Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Florine Zaccanti Allen

Florine Zaccanti Allen

Apr 14, 2017

Florine Zaccanti Allen peacefully went to be with the Lord on Good Friday, April 14, 2017. She was born November 10, 1923 in Tulsa, OK to Virgil and Louise Zaccanti. Her family moved to the small town of Gowen, OK when she was thirteen. Florine graduated from Hartshorne High School in 1940. After graduation, she worked at Montgomery Wards in...

Georgia "Betty" Saxon

Georgia "Betty" Saxon

Apr 13, 2017

Betty was born on May 11, 1918 in Ft. Worth, Texas and passed away on April 13, 2017 in Oklahoma City. She moved to Oklahoma at a very early age. She married Duane Saxon on May 1, 1938. Betty volunteered for Baptist hospital for over 20 years. She is preceded in death by her husband Duane of 63 years; brothers,...

Betty Lou Brown

Betty Lou Brown

Apr 11, 2017

Betty Lou (Kapka) Brown was born October 12, 1928 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Harlan and Ruth (Warlick) Kapka. Betty passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She was 88. Betty was a 1946 graduate of Britton High School and went on to graduate from the OU School of Nursing. She enjoyed a career in nursing for...

Craig Patrick Mcauliff

Craig Patrick Mcauliff

Apr 7, 2017

Craig McAuliff was born in Oklahoma City on August 16, 1985 to Jim and Vickie McAuliff. He left us to join God on April 7, 2017. He graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in 2004 and attended OSU and Rose State College before graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 2010 with a degree in engineering. Craig was a true...

James Leigh Watson

James Leigh Watson

Apr 3, 2017

Jim Watson passed away unexpectedly Monday April 3, 2017 at his home in Edmond, Oklahoma. Jim was born to Lewis Carl and Frances Watson of Forsyth, Montana April 28, 1938. He grew up on the Watson Family ranch and loved being a cowboy all of his life. After graduating from Forsyth High School Jim enlisted in the Navy. Through his...

Joy Garland

Joy Garland

Apr 3, 2017

Joy was born October 11th, 1925 in Denver, CO. She was raised in Gunnison, Colorado and Denver and educated in Gunnison and attended the University of Denver and graduated from Western State College in Gunnison. During high school in Gunnison, she was a member of the Rainbow Girls and was elected the May Day Sweetheart of Gunnison and the State...

Lorraine Norwood

Lorraine Norwood

Apr 3, 2017

Lorraine was born in Hartford, Connecticut on January 28, 1935 to Herbert George Wagner and Genevieve Kathryn McLaughlin Wagner. She grew up in Hartford and went away to college in Wichita, Kansas. She attended Sacred Heart College and graduated with honors with a Bachelor's degree in History. Her first job was with the Girl Scouts of America, in the East...

Paul Charles Brou

Paul Charles Brou

Mar 29, 2017

The youngest of six children of Clement and Delia Brou, Paul Charles Brou was born March 26, 1940 in Hohen Solms, La. He attended Catholic grade school and high school in Donaldsonville, La. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Ascension Catholic High School. A proud lifelong Tiger fan, he graduated with honors from LSU in 1962 with...

Harland Williams Gilmore Jr.

Harland Williams Gilmore Jr.

Mar 28, 2017

Harland Williams Gilmore, Jr., died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on March 28, 2017. Harland is survived by his wife of 18 years, Reta Weitzel Gilmore; his children, Andrea (Jon) Hibbs of Allen, Texas, Ty Harland Gilmore of Dallas, Texas, Natalie (David) Satarino of Austin, Texas, Sharon Millington of Edmond, William James Millington of Edmond; grandchildren, Austin...

Edwin Crisostomo Nalagan

Edwin Crisostomo Nalagan

Mar 27, 2017

Edwin Crisostomo Nalagan, was born on 21 August 2017 in Pangil, Laguna, The Philippines the sixth child of eight to Dr. Demetrio and Teresa Nalagan. He passed away peacefully on Monday, 27 March 2017 at 8:30 in the evening. Edwin graduated as a Physician in 1966 from the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas. He met his wife Aurora during medical...

Jean (Ash) Amick

Jean (Ash) Amick

Mar 25, 2017

Jean Ash Amick was born on September 19, 1922, and went to her reward in Heaven on March 25, 2017, at the age of 94. Born in Cordell, Oklahoma, she was the third child of Gertrude B. (Harlow) and Ara R. Ash. Jean began elementary school in Enid, Oklahoma. After a two-year stay in Enid, her family moved to Weatherford,...

Norma Jean Costello

Norma Jean Costello

Mar 25, 2017

Dear Mom, You quietly slipped away from us last weekend and we wanted to thank you for your wonderful life and your boundless love. All of us can reflect on that special moment in our lives that we hold dear with you, but we all agree that every moment we had with you was amazing. Your beautiful blue eyes that...

Irma Emma Hall

Irma Emma Hall

Mar 23, 2017

Irma E. Hall went to live with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whom she believed in & trusted throughout her life. In daily life her faith was evident by her humility, kindness and love. She was born on April 18, 1932 to her parents Herman and Emma Doner, of Decatur, Illinois. Her elementary years were spent in St. John's...

Mary K. Thacker

Mary K. Thacker

Mar 22, 2017

Mary Katherine Thacker passed away in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017, at the age of 80. She was born in 1937 in Lubbock, Texas, and married Franklin Darrell Thacker in 1955. Out of that union, they had seven children and lived primarily in Oklahoma City. Mary worked at the Buyers Guide in Oklahoma City for over 25 years...

Raphael Shackelford

Raphael Shackelford

Mar 22, 2017

(Rafe) Raphael Edmond Shackelford, 91. Died on March 22, 2017. He was born June 12, 1925 in Valliant, OK to John Clifton and Lela Mae Shackelford. He was preceded in death by his parents, his six siblings, his infant daughter and his youngest son, Dale Lee Shackelford. Rafe is survived by his wife of 71 years, Betty Jane, his daughter...

Vera Haidar Holt

Vera Haidar Holt

Mar 20, 2017

Vera Holt (Shawareb) died unexpectedly in Bentonville, Arkansas on March 20th, 2017 at the age of 41. Vera is survived by her two sons, Michael (11) and Daniel Holt (7); her father, Haidar Shawareb of Oklahoma City and his wife, Dalal Hamwi. She is also survived by her three siblings: brother Hana Shawareb and his wife, Tiffany Shawareb and their...

Marion Clayton Yaeger

Marion Clayton Yaeger

Mar 19, 2017

Marion Clayton (Beatty) Yaeger was born January 8, 1929 in Wichita, KS the first of two daughters born to Henry Clayton Beatty and Mary M (Schott) Beatty, died March 19, 2017. A 1947 graduate of Benson High School, Omaha, NE she moved to Oklahoma City with her family in 1948, where she continued to live the remainder of her life....

Ellis Hanna, Jr.

Ellis Hanna, Jr.

Mar 19, 2017

Having served the Lord, his Family, and country, Ellis fell asleep in the Lord on March 19, 2017. He was born on July 4, 1929, son of Zakay and Ellis Hanna, Sr., who preceded him in death, along with his brothers Nicholas, Abe, Zeek, John, and sister Rose. He is survived by his loving wife, Laurette, daughter Karen, and son...

Robert Joseph Koktavy

Robert Joseph Koktavy

Mar 15, 2017

Robert Joseph Koktavy, 85, died March 15th, 2017, in Oklahoma City, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Bob was born January 4, 1932, in Le Center, MN, the second son of three children to Joseph and Bessie (Kuchynka) Koktavy. Bob attended St. John's University in Collegeville, MN, earning a bachelor's degree in Business and Economics in 1954, and then...