Cleo Dianne Odell

Cleo Dianne Odell, 81, died Monday, August 15, 2016, in Amarillo.

There will be a private memorial service held at a later date.

Cremation & arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Cleo Dianne Odell was carried by angels from this world into her Father’s mansion on August 15, 2016. She passed from this world in Amarillo after a long battle of failing health. Cleo was born on June 15, 1935, to Prema Shaffer and Floyd Shaffer in Johnstown, PA. She met the love of her life, Gene Odell, on a chance encounter in the Bahamas. They started a lifelong romance on September 20, 1960. Cleo will always be known as the strength and support of the family. They lived in El Paso and worked at Bel Air High School. They also lived in Marfa, TX where Gene was a high school principal and a superintendent of schools in Ft. Davis, TX. They then moved back to El Paso, where Gene worked at Bel Air High School and Cleo worked for Clint ISD. In 2011, they left many friends and moved to Clarendon. Cleo was many things to many people. She was honor when anyone watched her with her husband. She was strength when anyone observed how she raised her children. She was love when anyone saw the way she cared for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. In June 2012, Gene was called home leaving a void in Cleo’s heart. She now leaves a tremendous hole in the hearts and lives of those she has touched. Her life has been summarized as the eternal strength of her family and the wind beneath the wings of those around her. She never stopped fighting for her husband, her family, or herself. While Cleo will be missed by all, the meeting with her Lord, and the reunion with her great love is celebrated by her family.

She is survived by 2 daughters, Lori Leffew and her husband Stan of Clarendon, Cindy Ward and her husband Greg of Beverly Hills, Mi; 1 son, Greg Odell and his wife Shelly of Plano; seven grandchildren, Jessica, Amanda, Matthew, Lauryn, Ryan, Riley, and Jodie; 7 great grandchildren, Cole Avery, Madyson, Titus, Pierce, Brooklyn, and Karsyn; 1 sister, Leslie Ellison of Prince Frederick, MD.

She is proceeded by death her parents, her husband, a brother Tim Shaffer, and a sister Beverly Rutherford.

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