Carol Ann Cone

Carol Ann (Dehner) Cone, 77, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2017, at The Journey Home hospice facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday February 7 and 8. Carol Ann’s family will receive friends at the Davis Family Funeral Home, 918-534-3030, 113 S. Osage (Hwy 75), Dewey, on Tuesday, February 7, from 6-8 p.m. After a family burial service at the Mausoleum in White Rose Cemetery, her memorial celebration service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 9, at Bartlesville First Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, Carol Ann requested donations be made to the Carol Ann Cone Legacy Scholarship Fund, c/o The Bartlesville Community Foundation, 208 East 4th Street, Bartlesville, OK 74003. Contributions may be made online at bartlesvillecf.org. This fund has been established to assist students who are pursuing a career in education. Carol Ann was born June 17, 1939, in Poteau, Oklahoma, to Fred E. and Ruby (Kerbow) Dehner. She was a 1957 graduate of Poteau High School and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1962. While at OSU Carol Ann was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. She and Donald L. Cone were married March 10, 1962. Other than her husband, she is survived by three children, Todd Cone and his wife Liz, Lee Anne (Cone) DeLapp and her husband Curtis, and Scott Cone; and her eight grandchildren, Henry, Emma, John, Mary and Elise Cone, and Tanner, Chandler and Anna Kate DeLapp. During her more than 20 years of teaching, Carol Ann taught at Wilson, Highland Park, Jane Phillips and Wayside Elementary schools. After retiring from teaching elementary students, she taught 10 years at Oklahoma Wesleyan University where she taught Math Methods to university students who were going to be teachers. Recently she often substituted in many of the Bartlesville schools. During her teaching career Carol Ann received the “Golden Apple” nomination six times and was finally awarded her “Golden Apple” in 1995. She often presented In-Service presentations and attended many workshops. Carol Ann was a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Science Teachers Association, Alpha Delta Kappa (Teachers’ Sorority), National Education Association, Oklahoma Education Association, and Bartlesville Educational Association. She was the Coordinator of After School Science Klub and served on the Committee to re-write Science curriculum, the Committee to re-write Language Arts and the Committee to choose science and math textbooks. She has been an active member of First Baptist Church since joining in 1962. Carol Ann was one of the original interpreters for the deaf at First Baptist Church. She also coached the deaf sign language, taught a tenth-grade girls Sunday School class and played in the bell choir. She served as a counselor at the Women and Children in Crisis and was a cheerleader sponsor for Bartlesville High School. After retiring in 2000, she often volunteered as a tour guide at the Frank Phillips Home. She helped to establish, and was a counselor at Camp Woolaroc, a summer camp for children, and often served as a docent at Woolaroc. During the past several years, she was responsible for the gift shop during the OK Mozart music festival. Carol Ann and Don traveled extensively after retirement. They traveled to at least 30 countries, visited every state but North Dakota, and, while traveling, enjoyed spending time in national parks and presidential libraries. All funeral arrangements are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home.

Carol Ann Cone

June 17, 1939 - February 3, 2017