Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Evelyn Toelle

Evelyn Toelle

Feb 6, 2016

Evelyn Florence Toelle, age 86 passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2016 in Tulsa, OK. She was born to the late Jesse and Florence Kent in Sheldon, MO on April 5, 1929. Her husband, Charles, her younger brother Eugene and her younger sister Helen, preceded her in death. She is survived by her son Michael and his wife Tammy and...

Valetta Templeman

Valetta Templeman

Feb 4, 2016

Valetta Marie Cline Templeman, born January 8, 1920 to Noble and Grace Cline in Fredonia, Kansas died Thursday, February 4, 2016 at the age of 96. Valetta married Richard Earl Templeman on February 20, 1938 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They lived their entire married life of 65 years in Oklahoma. Valetta was a beautiful, gracious lady – wife, mother, grandmother, and...

Margaret Byrd Kinser

Margaret Byrd Kinser

Feb 2, 2016

Margaret was born in Enid, Oklahoma to Charles and Margaret Dome. She graduated from Classen High School in 1938 at 15 years of age. Margaret then attended Central State College and went on to work at the State Highway Department and later obtained her real estate license. She married Arthur D. Kinser on May 29, 1948. She was a consumer...

James Langley Filson

James Langley Filson

Feb 1, 2016

James Langley Filson, 86, surrendered his life 2-1-16, spending his last hours with his beloved family near, sharing happy memories. Jim was born 4-28-29 in Tulsa, Ok. His parents were Charles and Verne Filson and one older brother, Henry who preceded him in death. In his childhood he lived in OK, IL, KY until his family moved to Wichita KS,...

Sr. Mary Eloise Morrison

Sr. Mary Eloise Morrison

Jan 31, 2016

Mary Frances was born to Patrick Morrison and Margaret O'Callaghan Morrison, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1919. She was the second oldest of 7 children. Her siblings included 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Sister resided and boarded at Mount St. Mary's School in Oklahoma City. Following high school graduation Sister entered the Religious Sisters of Mercy at Webster Groves,...

Maggie Parks Hayes

Maggie Parks Hayes

Jan 29, 2016

Dr. Maggie Parks Hayes was born on July 15, 1925 to Thaddeous (Thad) and Leona Parks, in Chelsea, Oklahoma. After completing high school in Chelsea, Maggie attended Oklahoma A&M where she played field hockey, was voted the engineering queen her senior year and on April 4, 1947, married Larry Hayes, her husband for 68 years. In her early years of...

Bj Mitchell

Bj Mitchell

Jan 27, 2016

Bill Jerry (BJ) Mitchell of Edmond, OK was born in Oklahoma City, OK on October 26, 1942 to John & Opal Mitchell and died on January 27, 2016. He was a loving husband, father, and Papa to his grandkids. He loved music, laughter, and motorcycle road trips. BJ was known for being able to play two saxophones at one time...

Helen Zanghi

Helen Zanghi

Jan 27, 2016

Helen B. Zanghi passed away in Oklahoma City. She was born in Midland, TX, the daughter of James Debs and Bertha Allen Meadows. She grew up in Midland, prior to moving to Guthrie, OK, where she graduated from Benedictine Catholic High School. She was working as a waitress in Las Cruces, N.M. when she met Samuel Phillip Zanghi. They later...

Donald Roy Hermanson

Donald Roy Hermanson

Jan 25, 2016

Donald was born in Great Falls, Montana to Roy and Lydia (Werk) Hermanson. He dedicated himself to serving our country and retired from the United States Air Force as MSgt. He was an active member of Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Church and loved barbequing, gardening and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his son,...

Paul D. Willis

Paul D. Willis

Jan 25, 2016

Paul D. Willis guided his 2014 Yaris through the pearly gates on January 25, 2016 (leaving only minor scrapes on the passenger side) following a brief illness. The second son of Harry and Myrtle Willis, Paul was a proud 1945 graduate of Capitol Hill High School, where his father was employed as the custodian. Upon graduation, Paul set about pulling...

Stan Bailey

Stan Bailey

Jan 24, 2016

Albert Stanley Bailey, known to friends and family as "Stan" passed from this life on Sunday, January 24, 2016 in Grand Junction, CO. Stan was born March 17, 1930 in Holdenville OK to Albert Stanley "Doc" Bailey and Onnie Leona (Brown) Bailey. He attended schools in Holdenville while working alongside his parents at their restaurant,"Doc's Cafe". In 1947, he graduated...

Yvonne Chouteau Terekhov

Yvonne Chouteau Terekhov

Jan 24, 2016

Passed January 24, 2016 at age 86 in Oklahoma City following a long illness. She was born Myra Yvonne Chouteau on March 7, 1929 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Corbett Edward Chouteau and Lucy Annette (Taylor) Chouteau, who preceded her in death. She appreciated being honored by many titles over the course of her life, yet she confided that her...

G. David Ross

G. David Ross

Jan 22, 2016

Gordon David Ross was born on January 16, 1954, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Margaret Louise (Rose) and Gordon David Ross. He attended Tulsa Memorial High School and Oklahoma State University where he earned a degree in Finance. David went on to graduate from OU's College of Law. He spent his first four years as an attorney in the JAG Corps...

Anne Vose

Anne Vose

Jan 22, 2016

Anne Stewart Vose passed away peacefully on January 22, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Her many friends who number in the hundreds, are stunned at her passing. Anne was born in Pasadena, California on January 15, 1945. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reniers. The family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the early 1950's. After high school...

Luella Oakley

Luella Oakley

Jan 19, 2016

LuElla Emilie Schroeder Oakley went to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2016. LuElla was born Sept.18, 1916 on the family farm outside Okarche, OK to William (Bill) and Anna Schroeder. She was baptized, confirmed, and married in St John's Lutheran Church in Okarche, OK. She graduated from Hills Business School then went to work at Tinker Air Force...

Glenn Eugene Harris

Glenn Eugene Harris

Jan 18, 2016

Glenn Eugene "Bud" Harris, 88, died in Oklahoma City, OK on January 18, 2016. Bud was born April 27, 1927 in Oklahoma City to the late Barbara Katherine (Schwab) Harris and Roy Carson Harris. He graduated from Nichols Hills Elementary School where he was one of two students in his class. He then attended Harding Junior High and graduated from...

Sharon Mcmichael Williams

Sharon Mcmichael Williams

Jan 15, 2016

Sharon McMichael Williams, 72, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2016 in Oklahoma City. She was born on March 4, 1943, the oldest of five children. She graduated Catholic High School, now Bishop McGuinness, in 1961. Sharon married Bill Keith Williams in September 1967. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Marie McMichael, brother, Joe, and her...

Sheryl Sue Davison

Sheryl Sue Davison

Jan 15, 2016

Sheryl Sue Davison passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 in Oklahoma City with her family by her side. She was born in Hutchinson, KS, the daughter of Claude and Jane Sherman. She was a 1962 graduate of West High School in Wichita, KS. Sheryl moved to Edmond in 1973 and began a 27-year career with the Child Development Center at...

Hazel M. Spradlin

Hazel M. Spradlin

Jan 11, 2016

Hazel Hanvey Spradlin, aged 94, passed away at her home in Edmond on January 11, 2016. She was born March 5, 1921, at home in Griggs, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, to William and Bessie Fansher Hanvey. Her parents, her husband William H. Spradlin, her son Stephen Spradlin and grandson Scott Kinzer Spradlin preceded her in death. Her sister Gertrude Williams, and...

Lee Krebs

Lee Krebs

Jan 9, 2016

Leroy Joseph Krebs passed away peacefully on Satur¬day, January 9 with his be¬loved wife, Elnora Pau¬line, by his side. Leroy was born in 1934, and was one of eight chil¬dren raised in Johnston County, OK. He served in the Air Force and was stationed in Okinawa in the late 50s and went to work for 32 years as a machinist...