Oteka Rodman Thomas Obituary (1923

Oteka Rodman Thomas, 93, of Georgetown, Texas and formally from Hooker, Guymon and Elkhart, Kansas passed away June 4, 2017 at The Oaks Independent Retirement Home in Georgetown, Texas.Oteka was born August 7, 1923 in Tyrone, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charley and Hattie (Thurman) Pittman. She graduated from Hooker High School with the class of 1942 and married Fred Rodman of Guymon in August of that year. Fred passed away 1979. She married Bob Thomas of Hooker in 1984. When Bob passed away in 2000, she moved to Elkhart to be close to her sister, Billie Schnaufer and family and then in 2013 moved to Georgetown, Texas.She was a genuinely nice person who was more concerned about others than herself. She was outgoing and friendly, always willing to engage even a stranger in a conversation. She enjoyed being with family and friends and had a passion for collecting antiques, being the owner of Teaks Antiques in Hooker for many years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.Oteka was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, her sisters, Vivian Dysinger and Billie Schnaufer, and her step-daughter Jean Kay Ogden. Survivors include her sons, Terry Rodman and wife Kathy of Edmond, Oklahoma and Don Rodman and wife Carolyn of Georgetown, Texas, her step-daughter, Ann Krug Dyer of Grove, Oklahoma and step-son Robert Thomas, Jr. and wife Susan of Grove, Oklahoma.Memorials are suggested to the Hooker Animal Shelter or the charity of the donor's choice and may be sent to the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Ok 73945.Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the United Methodist Church in Hooker, Oklahoma with Rev. Craig Denslow officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma.