Loretta Ann Long

April 6, 1942 - October 31, 2021

Loretta Ann (Trammel) Long, age 79 passed away peacefully in her home October 31, 2021. Loretta was born April 6, 1942, in Tahlequah Oklahoma to Loys and Melba Trammel. She graduated from Tahlequah High School in 1959 and attended Northeastern State for two years. At age 19 she moved to live with family in Salt Lake City Utah. She met and married her first husband Richard Krug and had one daughter. In 1969 she returned to Oklahoma. She worked for Walmart, Tahlequah Public Works, and Northeastern State University, before her final career with Indian Health services from which she would retire at the age of 70. She married her soul mate Joseph Long September 25, 1986. Loretta and Joe lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma City, Rockville Maryland and eventually retired in Claremore. She came full circle and returned to Tahlequah in 2018. Loretta was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Sue Ogle, brother Joe Trammel and her husband Joseph Long. Loretta is survived by one daughter Raelyn (Krug) McDonald, Son-in-law Pat McDonald, two granddaughters Lauren McDonald and Meryl McDonald. She is also survived by her brother, David Trammel, wife Annette, Larry Trammel, wife Connie, Darrell Trammel, wife Cheryl, and sister-in-law Marsha Trammel; her aunt, Betty Lunsford and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services are Tuesday November 9, 2021, at 2:00 pm. Interment will follow in the Tahlequah City Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home.