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Thursday
March 28th, 2024

roberta cantwellRoberta “Grandma Bertie” Headrick Cantwell, 91, of Turpin, Okla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 at Beaver County Nursing Home in Beaver, Okla.

Roberta was born May 21, 1929 on the family farm south of Baker, Okla., the daughter of Leland and Bernice Harder Scott. She attended Eureka School in Baker.

She was united in marriage to Warren Headrick in Forgan, Okla. April 9, 1945. They lived in a dugout south of Baker and farmed. In 1948 they bought their farm which was two miles west of Turpin, Okla. Roberta and Warren were members of the Turpin United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School, VBS and was a member of the WSCS. On Dec. 15, 1977, he passed away.

On March 2, 1991, Roberta was united in marriage to Jerry Cantwell in Turpin, Okla. They became members of the Turpin Baptist Church. Jerry passed away Nov. 13, 2003. Roberta lived on the farm until 2004, when she moved into her home in Turpin.

She enjoyed crocheting, the ballgames of the grandchildren (including traveling to their games), reading, puzzles and watching the Game Show Network.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Warren Headrick; her second husband, Jerry Cantwell; a brother, Walter Scott; sisters, Nancy Mendenhall and Thelda Dean Baker; great-grandson, Vance; and stepson-in-law, Butch Hearon.

Survivors include four sons: Steve and Tommy Ann Headrick, Duane and Betty Headrick, Milton and Jane Headrick, Marvin and Jetta Headrick, all of Turpin; daughter, Ella and J.D. Marteney, Liberal; brothers, Bob and Lavonna Scott, Grand Lake, Okla., and L.J. and Cindy Scott, Hooker, Okla.; sisters, Ethel Abel, Liberal, and Thelma Jean and Duane Lambert, Kismet; brother-in-law, Ivan and Marilyn Headrick, Liberal; sisters-in-law: Marjorie Headrick  and Mary Hintergardt, both of Guymon, Okla., and Heidi Scott, Illinois; 15 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren; stepchildren, Billy and Karen Cantwell, Garden Dale, Texas, and Donna Hearon, Booker, Texas.

• Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 at the Turpin Baptist Church with Rev. Dan Cox officiating. 

Burial will be at the Hooker Cemetery in Hooker, Okla.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m today at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Okla.

Memorials are suggested to the Turpin Baptist Church and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, OK 73945.

 

 

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