Helen Louise Cardenas
Jan 17, 2015
Helen was born August 30, 1931 in Valparaiso, Indiana. Next to the youngest of 11 children, life was hard on a farm in rural Indiana during The Depression. With the death of her Father at the age of 9, followed by the death of her Mother the next year, she lived an unstable life being shifted among relatives. Having experienced...
Lynna Kaye Geis
Jan 16, 2015
In the company of loved ones, Lynna Kaye Geis passed away on January 16, 2015. Lynna was born in Enid, Oklahoma on November 23, 1937. Her parents were Lynn A. Phares, and Ruth Evelyn Phares. Ruth Evelyn later married Clarence B. Hill who became Lynna's adoptive father. Lynna graduated from Cherokee High School in 1955. She married Alvin Charles Geis...
Dora B Mcgough
Jan 15, 2015
Dora, 89, went to be in heaven with her Lord, joining her husband Harold. Born in Aspermont, Texas she was raised on a ranch with a large extended family. She married the love of her life, Harold, at the end of the summer of 1942. The first four years of their marriage Harold was in the Air Force, which kept...
Vernon Eugene Kouts
Jan 13, 2015
Loving husband and father Vernon Eugene Kouts was born on November 5, 1927 in Enid, OK to George and Caroline Kouts and passed away on January 13, 2015 in Oklahoma City. Vernon grew up on a farm in Enid. He graduated from Garber High School where he played football. Following High School, Vernon joined the Army Paratroopers, the 82nd Airborne....
Michelle 'Missy' Lampkin
Jan 12, 2015
Michelle "Missy" Lampkin, age 51, recently of Parkersburg, West Virginia, died of natural causes in Denver, Colorado on January 12, 2015. She was a shooting star who lit up every room she walked into with her irresistible smile and laughter. She made us smile. She made us laugh and cry. Born in Oklahoma City on August 16, 1963 to the...
Marian Turner Miller
Jan 11, 2015
Marian Miller died peacefully at home on January 11, 2015, with her husband at her side. She was born February 13, 1932 in Wewoka, Ok, to Doris (Campbell) and Harvey Bruce Turner. She grew up in Fittstown, OK, graduated from McLish High School and received her BA from East Central University. She attended graduate school at Perkins School of Theology,...
Barbara L. Ogden
Jan 10, 2015
Barbara entered this world on February 10, 1932 in Miami, OK and she left us by passing away peacefully on January 10, 2015 in Oklahoma City. She was a beloved wife and mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. She touched countless other lives. Greeting Mom in Heaven are husband Charlie, her parents Russell and Thelma Younger, brother Bill, grandson Bryan and...
John R. Gardner
Jan 7, 2015
John Gardner has gone to heaven where he is no doubt arranging OU's next football season, bringing the oil prices back up and meeting those who have gone before him with smiles and joy, including all his 4 legged children which he adored. His brilliant mind, kind heart, generous spirit and sense of humor will be missed by all those...
Jack W. Cornett
Jan 5, 2015
Jack Walton Cornett, 89, passed away on the evening of January 5th, 2015, in Oklahoma City. Jack was born in Oklahoma City on March 26th, 1925, to the late Ed and Lois Cornett. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, several sisters, and most recently his wife of 67 years, Joan, who passed away this last July....
William E. 'Bill' Kay
Jan 4, 2015
William E. (Bill) Kay was born May 5, 1923 in Pernell, OK to Ira G. and Iva Vandiver Kay. He died January 4, 2015 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was founder and President of Kaywood Industries in Oklahoma City until his retirement. He is survived by a brother Hubert Kay and a sister Fern Mitchell of Oklahoma City, OK; his...
Maria Hargis-Bowen
Jan 4, 2015
Maria Hargis-Bowen died January 4 after a courageous battle with cancer. Maria was born November 12, 1963, in Memphis, TN to Roland Paul and Edwina Hargis. She was the youngest of their seven children. Maria grew up in Memphis, EI Dorado, AR, Oklahoma City and Richardson, TX before moving back to Oklahoma City, where she met the love of her...
John Michael 'John Michael "Mike" Bab Babiak
Jan 2, 2015
John Michael (Mike) Babiak, 72, died Friday January 2, 2015 at his home in Oklahoma City. He was born August 28, 1942 to Edward R. and Hyacinth Babiak of Oklahoma City. He is preceded in death by his wife Linda, his parents, his brother Robert, and his sisters Betty Jo Wilson and Ginger Reagan. He is survived by his children,...
Betty Jo Dawson
Jan 1, 2015
Betty Jo Dawson, age 81 died peacefully and without pain New Years Day, 2015 at OU Medical Center Edmond, Ok. Betty was born March 31, 1933 in a small town in southeast Oklahoma the daughter of James J and Allie Mae Holt maiden name Griggs. She married Lanham Isaac Dawson, Jr. and they eventually had five children, 4 sons and...
Paul Vernon Bean
Dec 30, 2014
Paul Vernon "Pops" Bean, 52, resident of The Village, went to be with his LORD and Savior on Dec. 30, 2014, in Oklahoma City. He was born August 29, 1962, in Oklahoma City, the son of Jay and Mildred Bean. He enjoyed working with his hands and building things. He had a great love for his God and his family....
Frederick Robert 'Frederick Robert "Freddy Jedlicka
Dec 30, 2014
Freddy was born August 31, 1960 in Omaha, Nebraska, and passed away December 30, 2014 in Bethany, Oklahoma, at his sister's home. He is survived by two brothers, Donny and Mike Jedlicka and five sisters, Suzie Varner, J.J. Malone, Rosy Jedlicka, Bea Rouse, and Desi Green; and numerous nieces and nephews and grand nieces and grand nephews. He was preceded...
Julia Lou Mcnatt
Dec 29, 2014
Private family services will be held for Julia at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Edmond.
Loran Clifton 'Loran Clifton "Bo" Bodi Bodine
Dec 29, 2014
Loran Clifton "Bo" Bodine, Sr., 73, passed away December 29, 2014, at his home in Norman. He was born July 25, 1941, in Oklahoma City, the third son of Frank E. and Dora Houser Bodine. He attended Capitol Hill High School until 1959 when he joined the United States Army. He was stationed in Germany and honorably discharged. Bo was...
Halbert Glen 'Kirk' Kuykendall
Dec 26, 2014
He was a giant among men. Respected and loved by everyone who ever knew him. The second of six children, he grew up on a small farm in Caddo County, Oklahoma in the middle of the dust bowl and during the depression. At 15, he left home with only two dollars he had borrowed and the clothes on his back....
Taffe Simon
Dec 26, 2014
Taffe Simon loved God with all his heart, soul, and mind, and this truth shaped the way he conducted his life. He was born on March 14, 1920 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the son of Sam and Alexandria Skundra George Simon. He remained in Wilkes-Barre until he graduated from school. Taffe said he had no fear when he first entered the...
Wilma Jean Birdwell
Dec 25, 2014
Wilma Jean Birdwell was born on December 22, 1929 in Snomac, OK to Harry and Ruby Walter. She was raised in Snomac, Oklahoma and later moved as the family followed the developing oil and gas fields. She graduated from Cashion High School and attended Central State College in Edmond, OK for one year. She then moved to Hobbs, NM and...
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