Mary Ella VanSchuyver, age 92, passed away Sept. 22, 2026. She was born July 21, 1934, to William Leon Atchley and Zelma Blaine (Neal) Atchley.
On Oct. 5, 1951 she married James Allen Van-Schuyver, with whom they shared seven decades of devoted marriage and built a loving home in Wanette, OK.
She was preceded in death by her parents Leon and Zelma Atchley; her sisters, Leonda Scott and Lois Gray; and her son Royce VanSchuyver.
Mary is survived by her husband of 74 years, James Allen VanSchuyver; her daughter Debra D. O’Neal and husband Jackie; two grandchildren Cheri Tyler, and husband Randy and Jason O’Neal and wife Suzanne; six great-grandchildren: Conner Sparks, Garrett O’Neal and wife Erika, Morgan O’Neal and fiancé Charles Mc-Cullough, Jacob Tyler, Haddon Tyler and fiancé Lindsey Zertuche and Isaiah Tyler.and five great-great-grandchildren: Jackson, Eleanor, Jude, Finnley and Sprigin.
Services were held Sept. 24, 2026 in the Chapel at Riley-Walker Funeral Service & Crematory in Shawnee, OK with Pastor Randy Tyler officiating. Following the ceremony, Mary was laid to rest next to her parents at Wanette Cemetery.
