Audrey Fern Presnall

Funeral services for Audrey Presnall will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January, 13, 2016, at the First United Methodist Church in Alva with Pastor Carol Moore officiating. Interment will be in the Carmen Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Audrey Fern Behm Presnall, daughter of the late Charles Behm and Beulah Inez (Beecher) Behm was born May 27, 1918, in Alfalfa County on the family farm near Carmen and passed away January 8, 2016, in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 97 Years, 7 months, and 11 days. Audrey graduated from Carmen High School. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University and her Masters in Education from Phillips and Oklahoma State University. On December 7, 1945, Audrey married Max Lester Presnall at her parents farm near Carmen. She taught school and helped Max on the wheat and dairy farm until they moved to Enid. Audrey taught school for 40 years, teaching at Nash, Carmen, Aline and Glenwood in Enid. In 1985 she and Max moved to Alva where she was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter C, PEO, and 20th Century Club. Audrey enjoyed her pet dogs, needlework, volunteer work (at the church, Share Medical Center, blood drives) and serving on the Alva Library Board. In June, 2014 she moved to Enid to be near her daughter, Nancy. Besides her parents, Audrey was preceded in death by her husband, Max, on December 23, 2003; and her sister, Florence Nickel. Audrey is survived by her daughter, Nancy Presnall of Enid; one sister, Lois Kassik of Alva; her niece, Mary Hoffman (Neal) of Carmen; nephew, Brian Hoffman of Bullard, Texas; and cousins, Glenda Beecher of Camargo, Shelley Wallis of Alva, and Duane Beecher of Aline. Audrey is the last of “the greatest generation” of Presnall spouses and siblings, and is also survived by Presnall nieces and nephews, Pat Presnall Jones, Priscilla Haltiner, Pamela Wilson, Greg Presnall, Scott Presnall, Beth Ann Kimmel Price, Kathy Kelley Fish, Mike Kelley, Judy Kirk of Enid, Bob Wilson of Garden City, Kansas, Dee Ann Baker Abbott, and Cindy Baker Jordan. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made through the funeral home to the Alva First United Methodist Church or Creature Concerns.

Audrey Fern Presnall

May 27, 1918 - January 8, 2016