Alberta Milner Obituary
Alberta Milner
Services for Alberta Ann Milner, 87, of Ada will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 3, 2025, at the First Free Will Baptist Church; Dr. Steve Turner will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery.
Mrs. Milner passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in Ada. She was born June 7, 1938, in Allen to Richard Arnold and Thelma Marie Jones Phillips.
She graduated from Allen High School in 1956. On June 25, 1956 she married Rondel De Milner. They spent 63 years together until his death in 2019. Mrs. Milner was an insurance clerk for a local insurance agency until her retirement.
Survivors include her two daughters, Penny Turner and husband Steve of Ada and Sherri Pettigrew and husband Jeff of Norman; two brothers, Arnold Phillips, Jr. and wife Linda of Stanton, TX and David Phillips and wife Carolyn of Allen, OK; six grandchildren, Matt Turner and wife Kelley, Tim Turner and wife Aleisha, Preston Pettigrew and wife Sarah, Peyton Swearingin and husband Denver, Paige Greenway and husband Gabe, and Price Pettigrew; and six great grandchildren, Connor and Chloe Turner, Everley and Baylor Greenway, and Sutton and Forest Swearingin.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ron; parents; and sister, Nancy McDougal.
Bearers are Matt Turner, Tim Turner, Preston Pettigrew, Price Pettigrew, Denver Swearingin, and Gabe Greenway.
The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the staffs of Kyrie Assisted Living and Choice Hospice.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
815 E. Arlington, Ada, OK 74820
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