Wanda Lou Martinez

Funeral Services for Wanda Lou Martinez, 64, Cordell resident will be held 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in the Clinton Indian Community Building, officiated by Pastor Gerald Panana. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. The family will greet guest 6:00 P.M. till 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Wanda Lou (Byrd) Martinez was born October 02, 1956 to Joseph Byrd and Annie (Langley) Byrd in Tahlequah, OK and passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 in the Southwest Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. Wanda was raised in Butler and Clinton and graduated from Clinton High School in 1974. She married Pedro Martinez December 10, 1974 in Clinton. They made Clinton their home until moving to Cordell in 1992. She had been employed with Collins and Aikman Company, Love’s County Store, Cordell Nursing Home and Cordell Public Schools. She did food service and bookkeeping. She is preceded in death by her parents, grandson, William Bryndyn Goodwin, brothers and sisters, Amos Byrd, Leon Byrd, Billie Byrd, Johnny Byrd, and Bonita Byrd Martinez. She was a member of the Cherokee Tribes of Oklahoma; she enjoyed collecting coins, watching Home and Garden Television and her real passion was spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Pedro, of the home, daughters, Kerry Delgado and husband, Paul, Cordell, Fabina Goodwin and husband Brady, Lonewolf, OK and Sonja McClain and husband, Roger, Bessie, OK; son, Pete Martinez and wife, Angela, Clinton, OK; sisters, Nadine Shell and husband, Stanley, Bunch, OK and Linda Byrd, OKC, OK. She is also survived by 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.