Loretta J. Appel

PANAMA--Loretta J. Appel, 75, of Panama passed away Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Panama. She was born Nov. 8, 1934, in Hon, Ark to Allen and Hazel (Newman) Fields and was a homemaker.

Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Grace Manor Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tim Painter officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Panama. Services are under the direction of Grace Manor Funeral Home of Poteau.

She is survived by a son, Larry Didway and wife Raylene, of Panama; two daughters Glenda Phillips and husband Larry, of Rock Port, Texas and Nema Bardin-Didway of Austin; two brothers, Tommy Fields and Bobby Fields; two sisters, Louise Jackson and Velma Cardwell; 10 grandchildren, 15 great- grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; as well as a host of other family, friends and loved ones.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband James R. Appel, a grandson Cary Allen Brock and one sister Lanel Vincent. 

Pallbearers will be Billy Don Caldwell, Earl Caldwell, Greg Gillion, Billy Boy Gillion, Bruce Caldwell and Mike Summers.

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