
Trisha was born on July 18, 1948 in Sentinel, Oklahoma to Joe and Mable (Wall) Clark. Her father was a Missionary Baptist Minister so the family fived in many different places including Healdton, OK, Shawnee, OK, Deming, New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Elk City, OK, and Lawton, OK. She graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1966. Trisha owned and operated Bull Chute Shoe Repair and Western Store in Watonga, OK and later worked as an office manager for many automotive businesses including Ferguson, Pontiac, Fowler Honda, and Byford Lincoln Mercury. She married Larry Killian on June 22, 1974 in Elk City, Oklahoma. Trisha was a member of the Letitia Baptist Church and was the glue in her family who enjoyed reading with her granddaughter, FB, and many games. She was a member of the Ladies Investment Club in Norman, OK, and the Oklahoma Historical Society on FB and being the family historian. She loved her nieces and nephews and gave everything to her family. Trisha passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at her home east of Lawton. She is survived by her husband, Larry Killian, of the home; her daughter, Brittainy Killian, of the home; her granddaughter, Emilee Killian, of the home; her brother and sister in-law, James E. and Sandi Clark of Carter, OK., five sisters and four brothers in-law, Clela Ingle, of Oklahoma City, OK, Martha and Donald Harris, of Oklahoma City, OK, Mary and Bob Bruce, of Pittsburg, KS, Helen and Dr.(David Emmott, of Kansas City, MO, and Cinda and Dave Cooper, of Merriam, KS; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; special friends, Janie Duper, Jana Loewen, and Deana Beneventi; and a host of other loving family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her mother in- law and father in-law, Wanda and Walt Killian; two brothers, Wayland Clark and Wiley Clark and her sister, Jessie Yasevich. Memorial contributions may be made to the Letitia Baptist Church at 2606 S. State Highway 65, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501.