Sue Ellen Oliver (Dale)

Sue Ellen Dale was born in Oklahoma City on September 4th 1946 to Woodson Gaines Dale and Erma Libby Dale (Jirsa). She weighed only 5 pounds at birth, but she had a huge personality, a beautiful contagious smile and had a profound effect on so many lives. She had two siblings, Woodson Gaines Dale Jr. (Woody) and Kathleen Diane Bixler (both deceased). Sue Ellen was the oldest of the three. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1964. Like most kids of the time, she loved Elvis and the Beatles. She married her sweetheart Robert Wesley Oliver II (deceased) in 1965. They attended Central State College (now University of Central Oklahoma) in Edmond OK and later moved to Kansas City MO where Robert attended dental school. After graduation they moved to Tulsa OK where they started a dental practice. She lived in Tulsa for a good portion of her life and raised her children there. She is survived by her three children with Robert. She was a devoted mother and stayed in constant contact with her kids, Robert Wesley Oliver III (Bob) in Highlands Ranch CO, Linaye Linn Price in Camp Hill PA, and Leia Ann Oliver in Tulsa OK. She is also survived by her eight grandchildren. Bob and Sharon Oliver have two sons, Evan and Alex. Linaye Price has two daughters, Nikita and Mattie. Leia Oliver has three daughters, Emme, Kara & Josie and a son, Judah. Aside from being a full-time home-maker and mother, Sue Ellen worked as a receptionist for many years at the family dentist office and for other businesses. Later in life, she worked as a greeter at Walmart in Yukon OK, where she had a home for many years before moving to Pennsylvania to live with her daughter Linaye. She always had pets and loved having cats around at her Oklahoma home. Strays would always find her and she would take them in. When she visited her kids, the dogs always had someone to walk them and when she moved to PA, she had dogs to walk and play with at her home with Linaye. Sue Ellen cultivated relationships with her local neighbors and cooked for special friends in time of need. She was often delivering a hot meal to her neighbors and giving them rides to doctor visits or church services. She cared for her grandkids when her daughter Leia was working and took them to parks and libraries. She loved to feed the ducks, play board games and do crafts with her grandkids. She loved to visit Colorado and spend time in the mountains with family. Sue Ellen was a devout Christian and attended Chapel Hill United Church of Christ in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania at the time of her death. She loved reading and was always working on a new book on self-improvement, spirituality or the occasional Amish romance novel. Sue Ellen Oliver passed away on November 17th 2022. She was 76 years old. We will miss you mom! NOTE: If you would like to order flowers for the family, they have expressed there intentions on having a Celebration of Life in Oklahoma next summer, and would prefer all flower orders to be held until the pending service date and times are published. Thank you

Sue Ellen Oliver (Dale)

September 4, 1946 - November 17, 2022