Dona Jo Pippen

Pippen Services for Dona Jo Pippen, 92, of Ada, will be held Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 2:00 p.m., at Southwest Church of Christ. Mr. David Dirrim will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole. The family will receive friends from 5:00–7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Pippen passed away Saturday, November 1, 2025, at a local nursing home. She was born June 9, 1933, in Wewoka to William Andrew and Ethel Mae Roach Creech. She worked as a bank teller until her retirement. Mrs. Pippen was a life long member of the Church of Christ.

She married Jack E. Arthur in 1958. He later passed away May 23, 2000. She would later marry Bill Hensley in August 2003. He passed away December 2004. She married Tony Pippen in May 2014 and he passed away January 2021.

Survivors include her two daughters, Dana Chilcoat and husband Greg of Ada, and Marcie Ellenberg of Ada; four sons, Tim Hensley and wife DeAmbra of Ada, Steve Hensley and wife Vanessa of Ada, Jon Hensley and girlfriend April of Ada, and Mike Hensley of Texas; grandchildren, Lauren Chilcoat and her children, Jayce, Jett, and Haivyn; Sydni Chilcoat of Columbia, MO; Chelsea Ellenberg of Broomfield, CO; Austin Ellenberg of Denver, CO; Summer Ellenberg of Ada; Michael Dowell Barnes and wife Ashley of Ada; Dayton Hensley of Ada; Trenton Hensley, Adam Hensley and Owen Hensley, of Ada; Kait Hensley and Amberlei Hensley, of Ada; Ty Hensley and wife Madi and their children, Hudson and Wyatt, of TX; Jake Hensley of Texas; Nikki Johnson and husband Erik and their son, Gabriel, of Hollister, MO; and a host of other nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ethel Creech; her first husband, Jack Arthur; her second husband, Bill Hensley; her third husband, Tony Pippen; son, Leon Arthur; daughter, Tonya Stevens; and brother, Lavern Creech.

Bearers will be Tim Hensley, Steve Hensley, Jon Hensley, Jeff Butler, Greg Chilcoat, and Mike Hensley.