Wanda Lee (Ball) Stansell passed away July 14, 2025. Wanda was born in Pink on July 20, 1938 to Fred & Iris Ball. She attended Willow View School and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1958. She married T.W. (Junior) Stansell on Oct 15, 1960 at her parent’s home in Pink. She spent her days tending to cattle, gardening, canning and a multitude of other tasks to care for her family. She was known for her selfless nature ensuring family, friends and neighbors had food to eat. She was known to be an exceptional cook especially bread & butter pickles, coconut cream pie, german chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies. She was active in the Pink Senior Citizen’s Center and Pink Volunteer Fire Dept. She would be one of the first to show up with a car full of food to anyone who had suffered the loss of a loved one.
She is survived by daughters: Sheila Perkins/ Randy of Harrah, Patricia Marshall/Bruce of Pink and Donna Goodrich/Brian of Pink, nine grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, one great-great grandson and was anxiously awaiting the birth of her second. Two brothers: Darrell (Buddy) Ball of Midwest City and Jerry Ball/Sherill of Pink and sister-in-law Annette Ball of CO.
She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter Debbie Morris, three great grandchildren: Alexis, Donte and Kyle, her parents, one brother Ernest Ball of CO, sister-in-law Kathy Ball, two sons-in-law, various nieces, nephews and loved ones.
Services were held July 21, 2025 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Paul Brunson, Cohesive Hospice officiating. Burial followed at Brown Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
