Joan Elaine Willis, of Edmond, was welcomed into the warm embrace of her heavenly home on May 13, 2023. She entered this life on March 13, 1953 in Enid, Oklahoma to Guadalupe Solorio and Pearl Vivian Massingill Solorio.
Joan graduated high school, and has lived in Kansas and Oklahoma throughout her life. She met the love of her life, Larry Dean Willis and the couple enjoyed life together, all while creating a family with three children. Joan waitressed at Ann’s Chicken Fry until their unfortunate closing in 2021. She was most passionate about her work she did as a manager of the local snack bar, led by the Oklahoma League for the Blind.
Joan enjoyed many things like, Oldies music, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren’s humor, planting and smelling flowers, but she would enjoy her family as a whole the most; showing them endless amounts of unconditional love. Her love to her family would show through her patience, sewing, and her cooking. Joan’s love and kindness would extend to everyone, making them feel welcomed with a meal to make them feel better.
To honor her memory, Joan leaves behind her spouse, Larry Dean Willis; her children, Leslie of Edmond, Oklahoma, Becky Sadler, spouse Jason, of Mineral Wells, Texas, Sabrina Reasor, spouse Shannon of Atoka, Oklahoma, Crystal Gary, spouse Dewayne, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; her siblings, Steven Solorio, spouse Elaine of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Jimmy Solorio, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Genevieve Pierce, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; her grandchildren, Chad Willis-Cofer, spouse Ashley, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Haley Willis Cofer, of Edmond, Oklahoma, Jessica Willis Cofer, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Isabelle Tankersley, spouse Josiah of Mineral Wells, Texas, SPC Jonathan Sadler, spouse Autumn of Killeen, Texas, Katy Sadler, of Mineral Wells, Texas, Lily Sadler, of Mineral Wells, Texas, Ellie Sadler of Mineral Wells, Texas, Evelyn Sadler of Mineral Wells, TX, Isaiah Gary, of Edmond, Oklahoma, Audrey Gary, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Vivian Gary, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Terry Gary, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Brandon Tisdale, of Atoka, Oklahoma, Ashley Stiles, of Atoka, Oklahoma, her great-grandchildren, Angel Cofer, Oaklee Willis-Cofer, Carter Willis-Cofer, soon to be Geraldine Willis-Cofer, Matthew Tankersley, Mitchel Tankersley, Marshall Tankersley, Jonah Sadler, Jesse Dean Sadler, Cason Stiles, Aspen Renee Tisdale; and her precious fur baby Shadow.
Services for Joan will be held Friday, May 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 8701 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73162.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.chapelhill-okc.com for the Willis family.
