Wilma Lucille (McDowell) Dyer was born Mar. 23, 1937, in Wetumka, OK to Thomas Ira and Lucinda Elizabeth (Rogers) McDowell. She departed this life on July 25th, 2025 at the age of 88. She graduated from Wetumka High School and continued her education at Seminole State College and Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech. She met her future husband, Donald Wayne Dyer, after his return from a tour of duty in the Oklahoma 45th Infantry Division during the Korean War. Wilma and Donald were married August 15, 1954. Wilma worked in the Seminole Public School System from 1978 to her retirement in 1999.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers (Elva, Thomas (Edsel) and Eldon McDowell), four sisters (Cynthia Brown, Lois McDowell, V. Ruth McDowell, and Mildred Chandler).
She is survived by her husband; her daughter, Deborah Ann (Dyer) Goss and Deborah’s husband Jeffrey Scott Goss, Shawnee, OK; and her son, Jeffrey Wayne Dyer, Oklahoma City, OK. She is also survived by three granddaughters: Olivia Kate (Goss) Wood and her husband Justin Wood of Shawnee, Maris Rose Goss of Shawnee, and Elizabeth “Bizzy” (Goss) Chlouber and her husband Cade Chlouber of Shawnee; two great grandsons: Evert and Harrison Wood, and three great granddaughters: Jocelyn and Finley Wood, and Bonnie Chlouber.
Those wishing to pay their respects may do so on Thursday, July 31st from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Her celebration of life has been planned for 10 am on Aug. 1st at the Walker Funeral Home Chapel in Shawnee OK, located at 201 E 45th Street. Officiating the service will be her former pastor and friend, Reverend Tom Harrison. Burial will follow at the Little Cemetery in Seminole, OK.
