Walter Lee Teel

Walter Lee Teel, 93, of Cordell, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on November 19th, 2018 at the Cordell Hospital. Walter was born on August 7th, 1925 to Willis and Rosa (Kimmel) Teel in a farm house south of Cordell, Oklahoma. Walter attended school at Port School and graduated from Sentinel High School in 1943. He married the love of his life Dortha Marie Rivers on September 2, 1951 at the South Burns Church of Christ in Dill City, Oklahoma. Walter worked as a Night Watchmen at the gym in Burns Flat, he worked as a Janitor at the Vo-Tech in Burns Flat and the TG&Y and Turkey Plant in Clinton, Oklahoma and he also owned and operated Teel's Greenhouse . Walter loved growing things, his first greenhouse was an 8' x 10' shed he built in 1974 and eventually turned into part of his farm. Walter loved is family and will be deeply missed by all who knew him.


Preceded in death by: parents, wife; Dortha Marie (Rivers) Teel, daughter; Linda Baker, 3 brother; Travis Teel, Glen Teel, and Marvin Teel, 2 sisters; Winnie Goucher and Vera Church


Survivors include:
3 Children: Terry Teel and wife Jan of Burns Flat, OK
Donnie Teel and wife Lisa of Dallas, TX
Nelda Clanahan of Tyler, TX
8 Grandchildren
7 Great Grandchildren
Sister: Ladonia Smith of Dill City, OK
Brother: Dee Teel of Plainview, TX

Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 24, 2018
Plains Avenue Church of Christ
Dill City, Oklahoma

Under the direction of Ray & Martha's Funeral Home, Cordell, Oklahoma