Elsie Pearl Lamle

Elsie Pearl Lamle was born January 2, 1936 in Shady Valley, Oklahoma in the Southeastern part of Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Claude and Cora Ingram. Elsie went to dance with Jesus on March 16, 2016.

Growing up in southeastern Oklahoma in the late 30s and 40s proved to set the foundation of Elsie being a strong but yet sensitive and loving individual. One of Elsie's older sisters, Alberta, became more than a sister. They forged a deep friendship and enjoyed each other all the way up to the end of her days. Their goal was to see who could out talk each other. On Alberta's last visit in February it was non-stop jabbering. With both having a bit of dementia it was a very repetitive non-stop jabbering!!

After leaving home and venturing to the big city to make her way in this world she received a degree in secretarial work and began her career at Brown and Bigelow in OKC.
Enter a strong, tough farmhand from Okeene into the picture and as they say, "The rest was history." James became the love of her life and they were quickly married on May 8, 1955. Elsie's dad approved of this man for his daughter because when visiting her parents he woke early and helped with the farm work as if it were his own.

Six years after their life began together a baby boy blessed their lives as James Curtis was brought into this world. Two years later another wonderful addition came in the form of a baby girl named Deborah on February 6, 1963 but tragedy hit as one of her little lungs was not fully formed and she passed 6 hours after her birth. Words of course cannot describe the pain. In Elsie's last days living them out under hospice care her vision and expectation was to hold little Deborah again. She is now realizing that wonderful dream in heaven with great jubilee and rejoicing!! Less than two years later the final addition was added to the family with Adam coming into the picture.
Family and faith became Elsie's life.
A move to Tuttle in 1974 found a new and permanent home for the Lamles. The First Baptist Church of Tuttle became their spiritual family. Elsie formed strong, lasting relationships with many of the ladies. She taught Sunday School for several years although she was very insecure in her ability. These ladies became her family after James passed away in 2005. The Tuesday domino group became a passion the last 10 years and helped her cope with her loneliness. Many of these wonderful ladies visited and sat by her bed for hours to watch over her during her fight against that horrible lymphoma cancer. Ladies, your reward in heaven is great for your love and service to Elsie. She was so encouraged and lifted up during your "baby sitting" duties.
Highlights of Elsie's life are many however a few come to mind. When she first got to the big city to begin her life as an 18 year old a friend came into her life named Doris Shelton. Doris needed a guy friend and James just happened to know someone. His friend Bob Bellah and Doris met, hit it off and got married. These four forged a life-long friendship. Every Sunday night became game night. Whether it was some form of cards or dice game it was sure to get loud and crazy. It was on those nights that Elsie learned to fight back as Bob would relentlessly verbally abuse and pick on her. The church domino group must understand that is where she got her victim mentality of being cheated and developed her "whiny" attitude when losing.

The other highlights in her life were watching her kids play sports. No one was ever better than her kids and they could do no wrong. The refs or umps were always cheating her kids. While not always displaying the best sportsmanship everyone knew that she was her children's #1 fan! The same became true when she watched her grandkids play sports as well.

Becoming a grandma was a dream come true for her. The immense love for her three grandchildren gave her joy inexpressible. Ryne, Autumn and Brock completed her life. She so proudly adored them. They made her life more wonderful than ever. Whatever they wanted, they got!!

Elsie lived a full and wonderful life. She gave her life to Christ at an early age and served Him faithfully throughout her years. She was the most unselfish and giving woman ever. Truly she lived her life with an attitude of "It's not about me."
She is preceded in death by husband James Lamle, her parents, and her daughter, Deborah Lamle.

Survivors include:
2 sons: Adam Lamle and his wife Patti of Tuttle.
Curtis Lamle and his wife Susan of Arlington, Texas.

3 grandchildren: Autumn Cameron of Joplin, MO,
Brock Lamle of Rapid City, South Dakota and
Ryne Lamle of Tuttle, OK.

2 brothers: Murray Ingram of Sacramento, Calif. and
Claude (Doc) Ingram of Portland, OR.

2 sisters: Marylee Pridemore of McAlester, OK and
her best friend Alberta Wood of Blanco, OK.

And one awesome and very special niece Drusilla Smith.