Lester Wayne Goodell entered his heavenly home on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the age of 92. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service of Sand Springs.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Monday, September 13, at Olivet Baptist Church with Pastor Scott Palmer officiating. Graveside service will follow at 3 p.m. at Francis-Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Sunday from 1-6 p.m. Family will greet friends 4-6 p.m.

The son of Cooper Bennett Goodell and Lottie Maco (Hulett) Goodell, Lester was born January 24, 1929, in Osage, OK. Lester graduated from Osage High School and went to Oklahoma School of Accounting and Law, where he earned a BCS degree. He was proud of his service to our country as a U.S. Marine who served in the Korean War. He was injured and received a purple heart. He retired from American Airlines after 36 years where he worked as an accountant.

He was a member of Olivet Baptist Church in Tulsa, OK, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School Teacher for many years.

Lester is preceded in death by his wife, Oneita Goodell; his father, Cooper Goodell; his mother, Lottie Goodell; his daughter, Diane Young; seven brothers: Virgil Goodell, Harmon Murrie, Johnny Murrie, Melvin Goodell, Herbert Goodell, Jim Goodell, and Jack Goodell; and four sisters: Eva Johnson, Alma Clark, Patsy Sweeden and Mary Taylor.

Survivors include two daughters: Debra Jarrard and her husband Terry from Tulsa, OK, and Donna Smith and her husband Ronnie from Francis, OK; one son, Donald Goodell and wife Regina from Sand Springs, OK; eight grandchildren: Terry Kent Jr. and Tracey Jarrard (Claremore, OK), Tabitha Ann and Mark Nickles (Miami, OK), Angela Watts (Victoria, TX), Laura Smith (Francis, OK), Donnie and Jeanne Smith (Broomfield, CO), Zac and Kailey Young (Broken Arrow, OK), Natasha and Aaron Gayle (Norman, OK) and Karsten Goodell (Stillwater, OK); great-grandchildren: Miranda Beck, Skyler Jarrard, Ruth Nickles, Isaiah Nickles, Seth Nickles, Gabriel Watts, Kamdyn Watts, Cayden Fluitt, Khloe Fluitt, Evan Smith, Sean Smith, Audrey Gayle, Bellamy Young and Zayne Young; two great-great-grandchildren: Talon Ratcliff and Mason Beck; and many nephews, nieces and other family and friends.

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