IvaLee Broam

BROAM -- IvaLee (Maxey), died Thursday, March 9, 2006. lvaLee was born July 13, 1925, at home in Porum, OK. She attended Porum schools through graduation in 1944 and finished her education at St. John School of Nursing, Tulsa, OK, in 1947. She married Marvin Ellis Broam, April 9, 1948. She practiced nursing in several Oklahoma hospitals, retiring from Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City. She was a long-time resident of Oklahoma City; moved to Tulsa in 1997. She was preceded in death by: parents, Ira Lee and Iva Elizabeth Maxey; husband, Marvin; son, Kevin Lee; sister, Ann Seay; and 4 baby brothers. She is survived by: sisters, Marie Smith, Muskogee, OK, Louise Maher and husband, David, Tulsa, and Joyce Maxey, Muskogee; brother, Maurice Maxey and wife, Stella, Tulsa; nieces Suzanne Seay, Tucson, AZ, Jane Seay Johnson, Tucson, Kem Maher, Tulsa, and Jamie Maher, Wichita, KS; nephew, William Maxey, Porum, Robert Maxey, Tulsa, Timothy Maxey, Tulsa, and Pat Maher, Sacramento, CA; numerous great-nieces and nephews. Among her many interests were needle arts, quilting, genealogy and bird watching. She will be buried at Resurrection Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, with her beloved husband and son. In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to Habitat for Humanity-Katrina Relief Fund, and American Cancer Society. Bixby Funeral Service, 369-1700.