Ida Guthrie

Benjamin Funeral Service - Nowata, Oklahoma.................... Ida Margaret (Hodges) Guthrie (age 95) entered into heaven on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 9:51 AM. She was loved very much and will be missed terribly by her family and her friends. Ida was born June 27, 1919, in Mountain View, Oklahoma, which was Indian Territory at that time. Her parents were John Hodges and Maude Emma (Smith) Hodges. Her father participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run and staked a claim on a parcel of land located in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Ida graduated from Hayward High School in 1936. She enjoyed playing basketball. She married A.V. "Mike" Guthrie on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1937, at the Enid Methodist Church. They soon moved to Nowata County, purchased a small dairy farm and started a family. They had five children--Dennis, Donald, Karen, Kathy and Kim. After several years they sold the farm and bought some land east of Nowata, where they continued raising quarter horses until Mike's death on November 3, 1974, after a battle with cancer. Over the years, Ida worked at a beauty shop, the Rexall Drugstore, The Trunk clothing store, and the Nowata office of Eldercare, where she worked until she retired at age 89. Ida was active in many activities and had many, many friends, both in Nowata and Washington counties. She became a member of the Nowata County Extension Homemakers Club in 1937. She was a very active member of the Nowata First United Methodist Church. She also enjoyed bowling and traveled nationwide to participate in bowling tournaments. Her other favorite hobbies included dancing, sewing, gardening and baking. She loved the Nowata County fair and always had entries in several categories. Ida was preceded in death by her parents, John and Maude Hodges, four sisters, Olive, Ada, Ruth and Mattie Hodges, and two brothers, John and Jimmy Hodges. Her husband Mike Guthrie, two sons, Dennis and Donald Guthrie, two grandsons, Kris Keithley Slack and Timmy Guthrie, and a great granddaughter, Bridget Guthrie, also preceded her in death. She is survived by daughters Karen Sue and her husband Ben Slack of Ochelata, Kathy Aymer of Nowata, Kim and her husband Kevin Taylor of Bartlesville, and her daughter-in-law, Janice Guthrie, of Nowata. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandson. Funeral services for Ida are 2:00 P.M., February 24, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church with Pastor Cheryl Newton officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com.

Visitation Details

Monday, February 23rd, 2015 8:00am - 9:00pm, Benjamin Funeral Home

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 8:00am - 11:00am, Benjamin Funeral Home

Service Details

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 2:00pm, First United Methodist Church Nowata

Interment Details

Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery