Viola Jeanne Mitchell

Farmington
Viola Jeanne Mitchell
Dec. 14, 1924 - Feb. 2, 2016
Viola Jeanne Mitchell passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, after a brief illness at the age of 91.
She was born on Dec. 14, 1924, to Charles Eugene and Jessie Leila Buxbaum on the family farm near Ralston, Okla. She was the last of seven children.
Viola received her early education at Woodland School in the Ralston, Okla., area and attended junior high and high school in the nearby town of Fairfax, Okla. She studied one year at Oklahoma AandM (Currently Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater, Okla. Toward the end of World War II, in 1945 she worked in a machine shop at Tinker Field Airforce Base in Oklahoma City.
On Aug. 26, 1946, Viola married the love of her life, Bob Mitchell. The early years of their marriage they lived on a farm near Ralston, Okla. They had four children before moving to Farmington, in 1954. They completed their family in 1959, when they added their last son. She was the perfect mother and housewife, taking pride in the care of her husband, her children and her home. She loved to play games with her family. She especially enjoyed Scrabble and Rummy. Viola loved to feed the birds and watch them from her dining room window. She especially enjoyed the hummingbirds.
All who knew her loved her dearly.
Viola was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Stanley Mitchell Sr.; one infant son, John Brent; her parents, two brothers and four sisters. She is survived by her children; Robert Mitchell (Jan) of Farmington; Betty Deckard (Jerry) of Hereford, Texas; Tom Mitchell (Eva Jo) of Spanish Fork, Utah; Susan Henderson (Larry-deceased) of Aztec; Mark Mitchell (Mary) of Rochester, Minn., 16 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 at Alternative Choice Funeral Chapel in Farmington. She will be laid to rest at Greenlawn Cemetery, 1606 N. Dustin Ave. in Farmington, beside her husband of 65 years.
Viola's care is entrusted to Alternative Choice Burial and Cremation, 804 N. Dustin Ave. in Farmington, 505-325-9611. Those who wish to express their condolences may do so at serenityandcompany.com.