Bruce Beatty Lenz
Apr 9, 2014
Bruce B. Lenz passed away April 9, 2014 after a brief illness. He was born on March 14, 1941 in Evanston, Illinois to Lois Beatty Lenz and Donald Mayo Lenz. He grew up in Chicago and moved to upstate New York where he graduated from Skaneateles High School with honors. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis...
Dorothy Wilkinson 'Dorothy Wilkinson Ham Hamilton
Apr 9, 2014
Dorothy died peacefully at her Oklahoma City residence on April 9, 2014. Her last wish fulfilled. She was born in Coffeyville, Kansas. Her family relocated to Oklahoma City in her first year of life. As a young woman she was a pianist, music teacher, a graduate of Old Classen High School and she earned a BFA in Music with a...
Lynn Albertson Cohenour
Apr 9, 2014
Lynn Albertson Cohenour was born on September 25, 1923 at St. Anthony's Hospital to Louis LeClaire Alberston and Kathryn Sims Albertson. She died Wednesday, April 9, 2014, surrounded by family. Lynn grew up an only child in Oklahoma City and went away to the University of Arkansas for her first semester of college. She returned home when World War II...
Dorothy E. Kraker
Apr 9, 2014
Dorothy E. Kraker was born on January 19, 1921 in Keifer, Oklahoma to Monsour and Saleema Kraker. She passed away April 9, 2014. Her family moved to Henryetta, Oklahoma in 1927 and later the family moved to Oklahoma City in 1936. She graduated from Capitol Hill High School and worked at Tinker Air Force Base. She then joined her sister,...
Daniel Leon Hancock
Apr 4, 2014
Daniel Leon Hancock peacefully left this earthly life on the morning of April 4th. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Daniel was born to Benjamin Leon Hancock and Maudy Luell Blackledge on April 23, 1931 in Laurel, Mississippi. After attending George S. Gardiner High School where he played football and basketball, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy....
Patricia Ann Hoge
Mar 31, 2014
Patricia Ann McCoy was born June 12, 1943, in Bunny, Arkansas and died March 31, 2014. She graduated as salutatorian from high school and earned a bachelor's degree in English from Arkansas State University. Pat moved to Oklahoma City after marrying Ken Davis in 1964, and their daughter, Keli D'Anne Davis Bertani was born two years later. In 1968, she...
Kathleen O. Kubier
Mar 30, 2014
Kathleen O. Kubier, 89, passed away on March 30, 2014. She was born on October 15, 1924 in St. Paul, MN to Henry and Kate Olsen. In addition to raising 7 children, she was an active in the League of Women's Voters while in Minnesota. In 1964 Kathleen and her family moved to Oklahoma City. Kathleen worked with the American...
Terry Wayne Stuck
Mar 28, 2014
Terry passed away suddenly in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 28, 2014. He was born in Liberal, KS, on November 3, 1961. He grew up in Elkhart, KS, before moving to Turpin, OK, where he graduated from high school. He was doing light farm work and working for Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. in Kansas before he returned to school....
Joan M. Jarvis
Mar 28, 2014
Joan Marie Jarvis was born on March 29, 1945 to Alvina and John Bosi and passed away on March 28, 2014 from a long battle with cancer. She was an amazing mother to Jennifer Fairchild; a grandparent to Madison Jarvis and great grandmother to Caleb Hoppe. She is also survived by her sisters; Charlotte Hess, Diane Hunt, Mary Kelly, and...
Katherine Hornick
Mar 26, 2014
Katherine Hornick joined her beloved husband "Joe" on March 26, 2014. She was born October 17, 1919 in Chepin, Yugoslavia, to parents Marie (Rigodi) Novak and Andrew Novak. At the age of 2, she and her parents moved to the United States to begin a new life and resided for many years in North Riverside, Illinois. On May 4, 1946,...
Jack Allen Fisher
Mar 24, 2014
Jack was born in Oklahoma City the son of Jack Allen Fisher, Sr. and Joy LaNelle Fisher and passed away at his home. He graduated from Northwest Classen High School and lived in Oklahoma City most of his life. He attended Newchurch and worked as a technician at Tinker AFB for many years, until the time of his death. He...
Joseph Ruffin
Mar 23, 2014
Born in Gotemba, Japan, to parents Dr. Joseph Bernard Ruffin and Vestina Provencio Ruffin. He spent his childhood in Oklahoma City, and graduated from Classen High School ('73) and then the University of Oklahoma ('78). Joe's time after college in Korea with the Peace Corps ignited his lifelong passion for defending the rights of others, which would fuel his life's...
Maxwell James Hollman
Mar 22, 2014
Max Hollman, 30, passed away in his sleep Saturday morning, March 22, 2014 at his home in Marietta, Ohio. His funeral will be noon Saturday, March 29, at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 3214 N. Lake, Oklahoma City, followed by a gathering in the parish hall. Visitation will be Friday, March 28, from noon to 8 p.m....
James M. Pearson
Mar 21, 2014
Devoted husband, father, brother, and friend Jim Pearson passed away on March 21, 2014 in Mercy Hospital after a general debilitating illness. He is survived by his wife Eleanor of 58 years; two sons, Mike and Bob; two grandchildren; Zachary Pearson and Ryanne Logan, and six great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother and three sisters; Paul Pearson,...
Jon Daris Parker
Mar 18, 2014
Jon Daris Parker, 54, passed away March 18, 2014. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 19, 1959 to The Reverend Wayne B. Parker and Barbara Lawhon Parker. The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1961 and Jon was in United Methodist Churches in Oklahoma and New Mexico where his father served as pastor. Jon received an Associate's Degree...
Gerald Forrest 'Forrest Carlile' Carlile
Mar 17, 2014
Gerald Forrest Carlile, Jr. (Forrest) passed away on March 17, 2014, in Oklahoma City, after a brief battle with cancer. Forrest was born August 4, 1961, and lived in Oklahoma City his whole life. He served as a firefighter for 24 years, retiring in 2010 with the rank of Lieutenant. He loved the brotherhood of the OKC Fire Department. Forrest...
Amanda Elizabeth Moran
Mar 16, 2014
Amanda Elizabeth Moran was born in Texarkana, TX to Gary Moran and Charlene Jones (Moran). Amanda graduated from Idabel High School in Idabel, OK and East Central University in Ada, OK. Amanda will be remembered for her kindness, generosity, enthusiasm, and love for God and others. She made it to heaven earlier than we would have expected, but is undoubtedly...
James David Smith
Mar 16, 2014
Lieutenant Colonel James David Smith (Jim), USAF (Ret), age 91, went to be with our Lord Sunday, March 16, 2014, with his son Steven at his side. Born April 21, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, to David E. and Edith M. Smith, he graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1948, with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Speaking. Commissioned into...
Lyle Robert 'Lyle Babe' Babe
Mar 16, 2014
Lyle Babe, 85 years, passed away March 16 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Lyle was born Aug. 4, 1928, to Robert and Wilma Babe at Pisgah, Iowa. He grew up in Pisgah and graduated in 1946. In 1948, he married Dorothy Andrews and they made their home in Breda, Iowa where Lyle was a telegrapher for Chicago Northwestern...
Opal G. Akins
Mar 13, 2014
Opal G. Akins was born July 1, 1929 in Johnston County, Oklahoma. She died on March 13, 2014, at the age of 84. Throughout her life, Miss Opal, as she has been known to those who love her, has adhered to the Christin way of life, and most recently as a faithful member of Village Baptist Church. One of the...
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