Oma Opal Switch

Shawnee resident Oma Opal Switch, 94, passed away Friday, November 26, 2021 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held 10:00AM Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at Blackburn Cemetery with Rev. Mike Craig officiating. Oma was born April 8, 1927 in Atoka, Oklahoma to James and Maggie McElfresh. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sons: Larry Byrd and Dale Byrd, 1 daughter: Carla Johnson, and several siblings. Survivors include 3 children: Bill Byrd and wife Beverly, Donna Buchanan and husband Max, and Glen Byrd, daughter in law: Sandra Byrd, a son in law: James Johnson, sisters: Genevieve Hensley and Imogene French, and a brother; Jacky Wayne McElfresh, numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.