Glenda Carol Carpenter passed away Dec. 25th, 2025. She was born Oct. 9, 1943 in Shawnee, OK to Leo Ellis and Lucille Daugherty. She graduated from Earlsboro High School in 1961. She later attended Gordon Cooper, where she took clerical and computer courses.
Glenda worked as a secretary for Shawnee Medical Center, Unzers Family Circle child placement services, and for the Absentee Shawnee Tribe as the Election Secretary. She was a proud member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe.
Glenda is preceded in death by; her parents, Leo Ellis and Lucille Masquat; her sister, Clara Jean Whiteshirt; and her grandson, Jeffrey Lee Frye.
Those left to cherish her memory are; daughter, Cynthia Carpenter of the home; daughter, Jacqueline Denny and spouse Roderick Harrison of Shawnee; sister, Kay Wallace of Meeker; sister, Mary Lou Johnson and husband Grayling of Shawnee; grandchildren; Aaron Tiger and wife Nicole, and Whitney Carpenter; great-grandchildren, Aleayana Johnson, Kortlynn Carpenter, Madelynn Tiger, Zachariah Tiger, and Lilliana Tiger; numerous nieces and nephews who were all very special to her, as well as numerous other family and friends.
Services were held Dec. 29, 2025 at Sallateeska Indian Baptist Church with Pastor Don Acker officiating. Burial followed at the Masquat Family Cemetery, Shawnee, OK under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
