Graziella Stoup

Graziella Gilda (Pezzani) Stouprn 07/04/1925-11/07/2008rnrnGracie Stoup, and a long-time Resident of Konawa, passed away on Friday, November 7, 2008, at Norman Regional Hospital.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10th at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Richard Winters will officiate. Pallbearers are Tommy Sexton, Dennis Isaacs, Ray Roskopf, Mark Reeves, Brian Brooks, Lee Stoup, Ryan Stoup, and Dalton Stoup. The Family will receive guests on Sunday, November 9th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home.rnrnGracie was born on July 4, 1925 to Iginio Pezzani and Emilia (Beretta) Pezzani in Genoa, Italy. She married Oliver Lee Stoup on December 30, 1946 in Pisa, Italy. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catholic Church. She was a member of the Konawa Kennedy Library Board and Konawa Band Booster Club. She was also a member of the Phil Avant Club, Bridge Club, and Tennis Club.rnrnShe is survived by three sons, Brandon Stoup and wife, Sheree of Roff, Oklahoma, Mark Stoup and wife, Dee of Konawa, Oklahoma, and Eric Stoup of the home; one daughter, Marina Valley and husband, Greg of Norman, Oklahoma; and six grandchildren, Alexandria Valley, Francesca Valley, Lee Stoup, Ryan Stoup, Sydney Stoup, and Dalton Stoup.rnrnShe is preceded in death by her parents, Iginio and Emilia Pezzani, husband, Oliver Lee Stoup, one brother, and one sister.rnrnIn lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Kennedy Library of Konawa located at the Konawa High School 701 W. South Konawa, Oklahoma 74849 or to the Alzheimer Foundation Oklahoma and Arkansas Chapter Incorporated 6465 S. Yale Ave. Suite 312 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136-7804. Funeral Information: November 9, 2008, 2:00 AM