Lenore Matthews passed away October 4, 2023 at the age of 92.
She was born and raised in Del Rio, TX. She graduated from Del Rio High School.
In the summer of 1968, they accepted the call to Liberty Baptist Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma, where for several years, she led Bible studies for ladies’ groups and taught weekly Sunday School lessons to the homebound. In the 1970s, she obtained her real estate and pilot’s licenses. She and Bill established Liberty Preschool and Academy in 1978. She retired as the school’s administrator when she was eighty. (She asked how the school was doing almost daily.)
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her parents, David and Beatrice (Gobble) Cash; her sisters, Inez, Laveda, Wanda, and Allene; and her greatgrandson, Wells Thomas Puskarich.
She is survived by her four daughters and sons-in-law: Melody and Dave Licklider; Pam and Bill Leveridge; Valerie and Danny Baxter; and Michelle and Darrel Rader; her grandchildren: Sundi Forsythe and husband, Tommy, Gabbi Licklider, Olivia Licklider and partner, Jesse Pratt; Katie Anderson and husband Shawn; Garrett Leveridge and wife Melissa; Kelli Lawrence and husband Bryce; Brian Baxter; Kristen Thornton and husband, Zack; Brittney Puskarich and husband, Frank; and Chase Rader; her great- grandchildren: Chandler and Maci Forsythe; Preston and Isla Pratt; Addie, Alexander, and August Anderson; Elli, Rose, and Maggie Leveridge; Berkleigh and Emma Lawrence; Kash, Jagger and Beck Thornton; Nash and Knox Puskarich; her brother, Ned Carta, and many extended family members.
Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 14, 2023 at Liberty Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Leveridge, son-in-law, Crossway Church, Sulphur, OK and Phil Thompson officiating, under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh. Please join the celebration of Barbara’s life through Cooper Funeral Home’s Facebook page for live streaming of the service.
