Jo Wiehle

Jo Celestine Swanson Wiehle, longtime rural Ralston resident, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008 at her home. She was 82. Jo was born January 17, 1926 in Kaw City, the daughter of Joseph Newton Newt Swanson and Maudie Fronkier Swanson. She moved with her family as a child to the Little Chief community and was a graduate of Fairfax High School. After high school she moved to Tulsa where she met and married A.P. Al Wiehle on April 12, 1945. The couple moved to Pryor, Oklahoma in 1962 and to the Big Bend area west of Ralston in 1972. Jos past employments included American Airlines and Gulf-Warren Petroleum Company. She was a member of the Fairfax Sacred Hearth Catholic Church and her enjoyment was her family. She is survived by her husband, Al, of the home; two sons, Steven Wiehle and wife, Cindi, of Odessa, Texas and their children, Scott Ryan Wiehle and wife, Krista, and their children Kennedy, Zeke and Prestley of Fort Worth, Texas, Elizabeth Wiehle, Houston, Texas, and Jordan Wiehle, Denton, Texas; son, Scott Wiehle and wife, Karen, rural Ralston, and their children, Allan Wiehle, Oklahoma City, Karalyn Eyster of Washington D.C., Lauren Wiehle, Lawrence, Kansas, David Eyster, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Brian Eyster, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Caleb Wiehle Eyster, rural Ralston; brother, A.E. Swannie Swanson and wife, Dolores, San Saba, Texas; several nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents and her son, David Wiehle on September 15, 2005. Prayer services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home in Fairfax. A funeral mass will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Fairfax with graveside committal to follow at 10 a.m. at the Fairfax Cemetery with Father Bruce Brosnahan presiding. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, 1904 North Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, Oklahoma, or to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 333 South 8th Street, Fairfax, Oklahoma 74637.