Nona Mode

Nona Lou (Wann) Mode, 84, of Poteau, OK passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at her home.  Nona was born June 17, 1935 in LeFlore, OK to Aubrey Franklin & Amy Mae (Ladd) Wann.  Nona loved to play table games,  (she was a fierce competitor), bake cakes & pies, crappie fish and spend time with family.  She worked outside the home as a cook for Monroe schools and as a cake decorator in the Poteau area for several years.  She is preceded in death by her parents and spouse of 66 years, Billy Ray Mode Sr.( 2/29/2020).

Survivors include her daughters & husbands, Darlene & Kenneth Thompson, Barbara & Jeff Brown; sons & wives, Billy Ray Jr. & Christy Mode, Joe & Teresa Mode, Paul & Linda Mode, Frank & Carol Mode; 14 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; sister, Natha Dean Robinson; brothers, Clifton Wann, Johnny Wann, Bobby Wann & Lonnie Wann; other relatives, loved ones and friends.

Services will be 2 pm, Monday, March 16, 2020 at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Howe, OK with Rev. Larry Stacy and Rev. Jarred Graham officiating.  Interment will follow in Monroe Cemetery, Monroe, OK.      The family will be at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 6-8 pm to visit with relatives & friends.