03/23/2026
SHIRLEY IRENE STEWART
March 5, 1930 to March 20, 2026
Cashion, Oklahoma
Shirley Irene Stewart went to heaven March 20, 2026. Born March 5, 1930, in Fargo, Oklahoma to Fred and Kate Tuttle. She was the oldest of three girls. She grew up on a farm in Fargo, during the depression. She told many stories about the dust bowl days and life on the farm. She married Dwayne Elliott and to this union three sons were born, Deon, Terry, and Allen.
She later married Arthur “Junior” Stewart and together they bought a house on Hoyt Ave in Oklahoma City, where they raised three sons. This house became a hub for her family, friends and anyone who needed a meal, a conversation, or a place to stay. Shirley and Junior spent many years playing cards, dominos, and taking road trips with close friends and family including Jim and Dorothy Duncan, Murl and Chris Stewart, and Frank and Carol Stewart. After losing Junior, her extended family (Carol, Frank, Katherine, and Charles) rallied around her to make sure she had anything she needed as she aged. All these loving people preceded her in death. Her nephew, Jerry Stewart remained close and often visited her throughout the years.
Shirley lived a long and beautiful 96 years. She was hardworking, loving, kind, and funny. She, better than most, understood the amount of hurt and sorrow that life on Earth can bring (beating cancer, losing a husband and two sons) but she believed in Jesus and knew when her time came, she would enter Heaven and be reunited with the ones that had gone before her. She attended Britton Baptist Church for many years and had a wonderful church family that she loved. Although life wasn’t always easy, Shirley found ways to focus on the beauty of it. She loved the simple things including springtime, sunrises and sunsets, flowers, babies, road trips, and long conversations about anything. She would feed anyone who walked through her door. Sunday afternoons at her house included card games, dominos, and time spent loving and enjoying everyone who came to see her. Shirley was also a worrier, but it was only because of the immense love she felt for everyone she had taken in as her own. The love she gave wasn’t just expressed through her words but through the way she made people feel. She was LOVE.
Later in life Shirley liked watching Thunder basketball and traveling with her daughter-in-law. They went to the beach, on an Alaskan Cruise, visited Kentucky Horse Country, and Branson, among other trips to see family. When the time came, Shirley moved in with her son Allen, who provided daily care until her death. Although Hoyt was no longer her hub, she remained in close contact with family and friends through daily and weekly telephone calls. She also enjoyed visiting Staples Farm, reminiscing with Billie, sharing stories about life on the farm and spending time with each other’s grand and great grandchildren.
She is survived by her son Allen Elliott, sister Frances Boehm, daughter in law Michele Elliott, grandchildren Angie (Philip), Jake (LeaAnn), Katie, Geoffrey (Shannon), Ryan, Karina (Cody), Brian, great grandchildren, Tim (Savannah), Brandon, Phillip Jr., Lauren, Lindsey, William, Abel, Lucy, Marie, Liberty, Kamryn, Bentlee, Brooklyn, Paige, and Easton. Great-great grandchildren Isla, Iris, and Eli. As well as many nieces, nephews, friends, and neighbors who she loved and treated as family. She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband of 45 years Arthur “Junior” Stewart. Her sons Terry Dwayne Elliott and William “Deon” Elliott, daughter in law Tammy Elliott, her sister Katherine and brother-in-law Charles Roth.
Visitation from 9 -10 am with funeral immediately following on Friday, March 27, 2026, at Britton Baptist Church, 1141 W. Britton Rd OKC, OK 73114. Burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery, 8701 NW Expressway OKC, OK 73162.
