April 1, 1939 - November 27, 2025
Remembering a dear mother, grandma, and nana, Retha Ann Digman.
A Celebration of Life will be Friday, December 5, 2025 at 10:00 am, in Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel with Troy Cowley officiating. Burial will follow in the Enid Cemetery under the direction of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Cremation. Visitation with the family and friends will be Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the funeral home.
Retha was born April 1, 1939 in Marlow Oklahoma to John and Mabel Henneman Brakhage and passed away November 27, 2025 in Enid, with her beloved family be her side.
April 1965, she married Russell Wickens and her most precious daughter was born in August 1966 given the name of Glaida LaRae. In 1973, she married Milo Digman. Retha worked with the elderly in nursing homes and many in their own homes. She truly loved the elderly, taking care of them over fifty years. In December 1977, Retha went to work at the Enid Police Department as a phone operator, but continued to work in the Nursing Home. She loved to help others as she was a very giving and caring mother. Retha was involved in her church and loved the Lord, her church family and her Pastor.
She leaves behind her precious daughter Glaida and her husband, Michael Nixon; three wonderful grandsons and their wives, Joseph and Amy Nixon, Coy and Lacy Nixon, and Garron and Jett Nixon; her sweet and special great grandchildren, Jordyn LaRae, Kynslee Carol, Ivy Grace, Jase Hoy James and another one due in May 2026; five nephews, Mike, Dennis, Darrell, Greg and Daniel; four nieces, Kathy, Sally, Dena and Tonya; many loved ones who called her Grandma.
Retha was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lester Brakhage; sister Verda Wampler; three nieces, two nephews; brother-in-law, Oscar Stubbs; both husbands, Russell Wickens and Milo Digman.
Memorials may be made through Anderson-Burris to Enid Cemetery.
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