Marie Laverne Templeton, 92, passed away on Dec. 31, 2025. Laverne was born on July 15, 1933, in Vanzant, OK, to Doy Roscoe Seaton and Gladys May (Sikes) Seaton. She graduated from Crooked Oaks High School. On Nov. 5, 1954, she married Bobby Joe Templeton. Together, they shared many years of marriage and, in 1977, owned and operated Templeton’s Refrigeration and Appliance Repair, a business well known in the community.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Templeton; her brother, Kenneth Seaton; and her nephew, Michael Degarmo.
Laverne leaves behind a loving family who will forever cherish her memory: her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Johnny Geyer of Tecumseh, OK; son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Dawn Templeton of Bethel Acres; sister, Shirley Crocker of Newalla, OK; grandchildren, Paige and Darrell Wilborn, Mandy and Ezekiel Duran, and Andrew and Lacy Geyer; great-grandchildren, Baylee Harris, Bayler Fowler, Brant Fowler, Ezekiel Duran, Trinity Duran, Christian Duran, Elijah Geyer, Johnathan Geyer, Hadlee Geyer, and Tobias Geyer; great-great-grandchildren, Preslie Lester, Monroe Lester, Services will be held at 1pm, Jan. 8, 2026, at One Church, (formally Tecumseh Pentecostal Church of God) with Pastor Jerry Kuhn, Home Church Tecumseh, OK and Reverend Fred Owens officiating. Burial to follow at Brown cemetery, Tecumseh, OK, under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home.
