Leonard-Marker Funeral Home

05/25/2026

Memorial Day 2026
Remember with dignity our service members who died protecting and defending our freedoms.

05/22/2026

There are numerous ways you can honor loved ones you have lost and keep them in your heart. Here are 5 ideas:
- Place flowers or a memento on the grave
- Create a space in your home for a photo and treasured memory display
- Raise a toast to them before meals
- Tell stories about them
- Light a candle and say a prayer
- Write about them in a journal for your family to keep

Caring is sharing, and the healing these activities provide can bring comfort on their birthday and other days you would celebrate them in life.

05/20/2026

Just a reminder before the holiday weekend to check your sunscreen expiration date. It might be time to get a fresh tube, bottle or can of SPF so you can be in the sun without the burn!

05/19/2026

Celebration of life services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, May 22, 2026 in the Leonard-Marker Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Celebrant Mark Powell.

05/18/2026

Memorial Day Ride
May 25, 2026 | 8:00 AM start
Bixby Bicycles
Free admission
Celebrate Memorial Day the Bixby Bicycles way with the Memorial Day Ride. Start the day with the preride pancake breakfast then take off across the city showing your Bixby Pride. Take part in the ride with your choice of 20, 40 or 60 mile rides. Choose the route that fits your experience level or comfort. Then cheer on bikers along their path and remember the great men and women who have served.
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05/16/2026

Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 27, 2026 in the Bixby First Methodist Church, 15502 S. Memorial Dr., Bixby, OK officiated by Rev. Robert Christian.

05/16/2026

Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 22, 2026 in the Bixby Free Will Baptist Church, 15801 S. Memorial Dr., Bixby, OK officiated by Pastor Bob Reid.

05/15/2026

A Celebration of Life gathering will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 7, 2026 at Helen's residence, 10547 East 161st St. South, Bixby, OK.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you please consider a contribution in Helen's memory to the Bixby Education Endowment Fund.

05/15/2026

Arthritis affects some 53 million people in the U.S., and some types can cause disabling pain. There are more than 100 kinds of arthritis. Talk to your physician if you believe you have arthritis pain. There may be treatments and low-impact activities that can help you manage the disease.

05/14/2026

Gardening is a great activity for young and old. The latest Marker Funeral Homes blog offers Sandy's 3 top tips for gardening with the grandkids. Check it out when you have a chance:

Last summer, Sandy offered to help care for her 6-year-old granddaughter during summer break from sc ...

05/13/2026

Poetry can offer healing, comforting and profound words for those who have lost someone. Here is a beautiful portion of Maya Angelou's "When Great Trees Fall."

And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
- Maya Angelou