Funeral services for Twila June Gaunt, 79 year-old Weatherford, Oklahoma resident, will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 10:00 A.M. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with David Lawrence and Doyle Kinney officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home.

Twila was born October 20, 1935, in Dacoma, Oklahoma to Ray Phillip and Fern (Bruner) Bergner and passed away at home, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Twila was raised in Woods County near Carman, Oklahoma until the age of 5 when they moved to Weatherford. She attended Weatherford public schools and graduated from Weatherford High School in 1953. On June 19, 1953, Twila married Carol Gaunt in Weatherford and made their home in California, Ohio, and Illinois while Carol was in the service. They returned to Weatherford in 1957 and Carol completed his degree in education and they moved to Burns Flat and Yukon and then settled back in Weatherford in 1971. Twila worked in the Biology Department at SWOSU and retired in 1995. She enjoyed traveling, reading, spending time with her family and her grandchildrens activities. Memorials may be made to Alzheimers Research.

Twila is survived by her husband of 61 years, Carol Gaunt of their home in Weatherford, Oklahoma; two sons, Kelly Gaunt and wife, Tonya of Clinton, Oklahoma and Todd Gaunt and wife, Samantha of Weatherford, Oklahoma; one daughter, Lynne Cornell of Weatherford, Oklahoma; one sister, Janice Klaassen and husband, Donnie of Clinton, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and six brothers, Laverne, Doyle, Max, Carroll, Billy, and Larry.