Nola "Sue"' Anderson

In 1947, Everett W. Jones and his wife Susie Bea Pickup Jones welcomed a dark haired, dark skinned baby girl. On October 17, Nola Sue Jones was born near Tahlequah Oklahoma. Thus, Sue, as she is known to all of us, began her life's journey. Two years later, a second child, Mary Christene Jones, was born; in Sue's words, "Kris, my favorite sister" Along life's pathway, Sue was blessed with many extended family members: grandparents, a half-brother and 2 half-sisters and many uncles, aunts and cousins. At the age of 16, Sue graduated from Broken Arrow High School in the top 20 of her class. She entered Sparks Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1965 and became a registered nurse in 1968. In October 1968, she married Michael Dale Anderson and became the person we know as Sue Anderson. Sue held a variety of positions during her 25-year nursing career. She began working at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa as an oncology (cancer) nurse. Sue made a career change to become a certified tumor registrar applying her oncology skills from a different prospective in 1993. She transferred to the tumor registry at Saint Francis and remained there as supervisor until she retired in 2007. Sue held various offices in the Oklahoma Cancer Registrars Association and received the Outstanding Member recognition in 2007. In the same year, she was honored with the "Integrity" Values Award by the Saint Francis Health System. Sue did not have children of her own, but her sister Kris and husband, Mark Petersen provided her with 3 precious gifts: her niece, Teena Marie Calotis and 2 nephews, Christopher Mark Petersen and Kevin Wayne Petersen (she always called him her "baby boy"). Sue had the privilege of being godmother to Gary Lynn Brixey. She worked with his mother and delivered him in the hospital (the doctor was late). Gary and Sue could never agree on his birthday. Gary always said he was born on October 16 at 11:59 (his mother's birthday) and Sue would say October 17 at 12:01 (her birthday. She was blessed to become godmother to Jess-Michael Isaiah Stipes in May 2005, the son of her Pastors, Jess and Christina Stipes. Sue loved cats (any color, shape or size and had quite the story to tell about some of them: like the one that trained himself to use the commode in the bathroom and the one that sat at the dinner table with his own plate. She trained him to bow his head and close his eyes when she said grace. She loved sports cars; preferably the Ruby Red Ford Mustang. Ask Pastor Jess to tell you about his ride in the white Ford Probe. The St. Louis Cardinals were her favorite baseball team (GO CARDS!). Sue was an Elvis Presley fan and some of his gospel music was played today at her request. She enjoyed decorating and re-decorating her home for the seasons. Her favorite flower was the yellow rose, the "friendship" rose. She became a true and trusted friend to many family members, co-workers and church attendees. Her favorite Bible scripture is taken from II Timothy chapter 1 verse 12 (the King James Version, of course),"...for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day." Sue was raised in a Christian home, attended church with her family while growing up and gave her life to the Lord at an early age. She re-dedicated her life in 1993. She served as secretary for many years at the church she attended. Sue began each day by reading from the Book of Psalms. She loved Psalms 91 and made portions of it part of her daily prayer. Another portion of Psalms she cherished was Chapter 25 verses 4 and 5; "Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach me; for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day." And, Psalms chapter 119 verse 176, “…seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments." Sue always loved to say (and really believed) she was God’s favorite. She loved to behold all of God’s creation, the sky and the earth with all its possessions, even the “green” grass. One of her favorite things to do was to gaze into the heavens looking for that small cloud on which her Lord would soon return. Sue went to be with the Lord in the “Land of Susan” on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Sue is survived by: Sister: Kris Petersen and husband, Mark Niece: Teena Calotis and husband, Jason of Broken Arrow Nephew: Chris Petersen and wife, Melissa of Broken Arrow Kevin Petersen of Broken Arrow Great-Nieces: Malia Calotis, Rebecca Petersen Great-Nephews: Kolt Petersen, Christian Jones Great-Great Nephew: Denver Jones She was preceded in death by: Her parents

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Nola "Sue"' Anderson

October 17, 1947 - May 2, 2023