Charlett Roach

Charlett Richard Roach was a loving wife, mother, nanny, sister, cousin, and friend. She passed from this life to her eternal home in heaven Saturday, December 16, 2023 in Broken Arrow, OK at the age of 94. She was born on September 9, 1929 on her grandparent’s farm north of Hulbert, OK. She was born one month before the stock market crash. She grew up surrounded by her parents, brother, and an extended family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. In order to find work, the family moved to Seminole Air Fields and lived in a tent. Charlett graduated from Okmulgee High School. Home for the family, though, was always the log house built by her father on the farm. Charlett married Leonard “Len” Roach on August 14, 1948 in Tahlequah, OK. She knew Len all her life because he lived a few miles down the creek. They were married for 66 years until his death in 2015. They had two daughters, Audrey and Kathie. They moved to Broken Arrow in 1959. Charlett accepted Christ as a young adult, and her children were in the congregation for her baptism. She was very active in her church. She taught a women’s Sunday School class for 44 years at Arrow Heights Baptist Church. She loved being involved with Brownies, Girl Scouts, church activities, and just about anything her girls did. She was Nanny to her granddaughters Lindsay and Allison. Her namesake great-granddaughter Charlett Grace was born in 2018 and great-granddaughter Olivia Faith was born in 2022. Charlett loved to read, especially mysteries and always read the ending first. After his retirement, Len and Charlett loved to work on the family farm. She loved dance competitions, Tiger football, and seeing the Pride of Broken Arrow march in Rooster Days Parades. She was a good cook known for her chocolate and coconut pies, broccoli cheese casseroles, meatballs, and dishpans of chicken and dumplings. Charlett was preceded in death by her husband Len Roach; her parents Lewey and Lena Peters, and her daughter Audrey Roach. She is survived by daughter Kathie Stout and husband Tom of Broken Arrow; Granddaughters Lindsay Cunningham and husband Aaron of Broken Arrow, Allison Holmes and husband Caleb of Edmond; Great-Granddaughters Charlett and Olivia Holmes; brother Lewey Peters and wife Charlene; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to: Broken Arrow Neighbors, baneighbors.net.

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Charlett Roach

September 9, 1929 - December 16, 2023