Anita Weibel

Anita Bearden Weibel was born January 27, 1951 in Frankfurt, Germany to Frank and Lyndell Bearden who were serving in the military during post WWII reconstruction, and spoke German before English. The family moved to Houston, Texas where her father was a professor at Rice University. She attended local schools and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1968. She continued her education at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. where she received her B.A. in Elementary Education in 1971 and a proposal from her future husband Dennis. They were married that summer at Rice University Chapel. The couple moved to Dallas, TX where Dennis was finishing his DDS at Baylor University College of Dentistry and Anita taught second grade at Carrollton Elementary. After graduation in 1973 they moved to Indianapolis, IN for active duty in the US Army at Ft. Benjamin Harrison Hawley Army Hospital. Anita taught first grade at Lawrence Elementary and son Adam was born in 1974. After completion of active duty, the family moved to Muskogee, OK in 1975 to begin dental practice and expanded their family with Beth in 1977 and Collin in 1979. Anita commuted to Northeastern State University where she received her M.A. degree in Psychology and Counseling in 1982. She became the Executive Director of Lake-Wood Girl Scout Council of Eastern Oklahoma in 1983 and managed Girl Scout activities and Camp Pauline Williams on Lake Ft. Gibson. The council received numerous service and volunteer awards under her leadership. She served on several state and national committees and received additional management training at Harvard University School of Business. The council was consolidated with several other Oklahoma councils in 2004. She then accepted a position as Grant Coordinator for Muskogee Public Schools in 2006 and oversaw application and distribution of State and National Education Grants to Muskogee schools and students. She retired in 2013. Anita was a prodigious volunteer, being active in local chapters of League of Women Voters, Equal Rights Amendment lobbyist, organized first Lamaze childbirth class in Muskogee that finally got Dads in the delivery rooms. She was Board Member and President of the local chapter of Soroptimist International Service Organization and was selected as their Muskogee Woman of the Year and served as a delegate to the international convention in Toronto, Canada in 1989. She helped organize Resonance, a woman’s shelter that eventually became W.I.S.H. She was a Deacon, Elder and Choir Member at First Presbyterian, Muskogee, cut-throat bridge player, member of Muskogee Community Chorus, and active in many political campaigns. She enjoyed swimming and water sports and spending time with family and friends at Lake Eufaula, national and international travel, many movies and dinners out, and spending quality time with her children and grandchildren. Nana was an inspiration to her family and she will be missed. She is survived by spouse Dennis of Muskogee, son Adam and Alicia Weibel of Broken Arrow, OK, daughter Beth Weibel of Ft. Worth, TX, son Collin and Nikki Weibel, Jack, Ben and Nora of Oklahoma City, brother Mitchell Bearden of Austin, TX, and a large and loving family. In lieu of flowers, the family would ask for donations in her memory be made to Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma https://www.gseok.org No service is planned at this time.

Anita Weibel

January 27, 1951 - November 24, 2020