Jennifer Lisa Soto

March 1, 1973 - July 30, 2018

Jennifer Lisa (Kleist) Soto, 45, was born March 1, 1973 in Pryor, OK to Charles and Mary (Taylor) Kleist and passed away Monday, July 30, 2018 at her home in Fort Gibson. Jennifer attended school in Guthrie and graduated with the class of 1991. She furthered her education at Northeastern State University graduating in 1999 with a degree in Business Administration. She immediately went to work for WW Hasting Hospital in the Finance Dept until 2009 when she accepted a position with the Veterans Affairs office as an Education Claims Examiner until her passing. Jennifer married her best friend and the love of her life Santos Soto Jr. on February 6, 2005 in Newton County, Arkansas. She was of the Baptist faith and loved spending time with her daughter, Sierra Lynn. Jennifer enjoyed watching Sierra play softball from the age of four. A devout OU fan, she attended many football and softball games in Norman. She loved NASCAR, to cook, bake, spicy foods and cheese cake. She drank unsweet tea with one pink package. Jennifer loved thrills, there wasn’t a roller coaster she wouldn’t ride. She was a very loving and giving person, who always put everyone else first. She was a private person and not one to let people know of her illness. Her husband Santos and her daughter Sierra Lynn were her pride and joy and loved them unconditionally. Jennifer was preceded in death by her father, Charles Kleist. Those left to cherish her memory are her husband, Santos of the home; her daughter, Sierra Lynn Soto also of the home; granddaughter, Serenity Campos; son, Tyler Jenkins; sisters, Becky James and Marybeth Timothy and her mother, Mary Kleist; her Persian kittens, Sophia and Bella; extended family and many friends. In lieu of flowers an account has been set up for Sierra Lynn Soto at Bancfirst PO Box 1489 Muskogee, OK 74402. A visitation will be held Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the Clifford D Garrett Family Funeral Home in Fort Gibson with the family receiving friends 1PM-5PM. A celebration of Jennifer’s life will be 11AM Monday, August 6, 2018 in the Fort Gibson First Baptist Church with Pastor Don Blankenship officiating. Committal prayers and interment will follow in the Citizens Cemetery in Fort Gibson with Santos Soto Sr., Jose A. Avila Jr., Dan Holcomb, Chad Helton, Richard Galvan, Jerry Cowles, and Wes Ellis serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Mario Moreno, Dean A. Sturm, and Dean Vincent Sturm. The family of Jennifer Lisa Soto has entrusted her services and burial to Clifford D Garrett Family Funeral Home, Fort Gibson. 918-478-2555. Online condolences may be left at clifforddgarrettfamilyfh.com