Frema Ruth Canaday of Sand Springs passed from this world on Wednesday, May 10 ^th , at home with her loving family nearby.

Frema was born May 24, 1934, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Fremont and Ruth (Haygood) Harris. She spent most of her early years in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school there, she attended Oklahoma A&M earning a degree in Home Economics, with an emphasis on Fashion Design. It was there she and Buford met at the Baptist Student Union. They married in 1955 and together they graduated in 1957 as members of the final graduating class of Oklahoma A&M before the University was re-branded as Oklahoma State.

Frema was a highly skilled seamstress. Creating wedding dresses as well as bridesmaid dresses for her daughters' weddings were among her many achievements in this area. She was an accomplished musician and shared her gift as an organist and pianist at several churches over the years, including First Baptist in Atoka and Broadway Baptist in Sand Springs. In addition to being a full-time homemaker for her husband and daughters, she handled accounting and financial matters for the family business, Canaday Nursing Homes, in Atoka and Tishomingo from 1971 until 1988. Amid these duties, Frema also made time to volunteer as a Pink Lady at Atoka Hospital, and as a GA leader at the church. She gave of her time at Sand Springs Women's Shelter and served as a preschool teacher at Broadway Baptist. She blessed scores of other lives through various other ministries and community organizations throughout her days on this earth.

Frema is survived by her husband Buford of the home in Sand Springs OK; daughters, JoAnn Mixon and husband John of Atoka OK, Mitzi Epperson of Owasso OK; grandchildren, Jared Mixon and wife ChanaSue, Issaac Mixon and wife Sally, Jim Epperson, Melissa Sigler and husband Jared, Christa Morton and partner Justin, Kelsey Turner and husband Emory; seven great-grand children; sister, Christine WIlliams of Stillwater, OK.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fremont and Ruth Harris.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 24th, at Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel.

The service will be livecast for those unable to attend: https://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/88513