Waukomis, Oklahoma - The graveside services celebrating and honoring the life of Barbara Jean Woodward Isbell, 98, of Waukomis will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in the Waukomis cemetery, with Pastor David Jones officiating. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings, A Life Celebration Home.

Barbara was born November 4, 1927, to W.A. Bill and Ruth L. Woodward in Wichita, Kansas, and passed from this life May 12, 2026, in Enid, Oklahoma.

She was raised in Ellsworth, Kansas, graduating from Leon High School, Leon, Kansas. After graduation she moved with her family to Carmen, Oklahoma, where her father worked for the Frisco Railroad. She later moved to Enid, Oklahoma, where she worked for an insurance company before meeting Bill Isbell.

She married Bill Isbell April 22, 1951, in Enid. The couple made their home on a farm east of Waukomis then later a farm west of Waukomis. In 1955 they moved to Waukomis where they operated their family farm. She faithfully raised their five children, often doing without so her children could have more. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, canning and cooking.

She is survived by one son, James David Isbell and his wife Mary, of Owasso, Oklahoma; daughter-in-law, Mary Lynn Isbell, of Edmond, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Holly N. Isbell, of Santa Clara, California, Carrie A. Isbell-Kessler, of Collinsville, Oklahoma, Andrew Combs, of Enid, Kayla Isbell-Norris, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, Evan Isbell, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Erin Isbell, of Edmond, Oklahoma; five great-grandchildren; and one brother, Don Woodward, of North Dakota.

She was preceded in death by her husband Bill Isbell and four children, Katrina Lee Isbell-Coon, Frieda Mae Isbell, Michael G. Isbell, and Patrick C. Isbell; one brother; and two sisters.

Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family online at www.BrownCummings.com.