Gracie Louella Straub

February 23, 1929 - December 8, 2018

Gracie L. Straub, long time Lone Wolf resident, passed from this life on December 8, 2018 in Hobart at age 89. She was born on February 23, 1929 in Hobart to Robert H. Workman and Ruth M. (Ward) Workman. Gracie spent all of her life in the Lone Wolf area. She was also a proud Lone Wolf High School graduate. Gracie married Arnold Straub on October 6, 1949, and to this union was born two children, Glenn and Connie. Gracie attended the Lutheran Church and was confirmed on April 27, 1950. She taught Sunday school, helped with vacation bible school and was secretary of the Women’s League. She loved having her family around her, enjoyed being with people and had a heart for doing things for others. Gracie enjoyed her friends at her coffee club immeasurably. While the kids were growing up she was a homemaker and helped Arnold in the fields, she did not drive the tractor but she loved baking the best pies and cakes she could. After the kids were grown she worked at the Main Fair Department Store in Hobart for twenty years. Gracie is survived by son Glenn Straub and wife Johna of Lone Wolf, and daughter Connie Blevins and husband Jim of Elk City, brother Bob Workman and wife Julie of Savannah, Georgia and sister Katherine Burks of Dumas, Texas . Gracie leaves a legacy of grandchildren, Marsha Wattenbarger, Melanie Lesley and husband Nick, Bridget Blevins, Brooke Goss, Lindsi Moore and husband Wes and ten great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by parents Robert and Ruth Workman, husband Arnold Straub, brother Calvin Workman, sister Dorothy Shaw and grandson Aaron Gilchrist. Services for Gracie are scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 10:30 A.M., at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lone Wolf with Pastor Ronald Boelte officiating. Interment will follow at Lone Wolf Cemetery. Viewing for Gracie will begin Monday, December 10, 2018, at 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home in Lone Wolf. Arrangements are entrusted to Peoples Cooperative Funeral Home located at 1400 West Main, Lone Wolf, 580-846-9018. On-line condolences can be made for Gracie by visiting www.peoplescooperatiefuneralhome.com