Leann graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Illinois in 1952. She would marry her first husband Maxie Smith in 1953. The pair would share many adventures through four different states before settling in Oklahoma in 1966. The pair would separate in 1967. Leann would meet her second husband James L. Greeley and marry him on November 10th, 1968. They would share nearly 45 years of marriage, separated only by his passing in 2013.
Leann would work for the United States Postal Service as an administrator from 1968 to 1992. She would attend Forest Hill Church and later Cherokee Hills Church. Leann enjoyed singing and would use her vocal talents to sing praise to His name as part of the Spiritful Voices Community Choir.
She was a woman of many talents, in addition to her love of singing she played piano. She was also a skilled seamstress, making many of her own clothes. A good day in her book involved finding a great deal at the thrift store before getting primped and pampered at the hair salon. Leann would cheer for the Oklahoma Thunder and OU.
Leann is preceded in death by her parents Charles and Myra Inskeep, her husband James L. Greeley, and her son Stephen Smith.
She is survived by her sister Sue Alice Erickson and husband Dale of Albuquerque, NM; her daughters Christa Greeley of Oklahoma City, OK, Deborah Greeley of Oklahoma City, OK, and Shannon Smith Wingrove and husband Dale of Colorado; daughter-in-law Cindy Jo Smith of Bethany, OK; grandchildren Clarissa Smith, Micah Greeley, Xavier Godinez, and Zoe Godinez of Oklahoma City, Jeremy Wingrove and Lydia Wingrove Gazdik of Colorado; as well as eight great-grandchildren in Colorado.
Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 8701 N.W. Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73162. A funeral service in honor of Leann will take place on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Cherokee Hills Christian Church, 6601 N MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73132.
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