Roy D Toles, 81, went to be with the Lord on December 31, 2024. A visitation was held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at Strode Funeral Home. Funeral services began at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at the Strode Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Russell Rhoads officiating. Roy was laid to rest in Carney Cemetery. Strode Funeral Home and Cremation is in charge of the arrangements.
Roy was born on May 3, 1943, to Lloyd (Jim) and Eathel Elizabeth (Armstrong) Toles in Perkins, Oklahoma on the family farm. Roy graduated Wellston High School and went on to Okmulgee Tech. Roy married Loretta Ann Stokes on August 30, 1965. Roy and Loretta had two daughters, Janice Sue Toles and Kimberly Denise (Toles) Wyckoff.
Roy worked at Cleo Harris Station along with his twin brother Troy. He worked at Hagman Wholesale delivering supplies to Sonic on Main Street, in Stillwater. This is where he met Loretta. Roy was a plumber for 30 years. He worked at Bradley Plumbing, Brown Plumbing, and Western Mechanical, and he worked at Lowe’s in the Plumbing Department. Before retiring Roy ran the road grater for Payne County. Roy was a perfectionist, and it showed in the work he did.
Roy never met a stranger. He would greet people with a hand shake and act as if he had known them all his life. Roy had many friends. He loved fishing and running trout lines, and he always had a big garden. Roy enjoyed working on his tractor. He would blade the road where he lived and would blade snow off the road. He enjoyed helping Loretta with her quilts. Roy loved to watch the movie “Where the Red Fern Grows”. He liked to listen to Johnny Horton records as well as Box Car Willie. Roy and Loretta loved traveling in their motor home. Branson, Missouri was their favorite place to go.
Roy is predeceased by both parents, Lloyd and Eathel Toles; his wife Loretta Tole; daughter Janice Toles; brother Troy Toles and his brother-in-law Calvin Warren.
Roy is survived by his daughter Kimberly and her husband, Matt Wyckoff; his sister Melba Warren; nephew John Toles and his wife Sandy; niece Karen Barbee and husband Jim; nephew Zach Frank and wife Michelle; sister-in-Law Frances Frank and husband Don; as well as many great nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The family would like to thank Traditions Hospice of Chandler, Oklahoma, as well as Brookdale Assisted Living, and Southern Oaks Nursing Home for the care they gave Roy.
Condolences may be emailed to the family and an online obituary may be viewed by visiting www.strodefh.com.