No Visitation



~Graveside Service~
Was held at 2:00 P.M.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Euchee Valley Memorial Park
505 N. Euchee Valley Road
Cushing, Oklahoma 74023


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TWYLAH BONITA POPE-JOHNSTON  
"BONNIE"
of Yale, Oklahoma
AGE   93
BORN
August 25, 1931 in 
Cushing, OK.
ENTERED REST
November 18, 2024 in
Stillwater, OK.
PARENTS
Cash & Grace Maitlen
RETIRED from Farmland Industries

PREDECEASED BY:
PARENTS,   
HUSBANDS  Johnny Doyle Pope &
Robert Eugene Johnston
SIBLINGS
Gene Maitlen, Johnny Maitlen,
Ruth Holmes & Darrell Maitlen

SURVIVED BY:
CHILDREN
Nannette & Dwight Tresner of Mannford, OK.
Terry & Barbara Pope of Frisco, TX.
Sherry Smith of Sapulpa, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN
J.R. & Rachelle Ellison of Cushing, OK.
Philip & Auburn Pope of Plano, TX.
Charles & Christine Pope of Irving, TX.
Kenneth Pope of São Paulo Brazil
Derek & Laura Norton of Richardson, TX.
David & Katherine Tresner of Catoosa, OK.
Daniel Tresner of Sapulpa, OK.
NUMEROUS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
NIECES, NEPHEWS & COUSINS



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The following was lovingly written 
by Nannette, Bonnie's daughter...


Bonnie was the daughter of 
Cassius Edward Maitlen 
and Grace (Gee) Maitlen. 
She was born on August 25, 1931, 
in Cushing, Oklahoma. 
She passed away on Monday, 
November 18, 2024 
at Legacy Village of Stillwater
 at the age of 93.
Bonnie graduated from 
Norfolk High School. 
She then attended 
Oklahoma State University
 and taught at Norfolk 
until her marriage on 
December 15, 1951 to
 Johnny Doyle Pope. 
They established their first home 
in Wagoner, Oklahoma where Johnny
was the Assistant County 4-H Agent 
and Bonnie was Treasurer 
for the Lake Region
Electric CO-OP. 
The couple moved to Bartlesville
 two years later when 
Johnny was transferred.
 Johnny then became 
manager of Philson Farms 
and the couple made their
home on the ranch. 
Bonnie was employed as Secretary
 for Farmland Industries, Inc. for
twenty-four years before 
retiring in 1993.
 Johnny died in 1999. 
She remarried in 2001
and moved to the Cushing area. 
In 2021 she moved to the memory care unit 
of Legacy Village in Stillwater.
Bonnie's activities included: 
member of East Cross United 
Methodist Church in
Bartlesville and Rachel Circle, 
Volunteer at Concern Tuesday House
 in Bartlesville,
Past President of 
Washington County 4-H Leaders, 
Oklahoma Junior Hereford
Association Advisor, Desk and Derrick, 
DAR, and Mayflower Society. 
She worked on the Bartlesville 
United Way Fund Drive
 for twenty-four years.
Bonnie loved spending 
time with her family. 
She was a wonderful cook
 and known for
her homemade rolls.