Josephine Leister Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Josephine Leister (Shawnee, Oklahoma), who passed away at the age of 95, on September 3, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Josephine Leister to show support.
As we bid Josephine farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Josephine is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Lavell Pinkston and Carrie Pinkston; her former husband Dorice Bryce; her husband Bill Leister; her son Dennis Bryce; her sons-in-law, Don Sumpter and Ken Westervelt; and her grandsons, Chanc Sumpter and Mitchell Westervelt.
She is survived by: her children, Allen Bryce (Nancy), Karen Westervelt, Regina Hacker and Brian Bryce (Janet). She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
