Joan Adams Sehon

Joan Adams was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on July 25, 1932 and became part of the First Family of OSU.  She was the second daughter of Arthur Adams and Muriel Adams.  She had an older sister Francis, a younger sister Nina and a younger brother Walter.

She graduated from Stillwater High School in 1949 after only three years.  During this time she met Ernest E Sehon.  He was back from the war and going to school at Oklahoma A&M on the GI Bill. They were married on August 6, 1949.

Joan and Ernie moved to Chickasha in 1950 where their sons Dwight and Dwain were born. Ernest started his accounting business in 1957 and Joan went to work for Public Service Company at the same time.  In 1960 she became the Office Manager for Ernest and remained on the job until 2017 when she retired.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her husband Ernest; her sister Francis and her daughter-in-law Deborah.

She is survived by her sister Nina and her husband Miller; brother Walter and his wife Diane; sister-in-law Rosie; son Dwight and son Dwain and his wife Cheryl.  She is also survived by her grandchildren Summer Lashley and her husband Andy, Maresa Wade and her husband Jeff, Chris Todd and his wife Kara; and great-grandchildren Mia, Bode, Weston, Shepard and Jacob.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church for over sixty years.

A graveside service will be held at 2:00pm, Friday, April 15, 2022 in the Fairlawn Cemetery. There will be no viewing. Service is under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to:
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
PO Box 414238
Boston, MA 02241-4238