Jessie Ardyth DuPree, 94, passed away peacefully on December 16, 2023 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. A visitation with family greeting friends will be from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at Strode Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church in Stillwater with burial following in Fairlawn Cemetery with Reverend Cindy Robertson Riedel officiating. Strode Funeral Home and Cremation is in charge of the arrangements.

Ardyth was born September 14, 1929 to Jess and Irene Redburn in Stillwater. She married her high school sweetheart, Woody DuPree in Winfield, Kansas on April 18, 1947, and the couple celebrated 70 years of marriage.

Ardyth was a Stillwater High School graduate and worked as office manager for Miner Hall, CPA, for over 40 years. She was an avid bridge player and enjoyed spending time with her bridge group for many years. Ardyth loved her family and was a positive influence to both family and friends.

She was predeceased by both parents, her husband, and sons, Jesse DuPree, Eddie DuPree, Ricky DuPree, and infant son, Jay Douglas DuPree; sisters, Ruth Peaden, Patsy Mott, Charlene Mott, and Alice Bilyeu.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Shelley and David Hungerford; and daughter-in-law, Diane DuPree; granddaughters, Jennifer Fillmore, Jessica Price, and Jacquelyn Swaffar; grandsons, Michael May, Stephen Skoch, and Joshua DuPree; great-grandchildren, Berkley, Brooks, Grayson, Bristol, and Henley. Her grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.

In lieu of customary remembrances the family requests donations be made to Karman Legacy Hospice, 1311 S. Western Rd. Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074