Funeral services for Deborah Jean (Stroud) Gale, 66-year-old Oklahoma City, Oklahoma resident, formerly of Weatherford, will be held Thursday, March 14, 2019, 2:00 P.M. in "The Chapel" of Lockstone Funeral Home with David Wheeler officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Deborah Gale was born December 9, 1952. She graduated from Weatherford High School in 1971 and graduated Suma Cum Laude from SWOSU in 1974. She began her professional life in Dallas with Neiman Marcus and later went on to work for St. John Knits as a regional manager.

After a serious accident forced her to move back to Oklahoma, she began a new career insuring a wide range of domestic and exotic animals. As one of only a few agencies in that field in the United States, she established strong bonds with her customers and had many opportunities to travel and work with people throughout the country and the world.

Survivors include: her husband, John Kersey; father, Steve L. Stroud, of Ruidoso, New Mexico; mother, Frankie Jameson, of Weatherford; sister, Vickie Ayer and husband, Herley, of Oklahoma City; brother, Steve B. Stroud, of Ruidoso; sister, Leslie Fleming and husband, Roger, of Weatherford; niece Amber Rabel and husband, Cory, and children, Jackson and Stone, of Weatherford; nephews, Michael Garretson and wife, Vilma, of Yukon, Matt Fleming, wife, Kodi, and children, Tayte and Josey, of Weatherford, and Dr. Chase Stroud, of Tucson, Arizona; stepdaughter, Kendall Wood, and husband, Garret, and children, Cabe and Conley, of Edmond; and stepson, James Kersey, of Oklahoma City.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Oklahoma City Humane Society, the Federated Church of Weatherford and the Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma.