Rose Cecelia "Cecelia" Bachmeier Murray

Tahlequah, OK- A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Rose Cecelia Murray on Monday, January 21st, 2013 at 11:00 AM at St. Brigid Catholic Church with Father Jeffrey Polasek officiating. Cecelia’s Rosary service will be conducted on Sunday, January 20th, 2013 at 6:00 PM at Reed-Culver Chapel with Father Jeffrey Polasek officiating.Services are under the direction of Reed-Culver.

Rose Cecelia Murray, or Cecelia to her family and friends, was born on August 14th, 1930 in North Dakota to John and Margaret (Gesinger) Bachmeier. She attended school in North Dakota along with her three brothers and two sisters. She married and settled in Oklahoma to raise her son and three daughters. First and foremost, Cecelia was a devout woman of God. She was a tireless prayer warrior and lived to serve the Lord. Everything else, was family! Plain and simple. She built her world around raising her children and caring for the precious little children entrusted to her care. They had a guardian angel in “Cil”. They learned routines, order, neatness, and most important of all, love. When she wasn’t caring for the countless number of children she helped to raise, she was home. She made phenomenal chicken noodle soup, apple pie, stuffing, and her grandchildren’s favorite, double grilled cheese sandwiches, as only grandma could make them. She loved to travel and had recently made a pilgrimage, with her daughter Deana, to visit all of her siblings with a “shortcut” to the Grand Canyon. Eating out was a special treat for Cecelia, and there was always room for dessert. She walked daily. She was always willing to help where she was needed most, and volunteered at Help-In-Crisis, Encore, and as a Eucharistic Minister, delivering Communion to those who were sick or unable to get to church. She worked at Oasis health foods in Tahlequah, where her smile and expertise was always welcome. She was patient, kind and above all, loving to everyone she came in contact with. She was a Roman Catholic by faith and a member of St. Anthony’s in Okmulgee and St. Brigid in Tahlequah. The Lord called his good and faithful servant home on Friday, January 18th, 2013 in Tahlequah, OK with her family close by her side. Cecelia was 82 years old. Her greatest gift, to those who knew and loved her, was to do the ordinary things in life with great love.

She is preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Francis Gilbert of Portland, OR and one brother, Bennie Bachmeier of Las Angeles, CA.

Those left to remember a very special lady include her children, Deana Franke and husband Mike of Tahlequah, OK, Paula Day of Tulsa, OK, David Murray of Tahlequah, and Melanie Medearis of Tahlequah. She leaves her brothers Johnnie Bachmeier of Albany, OR, Milton Bachmeier and wife Dorothy of Annamoose, ND, and sister Dorothy Hannon and husband Dick of Albany ,OR. Cecelia leaves her eleven grandchildren to carry on her love, Matthew Murray, Michael Franke and wife Alicia, Jonathan Day and wife Kristal, Daniel Franke and wife Sarah, Dr. Jessica Lewis and husband Patrick, Larissa Franke-Brown and companion Curt Hancock, Stephen Day and wife Jenny Proehl-Day, David Murray III and his companion, Kimber Kelley, Baye Murray, William Murray, and Daylan Shaw and wife Ariel. Her great grandchildren include Koa Franke, Jonas Day, Delilah Day, Bailey Murray, Braden Murray, Aden Kelley, Makai Franke, Lillian Franke, Rylee Brown, Colton Hancock, Stella Day, two very special nurses from Carter Hospice, Amanda and Lindsey, and the multitudes of children and their parents Cil cared for throughout the years, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends and loved ones.