Nadiene Mayfield, 94, of Chetopa, Kansas, died March 24, 2016 at her daughter's home in Oklahoma City, four days before her 95th birthday.
She was born March 28, 1921 on a farm in Cherokee County, Kansas to Tom and Rosa (Billington) Beck. Following graduation, with the Columbus High School Class of 1940, she completed an ICS business correspondence course.
Nadiene married Hubert Mayfield on February 6, 1943 and resided in the Chetopa area following his discharge from the Army. They farmed until 1955 when the family moved into a home Hubert built in Chetopa. Nadiene worked for the local bank, Chestnutt Auctioneers, and Lee blue jeans plant in Chetopa until its closure. She later worked for Wedding's Grocery, then at The Old Mill Restaurant.
Nadiene was a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, and loved to cook, especially baking, and had a strong interest in local sports teams and current events. Her interests included cooking, baking, sewing, quilting and beading. Following in her mother's footsteps, she was active in the Miami Nation, serving on their Grievance Committee for several years and was later designated their 2003 Elder Pow Wow Princess. In 2009, she was recognized as an AARP "Indian Elder" in Oklahoma City.
She is survived by one daughter Susan Sanderson (Bruce) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Melissa Cavender (Paul) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Amanda Pollock (Andrew) of Norman, Oklahoma; and four great-granddaughters, Madison and Katie Cavender of Colorado Springs, and Abigail and Annabeth Pollock of Norman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Mayfield, on October 22, 2005; and three brothers, Tom, Wayne and Clifford Beck.
She was deeply loved by her family, and well thought of by friends in Chetopa and Oklahoma, as well as her Miami Nation "family", and will be missed by all who were touched by her.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery of rural Chetopa where the former Miami Chief, Tom Gamble, will provide a Native American ceremony. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Ross Health Care Hospice in Chickasha, Oklahoma. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Nadiene Mayfield, please visit our flower store.
She was born March 28, 1921 on a farm in Cherokee County, Kansas to Tom and Rosa (Billington) Beck. Following graduation, with the Columbus High School Class of 1940, she completed an ICS business correspondence course.
Nadiene married Hubert Mayfield on February 6, 1943 and resided in the Chetopa area following his discharge from the Army. They farmed until 1955 when the family moved into a home Hubert built in Chetopa. Nadiene worked for the local bank, Chestnutt Auctioneers, and Lee blue jeans plant in Chetopa until its closure. She later worked for Wedding's Grocery, then at The Old Mill Restaurant.
Nadiene was a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church, and loved to cook, especially baking, and had a strong interest in local sports teams and current events. Her interests included cooking, baking, sewing, quilting and beading. Following in her mother's footsteps, she was active in the Miami Nation, serving on their Grievance Committee for several years and was later designated their 2003 Elder Pow Wow Princess. In 2009, she was recognized as an AARP "Indian Elder" in Oklahoma City.
She is survived by one daughter Susan Sanderson (Bruce) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two granddaughters, Melissa Cavender (Paul) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Amanda Pollock (Andrew) of Norman, Oklahoma; and four great-granddaughters, Madison and Katie Cavender of Colorado Springs, and Abigail and Annabeth Pollock of Norman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Mayfield, on October 22, 2005; and three brothers, Tom, Wayne and Clifford Beck.
She was deeply loved by her family, and well thought of by friends in Chetopa and Oklahoma, as well as her Miami Nation "family", and will be missed by all who were touched by her.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery of rural Chetopa where the former Miami Chief, Tom Gamble, will provide a Native American ceremony. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Ross Health Care Hospice in Chickasha, Oklahoma. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Nadiene Mayfield, please visit our flower store.
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