visiting museums at home and abroad finding inspiration for her own creations.

Mary made many friends throughout the decades and kept in lifelong touch with pals from high school, college, Enid and Tulsa.  She loved her Inverness Village community where she spent the last 16 years of her life and had scores of friends from residents to caregivers.  Her family is very grateful for this community and the love, support and attention she received from the Inverness staff as well as the dear staff at Rose Rock Hospice.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Constance and Roy Winters of OKC; her sister, Virginia Winters Potter of OKC; her husband, Harry P. Frantz, Jr of Enid; and her son-in-law, Jeffery L. Romine of Tulsa.  She is survived by her daughter Connie Hesler and husband, Bill, of Mission Hills, KS; son, Steve Frantz and wife Cathy Frantz of Davis, OK; Daughter Judy Moore and husband Trip, of Quebec City, Canada; daughter Jane Romine of Prairie Village, KS; and daughter Carol Wagner and husband, Adam, of Austin, Texas.   Grandchildren and great grandchildren were aplenty so here goes.  Grandchildren:  Carrie Hesler White, Sarah Hesler Waters, Marisa Frantz, Ben Frantz, Annie Moore, Jessica Moore, Rachael Moore, Andrew Romine, Megan Romine Royce and Lucy Wagner.  Great grandchildren: Asia Frantz, Finn Zaug, Everett White, Maren White, Avery Waters, William Waters, Nicolas Milliard, Malahika Veilleux, Koralie Veilleux, Amandine Veilleux, Leila Martin, Juliette Martin, Charlotte Martin, Parker Romine and Parker’s little sister expected in September.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to Rose Rock Hospice, Tulsa, OK with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home, Enid, serving as custodian of the funds.

Condolences to the family may be made online at WWW.Brown-Cummings.com