Ida England

Funeral service for long-time Chelsea resident, Ida England, will be 2:00pm Wednesday January 31, 2018, at First Christian Church. Pastor Richard Billings and pastor Garry Wilson will officiate. Burial will follow in Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday January 30 from 1-8pm, with family receiving friend from 6-8 pm.
Ida Lucille England was one of six children born to John Arnet and Bertha(Ketchum) Douglas. She was born on February 10, 1918 in Winganon. She passed away on January 26, 2018 in Wood Manor nursing home in Claremore, just days before her 100th birthday.
Ida was raised in the Winganon community where she attended school. She loved playing basketball. In fact during her time there, her team won more games than any other team in the area. It was also in Winganon that she first met Woodrow " Buck" England. They were attending a local pie supper. A short time later they would marry on March 15, 1938 in Delaware, Oklahoma. Buck and Ida lived most of their lives on a farm south of Chelsea that is Buck's mother's Indian allotment. For the past twelve years Ida has lived with her daughter in Chelsea.
There were many activities that Ida enjoyed. While on the farm, she liked sewing and embroidery, tending to her flower and vegetable gardens and mowing the lawn. Her garden produced enough food to last through the year. In her later years she enjoyed reading, working puzzles, shopping and garage sales. However spending time with her family and grandchildren were her favorite times. The name of "Granny" and "Meme" always put a smile on her face.
Until her death she was the oldest Delaware Indian out of 11,000 tribal members.
Ida is survived by her children, Jenan Alderman, Dennis England and wife Pauletta, and Bob England, all of Chelsea, and Linda Phillips and husband Sam, of Owasso; 12 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 8 great-great grandchildren. Sister, Dortha Reavis of Savannah, Missouri, as well as a host of extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Woodrow "Buck" England in 2011, and infant grandson, Dennis Woodrow England; sibling, Juanita Moore, John R. Douglas, A.K. Douglas and Jerry Douglas.


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