Hello, Billie June,
It doesn't automatically mean that her husband was a member, no. By the time the Rebekahs were established in Oklahoma, they were no longer an honorary order for female relatives, and were instead their own organization conferring their own degrees.
But it's usually a good bet that a husband was a member, and it's worth exploring more. Keep in mind that the husband may have been a Rebekah, too. Does his obituary mention either organization? Is he by chance buried in an IOOF cemetery? Can you find either of them mentioned in local "society" newspaper pages, which usually shared what was going on with local fraternal and sororal organizations?
Contacting the local lodge is usually the best first option, aside from newspaper research. There's contact info at http://www.ioof.org/IOOF/Jurisdictions/USA/State/IOOF/Jurisdictions... -- though it looks possibly dated.
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