Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Rick W. Calhoun

Rick W. Calhoun

Mar 12, 2017

Rick Wayne Calhoun, 69, of Oklahoma City went to be with the Lord peacefully surrounded by family on March 12, 2017 due to complications from autoimmune liver disorder. He was born to Gerald D. Calhoun and Jimmie L. (Lewis) Jones in Tampa, FL on June 14, 1947. Survived by his mother Jimmie Jones, son Shannon Calhoun and his wife Lacey,...

Ruth Blaschke

Ruth Blaschke

Mar 12, 2017

An extraordinary life ended Sunday, March 12th. The impact and the influence of that life, not only on Mom's friends and family but literally countless hundreds of children, will never die. No mere chronology can possibly explain how incredible she was. A few salient dates and events are important to note. Mom was born on the windswept plains of Enid...

Susan Gail Seamans

Susan Gail Seamans

Mar 11, 2017

Susan Gail Seamans was born June 13, 1948 in Postville, Iowa to Eldon and Margery Seamans. She passed away March 11, 2017 in Tanzania. A graduate of Chickasha High School, Smith College, and the University of Oklahoma College of Law, she served as Associate General Counsel at the OU Health Sciences Center from 1979 until her retirement in 2006. Susan...

Barbara Anspaugh

Barbara Anspaugh

Mar 9, 2017

Barbara Anspaugh was the daughter of Dr. Robert D. Anspaugh and Marguerite Martin Anspaugh. She was born on May 31, 1947 and departed life on March 9, 2017. Barbara was an Oklahoma City native, attending Edgemere Elementary school, graduating from Harding High School in 1965. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, MO, graduating in 1967. Barbara worked for 29 years...

Linda E. Ritchie

Linda E. Ritchie

Mar 6, 2017

Memorial Services to honor Linda will be 10:00 am Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Smith & Kernke N. May Chapel.

Louise Irene Gregory

Louise Irene Gregory

Mar 6, 2017

Louise Irene Gregory passed into her new life March 6, 2017, following a brief illness. She was born November 14, 1926, in Sarasota, Florida, to Russell G. and Cornelia Rebecca Thomison Davis. Irene earned a Bachelor's Degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and spent her life caring for others as a registered nurse for the VA Hospital. She was...

Christi Ann Warr

Christi Ann Warr

Mar 5, 2017

Christi Warr was born Christi Ann Jenkins on February 10, 1970 and the entire world became a better place because of her presence in it. She married her high school sweetheart and for 30 years they lived life together for all it was worth. She became a mother to 4 exceptional children, and eventually, a grandmother as well. She loved...

Thomas Joseph Kelly

Thomas Joseph Kelly

Mar 4, 2017

As a child growing up in Oklahoma in the 1940s, Thomas J. Kelly would jump in front of oncoming trains "for fun." His taste for adventure never abated, and for 73 years he saw the world, ran successful companies, raised two children, collected countless stories, and topped it off by marrying a fiery Irish woman. Tom, president of Standard Testing...

Teresa Contreras Nores

Teresa Contreras Nores

Mar 4, 2017

Glorifica mi alma al Señor y mi espiritu se llena de gozo al contemplar la bondad de Dios mi Salvador. Porque ha puesto la mirada en la humilde sierva suya; y ved aquí el motivo, por el cual me tendrán por dichosa todas las generaciones. Pues hizo en mi favor, cosas grandes y maravillosas, el que es Todopoderoso y su...

Mark Edward Terry

Mark Edward Terry

Feb 28, 2017

Mark Edward Terry, age 46 of Edmond, Oklahoma, died February 28, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 8, 1970 in Ashland, Kentucky to Cecil and Dorothy (Day) Terry. Mark proudly served our country in the United States Air Force and retired as Master Sergeant after 28 years and numerous tours of duty. He...

Luke Cathey

Luke Cathey

Feb 27, 2017

Visitation with family 1:30 pm Thursday prior to Services to honor Luke at 2:30 pm Thursday, March 2, 2017 at the Smith & Kernke N. May Chapel.

Glenith Helene Sayers Townsend

Glenith Helene Sayers Townsend

Feb 27, 2017

Glenith Helene Sayers Townsend passed peacefully at her home in Stillwater, Oklahoma the evening of February 27, 2017 at the age of 98! Born May 31, 1918 to Charles Elton and Jessie Helen Morse Sayers in Humboldt, Iowa. Glenith lived on the family farm til winter of 1923. She graduated from 6th grade in 1929, then at the age of...

Noel J. Williams

Noel J. Williams

Feb 24, 2017

Noel J. Williams went to be with the Lord February 24, 2017, surrounded by family, at the age of 87. He was born December 2, 1929 in the Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore, India. His profession in the oil industry from 1952 through 1986 took him to Aden (Yemen), Doha (Qatar), Abu Dhabi and Dubai. He enjoyed spending time with his...

Albert Lee Wheeler, Jr.

Albert Lee Wheeler, Jr.

Feb 21, 2017

Albert L. (Al) Wheeler, Jr. of Oklahoma City went to be with the Lord on February 21, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his devoted wife of 70 years, Mercedes Elizabeth Wheeler; daughters Kat Ryan (Derry) of Novato, California, Elaine Hobson of Norman, Susie Eubanks of Oklahoma City, Janet Galloway of Norman; son Albert L Wheeler,...

Martha Georgette Fuller

Martha Georgette Fuller

Feb 20, 2017

Martha Georgette Fuller, was born on May 31, 1925 in Liberty, Nebraska to Carl C. and Opal Monette Dishman and went to her heavenly home to be with the Lord on February 20, 2017 in Enid, OK at the age of 91. Martha was raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. One of her fondest memories was spending her summers with her older...

Linn Sims Yount

Linn Sims Yount

Feb 19, 2017

On February 17, 1952 Homer and Peggy Coverdale received a gift of love and they brought home Linn Coverdale. We have seen parts of her young life played out on slide shows and old clicking videos and black and white photos. Life in those images always seemed to be happy and full of joy for her, especially when she got...

Phyllis May Caudill

Phyllis May Caudill

Feb 18, 2017

Phyllis May Caudill died peacefully on February 18, 2017 at the age of 95. Born in Sydney, Australia, she was the eldest of four children of Philip Patrick and May Hassett. Phyllis graduated from Holy Cross School and the Brigidine College in Randwick, Sydney. Phyllis proudly recalled that she started working at age 15 in the clerical pool at the...

Marilyn N. Hart

Marilyn N. Hart

Feb 17, 2017

Marilyn Naomi Hart passed away peacefully at her home after a long and painful illness on February 17, 2017 at the age of 73. Marilyn was born on July 14, 1943 in Oklahoma City, OK to her parents Leonard and Rilla Hart. She attended Classen High School. Marilyn was a private and strong-willed person who was easy to love and...

Gary Dixon Gray

Gary Dixon Gray

Feb 16, 2017

Gary Dixon Gray passed away in Oklahoma City on February 16th, 2017 at the age of 67 after a courageous battle with cancer. Gary was born in Checotah Oklahoma on April 8th, 1949 to Dixon and Gertrude Gray, and was their only child. He grew up in Jones and graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1967. For forty three...

Guido John Ferlo

Guido John Ferlo

Feb 16, 2017

WWII Veteran and Musician, died at the age of 93 after a brief illness. Guido was born July 28, 1923 in Rome, New York. He is survived by his daughter, Paula Skoch and her husband, Larry; grandchildren, Lauren Lamb and husband Brad, Anne Kelley, Allison Waldo and husband Jack, Matthew Skoch and wife Etta; seven great-grandchildren as well as numerous...