Linda Kay Dennis

Funeral services for Linda Dennis will be 2:00p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the First United Methodist Church in Waynoka. Burial will follow in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home, Waynoka. Linda Kay, daughter of the late Joe H. and Jewell A. (Pendergrass) Blue, was born March 29, 1948, at Alva and passed away April 26, 2024, at her home surrounded by family at the age of 76 years and 28 days. Linda attended elementary, Jr. High and High School in Waynoka. Her high school years were cut short due to having to take care of her little brother, Timmy Blue, who passed at a young age. She was baptized at the First Christian Church as a child. On June 15, 1966, she was united in marriage to Jerry Bolar. To this union they had a daughter, Nancy Kay (Bolar) Koehn. Linda worked long hard hours to provide for her family at several Cafes and Restaurants. In 1975, Linda and family moved to Freedom, Oklahoma where she owned and operated the Cattleman’s Café. In 1981, Linda and her family moved to Alva, Oklahoma where she owned and operated the downtown diner and J.B.’s Diner. Later she owned and operated the Dairy Maide in Waynoka until closing in 1984. In May of 1984 she was united in marriage to William (Willie) Rauch and to this marriage they had a son: Christopher Rauch. Linda was a Sunday School teacher at the First Baptist Church in Waynoka and she and Willie were baptized in the church. Linda cared for several elderly people which she loved to do. On June 22, 1996, Linda was united in marriage to Jerry Dennis. She worked at the Waynoka Nursing Center in housekeeping which later she moved to cooking in the kitchen. Linda helped her husband with the Pharmacy in Waynoka and Seiling until her health wouldn’t let her. She also helped him raise his nephews and niece, Tad, Todd, and Julie Dennis. Linda was not just an awesome mom to her children but she was also mom to several of her children’s friends. She was also neighborhood grandma to her great great niece and nephews. She always had juice drinks for them when they would see her outside. Linda loved her flowers and collected butterflies. Besides her parents, Joe and Jewell, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Rauch; brother, Timmy Blue; nephews Lonnie Bolar and Tim Nicholson. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Dennis of the home; her daughter, Nancy Koehn and husband, Bruce, of Alva; her son, Christopher Rauch and wife, Angel, of Alva; grandchildren, Kasey Litzenberger and husband, Ben, of Waynoka, Amy Kimberly and husband, Charles, of Alva, and Chassidee Koehn and boyfriend, Frank Garay, of Edmond; great grandchildren, Morris, Jaxson, and Calvin Litzenberger of Waynoka, and Keiden and Kashin Kimberly of Alva; her sisters Nancy Mallory and husband, Everett, of Noble, and Joan Knipschild and husband, Gib, of Tuttle; her brother, Mike Blue and wife, Debbie, of Yukon; numerous nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma (DSACO).

Linda Kay Dennis

March 29, 1948 - April 26, 2024