Jo Leta Tilley
Mar 22, 2015
Jo Leta Tilley, 86, departed to be with her Lord and Savior on March 22, 2015. She was born in Carnegie, OK on April 12, 1928 to Azzie and Vestal (Haney) Coe. She spent time as a youth working on the family farm and playing competitive basketball. After graduating from Eakly High School in 1946, Jo attended Southwestern State College...
Earl J. Gonzales
Mar 22, 2015
A member of the "Greatest Generation," Earl Gonzales was only seven years of age when the stock market crashed in 1929. He and his two brothers; Ferdinand and Max, joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1938 and so were called to active duty in 1940 and thus "extended for the duration" of the Second World War. During WWII Earl and...
Dr. David L. May
Mar 21, 2015
Dr. David L. May, of Oklahoma City, OK, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, March 21, 2015, after a gradual progressive decline from frontotemporal degeneration. David was a loving husband to Nancy and a devoted father to son and daughter Corey and Ellie, and a proud grandfather to Grace, Bonnie, Noelle, Coltrane and Emmett, all of Atlanta, GA....
Lyle Schaller
Mar 18, 2015
Lyle E. Schaller, an author and consultant who was widely cited as the most influential Protestant church leader of his era, died on March 18th in Oklahoma City at the age of 91. Medical staff said the cause of death was heart failure. He had been in declining health for several years. During a career that spanned half a century,...
Deborah Jean Faulkner
Mar 17, 2015
Deborah Jean Faulkner, 63, went to be with the Lord with her family at her side. She was born in Joplin, MO. She was part of the Theta sorority at OU, where she earned a bachelor degree in nursing and was a diehard Sooner Fan. Deborah was a nurse by trade and lifestyle. She grew up in the Catholic Church....
Mary Louise Johnson
Mar 15, 2015
Mary Louise (Specht) Johnson, age 97, passed away on March 15, 2015 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mary was born on February 25, 1918 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Louis F. and Bertha C. (Whelan) Specht. On Oct 18, 1945 Mary was united in marriage to Leamon S. Johnson. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Leamon S. Johnson; brother,...
Denise Mae Smith
Mar 15, 2015
Denise Smith passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015. She retired from Oklahoma Department of Human Services. She liked to fish and go to the casino. She is survived by son, Johnny Smith; daughter, Cristy Smith; grandson, Rueben Sherrell who she helped take care of; brother, Rod Evans; sisters, Linda, Carol, Dora, and Jane; and Jayson Burk and daughter Harley, Candice...
Kate E. Klingenberg
Mar 15, 2015
A faithful servant of her Lord and of her family went to be with her heavenly Father on March 15, 2015. Kathleen Elaine Berney was born September 14, 1954 to Paul and De Berney in Oklahoma City. Kate spent her life in OKC teaching Pre-K and Kindergarten in several OKC and Putnam City schools. She changed schools often as she...
Laurel Ann Van Horn Jaworsky
Mar 14, 2015
Laurel Anne Van Horn Jaworsky died following a brief illness on March 14, 2015. Laurel was born October 14, 1936 in Oklahoma City. Laurel is survived by her husband, Jerry Jaworsky, Oklahoma City; her daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Kevin Mulroy, La Crescenta, CA; her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Dorian Van Horn, Dumfries, VA; her daughter and son-in-law, Alyssa...
Dora Bernece Carey
Mar 13, 2015
Bernece Carey passed away in her home on March 13, 2015, with family at her side. She is preceded in death by parents, Wesley and Esther Helton of Guthrie, OK, sister Victoria Douglas, brother Johnny Helton and her husband of 59 years Paul Carey, Jr. She leaves behind her sister Shirley Mullino, of Edmond, OK, her two daughters, Karen Caesar...
Stephen Paul Hughes
Mar 9, 2015
Steve Hughes, of Oklahoma City, died at home after a brief illness with his beloved Jack and Jill nearby. Preceded in death by his parents, James L. Hughes and Mary Catherine Nicklas Hughes, he is survived by his adoptive mother, Shirley Hughes Miller and Bill J. Miller and four sisters: Diane (James) Kincel, Cynthia Webb, Kathryn (Gregory) Ahrens and Valerie...
Mary Odell Dougherty
Mar 5, 2015
Mary Odell Dougherty passed away surrounded by her family on March 5, 2015 under hospice care in Mercy Hospital. She was born October 21, 1923, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles and Ione Grundy Odell. She graduated from Southwestern State University in Weatherford in 1945 with a teaching degree in math and English. In 1946 she married her loving husband...
Patricia H. Kelley
Mar 5, 2015
Patricia Helen Kelley died peacefully on March 5, 2015. She was born on February 22, 1925, in Peoria, IL. She was the sixth of seven children born to Marguerite (Ryan) and John Kelley. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1935. Patsy attended John Carroll Catholic Schools. She then attended Business College for 2 years. It would be many years later...
Maj. Robert "Bob" Molina, Usaf (Ret.)
Mar 5, 2015
Services with full military honors will be 10:00 AM, Monday, March 9, 2015 at Ft. Sill National Cemetery.
Jackie Cooper
Feb 27, 2015
Jackie Cooper, beloved businessman and philanthropist, whose 60 years in the Oklahoma car, tire and electronics businesses made him one of the state's most well-known names, and friend to thousands of people from all walks of life, died on Friday at his home in Oklahoma City. He was 82. Jackie, known to most as Jack, began his career in his...
Robert Glenn Peeler, Jr.
Feb 27, 2015
Robert was born in Wichita Falls, Texas the son of Robert and Barbara Peeler and passed away at his home in Choctaw. He was a graduate of Okmulgee High School in 1972. He attended the University of Oklahoma and majored in Radio and TV Journalism. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi Society of...
Reverend William Bruce Ross
Feb 27, 2015
Reverend William Bruce Ross, died February 27, 2015 in Oklahoma City. Father Ross was born on September 2, 1927 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, the fifth of seven children born to Henry Clay and Marie Angela (Decker) Ross. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 1, 1954 at Holy Family Cathedral, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Father Ross attended St. Joseph's Academy, Chickasha; St....
Maria Del Carmen Gramatges
Feb 25, 2015
Maria del Carmen passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday morning, February 25, 2015. She was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, and proudly made the United States her adoptive country in 1960. Maria del Carmen moved to Oklahoma in 2009 to live with her daughter, Gloria and her late husband, Takis Pantazis. She was a kind, gentle, and...
Albert Sylvester Heberlein
Feb 17, 2015
Albert Sylvester Heberlein was born June 2, 1925 in Erie, Pennsylvania. His youth was spent on the family farm nearby. After completing high school he worked at Lord's Manufacturing in Erie before entering the Marine Corps in Sept 1943. Upon discharge from the service in 1945, he returned to work at Lord's. It was there where he met Norma Jane...
Marjorie Nadine Harmon
Feb 17, 2015
Marjorie "Nadine" Harmon (nee Allison) was born September 6, 1921, in Oklahoma City, OK, to Elmer Richard and Susie Elizabeth (Storey) Allison. She passed away on February 17, 2015. Nadine graduated from Central High School in 1938 where she was involved in the orchestra, girl's band, O.C.U. concert band and the Kiltie Band. She attended the University of Oklahoma where...
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