Katherine Sue (Fish) Farve, age 77, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at Davis, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at Salt Creek Indian Baptist Church, Wetumka, Oklahoma. Officiating the service was Pastor Josh “Jay” Downing. Interment followed at Salt Creek Cemetery, Hughes County, Oklahoma.
Katherine was born on February 8, 1948, to Wadley and Wynema (Berryhill) Fish at Claremore, Oklahoma. She graduated from Weleetka High School in 1966.
She moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1967. Katherine met Emil J. Farve, Jr., and the couple married in 1985. She worked for various nursing homes throughout the area as a Nurse’s Aide and as a Dietary Aide. She was an avid reader and loved doing word search puzzles. Katherine was a BIG animal lover.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil Farve, Jr.; her parents; her sisters, Reinetta Joyce Hokte Fish and Lucinda Fish Simpson; and her son-in-law, Wendell Marris.
Katherine is survived by her daughter, Lawanda Farve-Marris, daughter, Cynthia A. Farve-Jones and her significant other, Cecil Mills, son, Charles S. Farve, son, Emil W. Farve, daughter, Rachael M. Farve-Wallace, and husband, Jason, and daughter, Emily L. Farve, six grandchildren: Isaac, Gabrielle, Katie, Ashton, Alexis, and Payden, and two great-grandchildren, Serena and Ezra. Sister, Ramona Voisine of Maryland. Four brothers: Clifford Fish and Samuel Fish, both of Wetumka, and Anthony Fish and wife, Karen, and Marcus Fish and wife, Nico, all of Holdenville, Okla.
Pallbearers were her sons, Charles Farve and Emil Farve; grandson Isaac Jones; and Cecil Mills, Jason Wallace, Dakota Fish, and Joshua Simpson.
