Lanell Self

Lanell Self was born on October 18, 1932, to Clifford and Nora (Underwood) Daniel in Pontotoc County, OK. She passed away January 10, 2021, in Mustang, OK from Covid-19 at age 88. Lanell was raised on the family farm outside Olney in rural Coal County, the oldest of five children. She was the first in her family to attend college and graduated from East Central College in 1954 after working her way through school. She later earned her Master’s Degree. Her first teaching job was at Yeager High School where she met Charlie Self, a fellow teacher and the girls basketball coach. It was love at first sight, and they were married by a justice of the peace in Horntown on December 23, 1954.

After the Yeager school burned, Lanell and Charlie took teaching jobs at Holdenville High School. She later taught at Spaulding and then Fifth grade at Thomas elementary school from its opening in 1968 until she retired in 1989. After retirement, Lanell and Charlie enjoyed traveling all over the United States, including two trips to Hawaii. They also traveled to Germany twice while their son Donald was stationed there with the Air Force. They later traveled back to Germany when their daughter Charlotte was living there with her husband Greg who was stationed in Germany with the Army.

Lanell and Charlie were active members of the First Christian Church in Holdenville for over 50 years and where Lanell served as church secretary for over twenty years. They moved to Yukon in 2006 to be closer to their grandchildren and were active members of First Christian Church of Yukon until their health no longer allowed attendance. Lanell was a well loved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and teacher. She enjoyed cooking and sewing, and she and Charlie were long time season ticket holders for OU football and women’s basketball.

Lanell is survived by Charlie, her husband of 66 years, her son Donald Self and his wife Lisa of Oklahoma City; her daughter Charlotte Weider and her husband Greg of Weisbaden, Germany; her grandchildren Justin and Cameron Self and Gregganne Weider; and her brothers Keith Daniel, Terry Daniel, her sister Linda Tomlinson (Wayne) and several nieces and nephews and a host of Daniel, Nelson and Underwood cousins.

Graveside services will be held on January 18, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Yanda & Son, Bill Robinson officiating.