Obit of Wanda L. Blakley (b424) - Garfield County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Ann Weber   <NOEMAIL>  26 Feb 2002
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ENID NEWS & EAGLE 26 Feb 2002

WANDA L. BLAKLEY

WOODWARD ­ The funeral for Wanda Lou Blakley, 71, will be 10 a.m. 
Wednesday in First United

Methodist Church. The Revs. Ray Blakley, Gary Holdeman, Marvin Nelson and 
Mary Davis will officiate.

Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery. Arrangements are by Billings 
Funeral Home.

She was born Jan. 18, 1931, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to W.H. “Ted” and 
Emma Lee Thompson Wooldridge and died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002, at her home 
in Woodward.

She graduated from Highland Park High School at Dallas in 1948 and from 
Texas Women’s University in 1952. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 
sociology and a minor in history. On Aug. 1, 1953, she married Jerold T. 
Robertson. He preceded her in death. She moved to Woodward in 1961 and 
worked for Dr. Dewey Collins at Collins Clinic and later attended 
Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. She earned her Oklahoma 
teacher’s certification. She also took courses from Oklahoma State 
University and the University of Oklahoma.

On June 26, 1964, she married Ray O. Blakley in Woodward. She taught 8th 
and 9th grade social studies in Woodward Junior High School from 1976 
until her retirement in 1992. She took courses from the University of 
South School of Theology and on Dec. 30, 1984, completed the program of 
theological education. She was a certified lay reader in the Episcopal 
Church, and was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the First 
United Methodist Church.

She was a member of Woodward County Cancer Society and held the office of 
treasurer, the Reach to Recovery Volunteer, Prison Fellowship Ministry, 
Woodward Arts and Theater Council, Plains Indian and Pioneer Museum 
(lifetime), FOLOW, Delta Kappa Gamma, Woodward and Harper County Retired 
Educators Association with more than 1,200 hours of service, Northwest 
Oklahoma Emmaus Community, U.S. Capitol Historical Society, Foundation for 
the National Cathedral, Foundation for Historic Preservation, Texas 
Women’s University Alumni Association, (lifetime), World War II Memorial 
Society, White House Historical Society, Great Plains Preservation and 
Development Foundation, Oklahoma Retired Education Association (lifetime) 
and Woodward Hospital Auxiliary volunteer with 3, 157 hours of service, 
Woodward honored her by choosing her Citizen of the Year for 2000.

Surviving are her husband, Ray of the home; three daughters, Elise 
Solloway of Woodward, Catherine Blakley of Bartlesville and June Black of 
Normal, Ill.; three sons, Ray of Carroliton, Texas, Ralph of Plano, Texas, 
and J. Ted of Pasedena, Calif.; two brothers, W.H. “Ted” Wooldridge Jr. of 
Austin, Texas, and James T. Wooldridge of Farmers Branch, Texas; and four 
grandchildren.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to American Cancer Society 
or to the World War II Monument Fund.
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