Carol Jean Sawyers Scott
Oct 5, 2015
Carol Jean Sawyers Scott was born Nov. 17th, 1929 to Grover Cleveland Sawyers and Mildred Juanita Hobbie Sawyers. She was born into eternal life on Oct. 5, 2015. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her Husband Dick, sibling, Kenneth Sawyers and a son James Allen Scott. Carol married Richard Allen Scott on July 31, 1948 at Epworth Methodist...
Will Harris
Oct 4, 2015
Baby Will, we "love you more than the most." William "Will" Carson Harris, born May 7, 2000 in Oklahoma City to Susie Marks Harris and Glenn Steven Harris was taken from us on October 4, 2015. He was a precious baby boy and grew to be a kind, generous and thoughtful young man of strong faith. He had a beautiful...
Emma Joy Witten
Oct 2, 2015
Born on August 16th, 1919, in Wichita, Kansas, Emma Joy was the second child and only daughter of Virginia and Richard V. Brantley and sister to Mitchell, R.V., Danny and twins Roy and Ray. The family moved to Oklahoma City where Emma attended school and helped raise her brothers. She started her career with the Periodical Publishing Service which led...
Dawn Davis-Cain
Oct 2, 2015
Danya Dawn Davis Cain, 74, passed away on October 2, 2015 in Tishomingo, OK. She was born April 13, 1941 in Wichita Falls, TX to Thomas Malcom Dobbins and Mary Lou Dobbins. Dawn earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma, was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was actively involved in Rotary...
Rita Shirley Lepak
Oct 2, 2015
Rita Shirley Lepak died peacefully October 2, 2015, of cancer. Rita was born April 26, 1934 in Oklahoma City, the daughter of Frank and Martina Schott. She was baptized in Sacred Heart Church. Rita was raised in a close-knit family with her sister, Susan Berney, and brother, Johnny Schott. As a child, Rita enjoyed cooking, paper dolls and reading. She...
Norma Josephine Breitling
Oct 1, 2015
Norma Josephine Breitling passed peacefully in the early morning of October 1, 2015. Born in Oklahoma City in 1928, to Norman Henry Inman and Josephine Francis Inman. Norma lived most of her life in the Del City and Mustang areas with several years in Nashville, Tennessee. Married 54 years to Marvin E. Breitling, who preceded her in death, her four...
Jack "Rowdy" Rowton
Sep 28, 2015
Jack D. "Rowdy" Rowton Jr., 64, died at his Edmond home on Monday evening. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Patricia Rowton; his sister, Janie Pierce, brother-in-law, Charles Pierce, sister-in-law, Jude Ann Hamilton and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and best friend Jack D. Rowton Sr., mother, Jean Stockwell; sisters,...
The Rev. Dr. John P. Ryan
Sep 28, 2015
The Reverend Dr. John Prime Ryan, former rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City died September 28, 2015. A Requiem mass will be celebrated 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2015 at St. John's Episcopal Church. Father Ryan is the son of Claude Clinton Ryan and Ida Florence Prime Merrill. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he grew up in Tulsa...
Jerry D. Sokolosky
Sep 27, 2015
Attorney Jerry D. Sokolosky, 78, of Oklahoma City passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015. He was born in OKC on April 12, 1937 to the late Imogene (née Koelsch) and Joe Sokolosky. Jerry was educated in both OKC and Shawnee and graduated from OU College of Law in 1963. While in law school, he organized a research team of...
Jack G. Summers
Sep 26, 2015
Jack G. Summers was born in Oklahoma City the son of Jack and Louise Summers. He graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School and attended the University of Oklahoma. Jack was an avid golfer. He was featured in Golf Digest while in high school for a hole in one on a par four at Lincoln Park West. He served as assistant...
Marjorie Nell Tolle-Clements
Sep 26, 2015
Marjorie B. Tolle-Clements, who was oft described as elegant, sophisticated, fashionable, intelligent, austere, formal, and business-like, made her transition from this life on September 26, 2015. She was 92. Marjorie "Bocky" Burley Tolle-Clements was born in New Orleans on August 28, 1923, to Ovid Hansel Burley, gas station mechanic, and the former Clara Hoy, a school teacher. Having been double...
Mary Frances Slaughter
Sep 25, 2015
Mary is survived by a sister, Darlene Sauls Homra (Jack); Niece, Kathy Poston and her daughter, Jordyn Poston of Nashville, TN; a nephew, Joe Zyzniewski (Sarai) and their children Shay, Chase and Kye Zyzniewski of Roswell, GA. She is preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Slaughter; her parents, Raymond H. Koelsch & Odessa McDowell Koelsch; sister, Marlene Koelsch and...
Jerry Rupert
Sep 24, 2015
Mary Geraldine (Jerry) Rupert was born on January 3, 1925, to Helen (FitzGibbons) and Hugh Maguire. She was the eldest of nine children. She began school in 1930 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, which is now Bishop John Carroll School. Jerry was the oldest of the 9 children in a rollicking Irish-Catholic family that lived in a 3...
Crennan Micheal Baker
Sep 23, 2015
Crennan is a 22 year old man who had a plan for his life. He married his best friend, Shellby, the love he met at 15. They had a 2 year old daughter, Enola and were eagerly awaiting another baby girl in February 2016. Crennan is an outstanding father and husband and dreamed of joining the Navy special ops to...
Betty Herd Smith
Sep 23, 2015
Betty was the only child born to Roy and Ada Herd. She attended and graduated from Classen High School in 1939. After high school she went to the University of Oklahoma where she met the love of her life Gomer Smith, Jr. and they married on May 2, 1941. They moved around to various locations while Gomer was serving in...
James E. Beebe
Sep 21, 2015
James Edward Beebe was born on October 4, 1934 in Crawfordsville, Indiana and passed into the loving arms of Jesus on September 21, 2015 at the age of 80 in his home in Edmond, OK. He was the son of Chester and Dorothy Beebe. He was the youngest of three sons and was an accomplished athlete in his younger years....
Labeth Thelma Myers
Sep 20, 2015
LaBeth Myers passed away in her home in Oklahoma City surrounded by her family on Sunday, September 20, 2015 after a prolonged illness. LaBeth was born on September 9, 1938, in Walters, Oklahoma to Jack Merriott and Dorothy (Merriott) Dennis. She spent a large part of her childhood under the care of her great uncle and aunt, Charles and Louise...
Daniel Earl Nesom
Sep 17, 2015
Daniel Earl Nesom Aug. 26, 1933 – Sept. 17, 2015 Daniel Earl Nesom, was born on August 26, 1933 in Okmulgee, OK to the late Edna and Earl Nesom. Graduating from Okmulgee High, and Central State College with a degree in business. He later moved to other towns including Muskogee, Duncan, Oklahoma City, and later settling down in Edmond, OK....
Lorraine Hay
Sep 17, 2015
Lorraine Hay passed away peacefully on September 17th with her surviving children and granddaughter at her side. Lorraine was born December 14, 1925 in Oklahoma City and graduated from Central High School in 1943. She married Walker "Dub" Hay in 1944 and they celebrated 58 years of marriage prior to his death in 2003. The couple raised three loving children,...
John D. Chiaf, Sr.
Sep 17, 2015
John was born to Joseph and Philomena Chiaffitelli on August 1, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. The son of Italian immigrants he quit school at the age of nine and went to work as a pharmacist assistant to help support the family during the depression. He worked as a machinist prior to volunteering for the Army Air Corps during WWII....
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