Sophie Kay Elton

Sophie Kay Elton left this world on her own terms and entered her heavenly home on

August 30th, 2024, at the young age of 12 years old. Sophie was born on October 27th, 2011, to

Kathryn LaVonne (Elton) Schmidt in Claremore Oklahoma. At the age of 2, Sophie and her

family moved to Chandler Oklahoma where she made her home for the next 10 years.

Sophie was a student at Chandler Jr. High, where she played for Chandler Jr. High

softball team and was a cheerleader on the Chandler Jr. High cheer squad. She also played

softball for Chaos, a tournament team out of Davenport, Oklahoma. Her coaches, Bryan “Bucky”

Herring, Kent Franz, Kelli Petrie, Shawn Blankenship, Nikki Estes, Jordan Lewis, Heather

Pittenger, Keri Gibson and Hannah Smith were all people Sophie admired and looked up to

tremendously. She also was so proud of all her teammates and was happy to take the younger

girls under her wing. Thank you all for being there for her.

Sophie was the life of the party, legitimized by her end of the year award voted on by her

classmates and presented by Mrs. Gross. She was kind, thoughtful, and wise beyond her years.

She is the kind of kid that would give up a weekend getaway to see her favorite youtubers

concert so she could attend a friend's funeral. She was dedicated, she attended almost a full

day of school, played 2 softball games in the 90-degree heat and still went to her other teams

softball practice… and still got her homework done. She was fearless, she would jump off a rope

swing into a flowing river or assist her mom with cleaning and dressing a disgusting looking

wound. Sophie always put everyone else's needs and wants before her own. She loved to

dance and sing and go on adventures, no matter what hour of the day she was down for the

experience. She was creative, making the funniest videos and top tier school projects. She

loved her family, but her favorite 2 people in this world were her Grandma Lori and Grandpa

Todd. She also loved to hang out with her friends and spend time with them any chance she

had. But her favorite thing of all was to eat good food. She was literally always hungry.

Sophie is survived by her parents, Kathryn (Elton) Schmidt and Nallon Schmidt of

Chandler, Dillian Taylor, and Jamie Silk, her siblings Maxwell Schmidt, Miles Schmidt, Ragen

Taylor, and Jax Taylor, Her grandparents Lori and Todd Elton (Chandler, OK), Debra Schmidt

(Chandler, OK) Candace and Jack Taylor (Oologah, OK), and Krystal and Andrew Duarte

(Skiatook, OK), and one great grandmother, Kathryn Ann Elton (Hokah, MN), her uncles and

aunts Anthony Elton, Ben Elton, Elizabeth Edwards, Corey and Jenny Elton, Dustin and Grace

Elton, Bryant Schmidt, Christina Schmidt, Kody Taylor, Brandon Taylor, Austin Taylor, and Gavin

Taylor, her cousins Tyler Powers, Jack Elton, Evan Elton, Nova Elton, Liam Elton, Arthur Elton,

and Peter Elton, along with her best friends Payton Marie, Brantly Buchanan, Miracle Farris,

Avery Tyler, Aaliyah Gaines, Cali Orr, Skye Buchanan, Kymber, Harper, Sailor, and Taylen and

SO many more friends and family including aunts and uncles, great aunts and uncles, and

cousins.

Thank you to everyone who was a part of Sophie’s life and to the Chandler and

surrounding communities for your outpouring of love and support, the family greatly appreciates it.

Anyone struggling with mental health or suicidal thoughts please reach out to someone, anyone,

or call or text 988.