Life History

Notes

• 1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Lawton, District 23, page 9A, 921 7th St, Hse #189, Fam #206
  Thomas, Merton Head Rents M W 26 Married at age 22 KS KS KS Farmer
  Thomas, Bessie F W 24 Married at age 20 OK TX TX [mar abt 1926]
  Thomas, Alfred Son M W 2yrs9mos OK KS OK [b abt June 1927]
  Thomas, Wanda M Dau F W 2mos OK KS OK [b abt Jan 1930]
  
  1940 Federal Census, Cotton County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Bryan Township, District 17-24, page 1A, Hse #6 Owned, Value $400
  Thomas, Myrten A Head M W 36  Grade 8 b Kentucky lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 Farmer  [b abt 1904]
  Thomas, Bessie Wife F W 34  Grade 8 b Oklahoma lived Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1906]
  Thomas, Alfred R Son M W 12 Grade 7 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1928]
  Tomas, Wanda Mae Dau F W 10 Grade 5 b Oklahoma Rural Cotton County in 1935 [b abt 1930]
  Thomas, Charlotte S Dau F W 2 Grade 0 b Oklahoma [b abt 1938]
  
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  Wanda Mae Thomas Scherler
  Birth Jan 18, 1930 Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA
  Death Apr 10, 2017 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
  
  WALTERS - Wanda Mae (Thomas) Scherler, 87, Walters, was born at home Jan.18, 1930, to Myrton and Bessie (Brinkley) Thomas with Beulah Mae Brinkley serving as midwife.
  Wanda passed peacefully into the arms of God on Monday, April 10, 2017, in Oklahoma City after a brief illness.
  
  Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, 2017, at First Baptist Church in Walters.
  
  Interment will be across the road at Walters Cemetery under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters.
  
  Wanda grew up in Northwest Cotton County, near the farm of her grandfather, Frank Thomas, which was purchased during the Big Pasture opening in 1906. She attended Cash Valley School through second grade until it closed; she then went to Ahpeatone School and graduated as valedictorian of the senior class in 1947. Wanda attended three semesters at Cameron State Agricultural College in Lawton.
  
  Wanda made a public profession of faith to the Lord as a young teenager while attending Ahpeatone Baptist Church, and later moved her membership to Walters First Baptist Church, where she was an active member until she moved to Oklahoma City to be close to her sons in 2004.
  
  Wanda met the love of her life at Ahpeatone School and married Don Scherler on Sept. 8, 1948. They farmed in Ahpeatone Community all their lives. Wanda and Don had two sons: Richard Don (Nov 18, 1951) and Mack David (Oct 8, 1954). Wanda went to work at Shepard Air Force Base in April 1956, and 30 years later she retired in May 1986. She worked in accounting and finance for 15 years and purchasing and contracting until she retired. Don passed away Oct 11, 1998, and she lived in the home until 2004.
  
  Wanda was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother, (Joe Frank); her sister, (Oma Jean); her husband, Don; her brother, Alfred Thomas; and her daughter-in-law, Cathy Ann Gandy-Scherler.
  
  Wanda is survived by her sister, Charlotte Brock, Norman; sons: Richard Don and Mack David of Edmond; two grandchildren: Jason of Edmond, and Jennifer Scherler-Breashears and husband Brian Breshears; and great-grandson, Gunnar David Breashears of Oklahoma City.
  
  Parents:
  Myrton Alfred Thomas (1903 - 1988)
  Bessie Brinkley Thomas (1905 - 1990)
  
  Spouse Don Quentin Scherler (1928 - 1998)
  Brother Alfred Robert Thomas (1927 - 2014)
  
  Burial Walters Cemetery, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA
  
  Created by Cokeman2 Apr 12, 2017
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #178331858, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Thomas&GSiman=1&GScid=99738&GRid=178331858&
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Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Cotton County, Oklahoma
  • 2 April, Bryan Township, District 17-24, page 1A, Hse #6 Owned, Value $400
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 10 April, Lawton, District 23, page 9A, 921 7th St, Hse #189, Fam #206
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Obituaries from Legacy