~Visitation~
12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Friday, February 6, 2026
Mannford Funeral Home 
170 Phelps Road
Mannford, Oklahoma 74044



~Celebration of Life Funeral Service~
1:00 P.M.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Mannford Friendship Community Church
36830 OK-51
Mannford, Oklahoma 74044



Interment will follow...
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mannford, Oklahoma



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Memorial gifts may be given to:
Dementia Society of America 
 P.O. Box 600 
 Doylestown, PA  18901 
in honor and memory of Mary.
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MARY BELLE PETERSEN-GORDON  
 of Silver City, Oklahoma
AGE   83
BORN
January 15, 1943 in
Tulsa, OK.
ENTERED REST
February 3, 2026 in
Claremore, OK.
           PARENTS          
Robert & Anna Belle Garrison
RETIRED 
Waitress from Steer Inn Mannford    
 29 Years Service

PREDECEASED BY:
PARENTS, 
HUSBAND 
Jerry "Jay" Leon Gordon Jr.,
SON 
    Robert Wade Petersen,       
THREE SIBLINGS
George Artie Melton 
  Pamela Sue Brown & Roberta Lee,
FATHER OF THE CHILDREN   
Carl Petersen

SURVIVED BY:
CHILDREN
Carl " Butch" & Jennifer Petersen 
of Silver City, OK.
Anna "Sissy' & Rick Daughtry 
of Claremore, OK.
Mary "Lorraine" Helfenbein 
of Toone, TN.
SIBLINGS
Jimmy L. Garrison of Sapulpa, OK.
Mary Ellen Bowman of Sapulpa. OK.
SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN
Joseph & Yvonne Petersen of Germany
John & Lori Petersen of Mounds, OK.
Faye & Robert Sallee of Cleveland, OK.
Cindy & Ryan Shepherd of Tulsa, OK.
Heather & Matt Dejani of Bixby, OK.
Johnny & Jennifer Helfenbein of Eads, TN.
Tiffany Ruark of Drummonds, TN.
EIGHTEEN GREAT - GRANDCHILDREN
Alice Petersen of Germany
Olivia Petersen of Germany
Mathilda Petersen of Germany
Elenore Petersen of Germany
Luke Petersen of Mounds, OK
Kyle Petersen of Mounds, OK.
Ryan Coldren of Collinsville, OK.
Harli Ann Elmore of Mannford, OK.
Kylynn & Jonathan Whitehead of  Mannford, OK.
Kaleb & Alexis Nichols of Tulsa, OK.
Kyleigh Nichols of Tulsa, OK.
Leslie Helfenbein of Munford, TN.
Anthony Ruark of Drummond, TN.
Gavin, Dalton,  
Everett, Brinlee & Jake
THREE GREAT - GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
Asher, Boston &
  Ivy Kay on the way  


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The following was lovingly 
written by Mary's family...



Mary was born 
on January 15th, 1943, in Tulsa
 to George and Anna Belle Melton. 
 She was the oldest of 5 siblings:
 Sisters Roberta, Pam, Mary Ellen
 and brother Jimmy.

Mary grew up in Red Fork
 and attended Porter Elementary School, 
Clinton Jr High and graduated from
 Webster High School
 where she met and married Carl, 
the father of her four children, 
Butch, Anna, Lorraine and Robert. 

They spent 10 years in Phoenix AZ 
then returned to Tulsa. 
 In 1977 they purchased land in Silver City. 
 Mary raised the 4 children alone until 
she met and married Jay Gordon.

Mary loved plants and flowers of all kinds.  
She was especially proud of her peonies 
which she grew in her front flower garden.
  Mary could grow anything! 
 Her favorite dog breed was 
always Cocker Spaniels,
 her best friend when she passed was
 her Cocker Spaniel, Chloe.

Creativity was in Mary's blood 
as she made and decorated wedding cakes
 for her children, grandchildren and 
many others who ordered a cake from her.  
She liked sewing
 and was natural at making anything 
with or without a pattern.
  She also did silk flower arrangements
 for any occasion and did it with perfection. 

Mary worked as a waitress most of her life 
and many people still remember her from 
her 29 years at the Mannford Steer Inn. 
 She loved all the people she waited on
 while working there as well as 
everyone who she worked with.  
Everywhere Mary went
 she would meet someone 
she knew from her job at Steer Inn.  
She loved people!

Mary was a member of
 Mannford Friendship Community Church
 for many years.  
She often volunteered
 to help cook and serve food for funerals. 
 Many Sundays you would find Mary
 at the church singing a song or two
 in praise and worship 
as a member of the choir.  
Mary was always willing to give of
 herself for others needs.