Ozetta (Jenks) Stringer was born December 7, 1935, in Concho, Okla., to Carl and Arabelle (Rogers) Jenks and passed from this life on May 24, 2024. She was 88.
After raising her sons to junior high age, Ozetta prepared for a career with Sunoco at the Tulsa refinery. She had a 21-year career filling various administrative roles and finished as a time office assistant, where she personally handed out paychecks to the refinery hourly employees, so everyone there knew “Ozetta.”
She was a loving mother and wife, a Christian who carried those beliefs to her children. She was extremely proud of her heritage as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a descendant of the Bourbannais Anderson family. She was a member of the Tecumseh High School Class of 1953 and felt deeply for her hometown. It made her so happy to support the community tax base when her property became the site of the McDonald’s on Gordon Cooper Drive. Ozetta is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bobby Jean Stringer; her brother, Carlisle Jenks; and her sister, Mary Lou Post. She is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Brad Stringer and Steve and Susie Stringer; and her grandchildren, Braden Jared Stringer and Jordan Danielle Horstman, and great-grandchild, Bryson Jack Stringer.
Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 31, at the Tecumseh Cemetery.
