December 25, 1918 - September 11, 2021
The funeral for Isabell "Toots" Christina Dennis, 102 year-old former Ames resident, will be 10:00AM Saturday, September 18, 2021, in the Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Darrel Herde officiating. Burial will follow in Ames Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her husband. Visitation with family is Friday, September 17, 2021 from 5PM-7PM at the funeral home. Regular visitation is from 8AM -8PM on Thursday, September 16, 2021.
Isabell was born December 25, 1918, at a home west of Ames, Oklahoma to Roy Zeno Walmer and Fannie Russell Walmer. She passed away on September 11, 2021, at her home in Blanchard.
Isabell attended Ames public schools, She met and fell in love with Max Edward Dennis and they were married on March 1, 1938. They had two children, Coleen Isabell Dennis Herde and Leon Edward Dennis. Isabell and her husband, Max, farmed in areas around Ames and Drummond. They built their home in 1956. She lived in that home, even after moving it 13 miles to just outside the Enid city limits. She lived there until November of 2020. In November, she moved to her new home in Blanchard, Oklahoma.
She loved gardening, and growing vegetables were her favorite. She also enjoyed cooking for family and friends. She was famous for her peanut butter cookies, fruit cocktail cake, and lemon bundt cake. She especially enjoyed hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner for 69 years at her home. Isabell wanted to thank everyone for the kind and thoughtful things you have done for her throughout her life.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Fannie (12/1923); father, Roy, (2/1961); stepmother, Charlotte (Lottie) Rebecca Doty Walmer (10/1973); husband, Max, (11/1982); sister, Edith Russell Miller Walton: sister, Alta June Wood (4/2021); daughter-in-law, Karen Dennis (6/1998); son, Leon Dennis (11/2014); and daughter, Coleen Herde (9/2016).
She is survived by her brother, John (Buck) Walmer; eight grandchildren: Bryan Herde (Gayle), Mark Herde, Darrell Herde (Michal), Susan Herde Harrison (Rob), Shawn Dennis (Susan), Max Dennis (Melissa) (and daughter, Avery), Earl Martin (Rebecca), and William Martin; several great-grandchildren and many great-great-grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Marla and Tendercare Hospice as well as Hospice Circle of Love.
Memorials may be made through Henninger-Hinson to Ames Cemetery Association.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
A United Methodist Retirement Community
Tours: 301 S. Oakwood | (580) 237-6164
Enid's Only Faith-based, Not-For-Profit, Complete Continuous Care Community. Including Long Term Care, Skilled Nursing, Memory Care, Assisted Living, Independent Living Apartments and Townhomes.
