Edna’s Obituary Graveside services for Edna Mae Marlatt, 89, of Yukon, Oklahoma, formerly of Cheyenne Valley, will be 11:00am, Monday, January 21, 2019, at Lone Star Cemetery with a Memorial Service at 1:30pm at the Cheyenne Valley United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home Inc. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 6:00 pm Sunday, January 20, 2019 at the funeral home with no viewing at the cemetery or church. Edna Mae Marlatt was born April 22, 1929, to Ira Leon and Pearl Agnes Nairn Marlatt at her parents’ home in Cheyenne Valley, Oklahoma.
Edna Mae attended Cheyenne Valley schools where she graduated with the class of 1947. She attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater and graduated with an elementary education degree. In 1951 she moved to El Paso, Texas, and taught kindergarten to under-privileged Hispanic girls at Hauchen Community Center, as well as leading cooking, health, and reading clubs.
In addition, she taught English to children and adults taking citizenship classes. After five years she returned to Woodward, Oklahoma where she worked as a second grade teacher for three years. She married her husband, Orville Eugene “Gene” Marlatt on December 20, 1958, in Woodward, Oklahoma.
In 1959 they purchased and moved to her grandparents’ home in Cheyenne Valley where they farmed and raised cattle. Edna Mae taught first grade for one year in Fairview, Oklahoma, before she and Gene started their family. Edna Mae and Gene were active members of Cheyenne Valley United Methodist Church for 48 years.
She loved teaching and children, and was involved in leading Vacation Bible School every summer, as well as teaching Sunday School and Bible studies to both children and adults through the years. She was a dedicated member of the church’s United Methodist Women, and served as UMW District President. In 2006, after 48 years of farming, Gene and Edna Mae moved to Spanish Cove Retirement Village in Yukon, Oklahoma.
After settling there they attended First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City and New Wine Church in Midwest City. She is survived by her children: Laura Ann Alfonzo and Michael Len Marlatt, of Oklahoma City; and Gena Lyn Barnhill and husband Wes, of Yukon; eight grandchildren: Lauren Kliewer and Erin Dang of Edmond; Adriann Goodridge and Kirsten Alfonzo of Oklahoma City; Connor and Cori Barnhill of Yukon; Christopher Marlatt stationed in Rota, Spain; and Cody Marlatt of St. Peter, Minnesota; seven great grandchildren, and many nieces, nephews and friends. Preceding her in death were her husband Gene; her son Richard Lee Marlatt; and her parents, Ira and Pearl Marlatt.
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