Minnewanka Oklawaha L’Roy, age 81, of McKinney, Texas passed away April 10, 2011. She was born on August 28, 1929, in Caddo, Oklahoma, to Pushmataha Francisco and Mary Jane (Cates) Ellis. On July 9, 1950, Minnewanka married Orvis Clinton L’Roy, in Durant, Oklahoma. She grew up in Durant where she graduated from Durant High School in 1947; she attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University before she moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Minnewanka moved to Texas in 1957. She was a member of the Irving Council of Garden Clubs where she was a past president; she was also a member of EN-AMI and Wednesday Book Review Club in McKinney, Texas where she held various positions. She was a band mom for her kids. Minnewanka was a very active member of First Baptist Church in McKinney, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Orvis L’Roy of McKinney, Texas; children, Julie Brants and husband Fred of McKinney, Texas, Craig L’Roy of Dallas, Texas, and Kelly L’Roy and wife Gloria of Plano, Texas; grandchildren, Chris Dunnam, Michael Dunnam, Matthew Dunnam, Zachary Brants, Hannah Brants, Evan L’Roy, Felicita L’Roy, and Henry L’Roy; a host of other family and friends. Minnewanka was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, one sister, and grandson Jeffery Dunnam. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow, in Allen, Texas with Rev. Kenneth Ussery officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park. Family and friends are invited to the funeral home at their convenience on Tuesday to pay their respects and to sign the register book. The family will receive friends during a visitation Tuesday evening beginning at 6:00 p.m., at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home.