The services celebrating and honoring the life of Mary Erdman, 75, of Enid will be held privately. Complete cremation care is under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
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She was born September 25, 1943 in New Kingston, Pennsylvania to Samuel and Margaret Joann Kinsigton and passed from the life on October 31, 2018 in Enid, Oklahoma.
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She was raised and educated in various places due to her father’s military career. She moved to Massachusetts and then to Layone France, and then to Ramstein air base in Germany where she attended high school. In 1969 her family was stationed at Tinker air base where she met Ronald Erdman. In 1971 they were married at Tinker. The couple moved to Stillwater while he finished his engineering degree. The family then moved to Duluth Minn. Until 1979. They then moved to Wyoming. While in Wyoming she owned and operated a daycare that she cherished. In 1989 they moved to California and then to Enid in 1991. She learned to cook while she was in France and was a phenomenal cook and Baker always making everything from scratch. She was great at fishing and could make anything grow in the garden. She was also known as a master adapter never meeting a stranger. She adored children and had a very special heart for them. She would always be carrying lollipops to give to children.
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She was also an animal lover taking them in and caring for them like he children. She had a caregiver’s heart. She also enjoyed board games, camping and playing baseball with her kids.
She is survived by her husband Ronald Erdman, children, Douglas, Tracy, Daniel, David, Kelly, Kim, and Tina, fourteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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She was preceded in death by her parents.
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Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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