Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Beverly Snyder-Reed

Beverly Snyder-Reed

Nov 9, 2014

Beverly Snyder-Reed passed away on November 9, 2014, after a two-year stay at a nursing home in Springfield, Missouri. Born Beverly Ann Gulley in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1939, she received a master's degree in social work at the University of Oklahoma in 1972. She worked as a counsellor in Oklahoma City. In 1990 she moved to Springfield, Missouri, and worked...

Florence Nashert Stepp

Florence Nashert Stepp

Nov 7, 2014

If you're really fortunate, there is a special someone who graces your life with a gentle and open heart. In our lives that someone is Flo Stepp, who nurtured so very many souls along her life journey as a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and dear friend. In the early morning hours of November 7th, surrounded in love by...

Robert B. Erwin

Robert B. Erwin

Nov 7, 2014

Robert B. Erwin passed away on Nov. 7, 2014. He was born Feb. 21, 1942, in Oklahoma City, the son of Beyrl and Alice Erwin. He graduated from Harding High School and later earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. Robert served as an MP in the U.S. Army. Following an honorable discharge, he worked as...

Chester Eugene 'Chester E. "Chet" Fergus Ferguson

Chester Eugene 'Chester E. "Chet" Fergus Ferguson

Nov 2, 2014

Local businessman, Chester E. "Chet" Ferguson loved Oklahoma City. He was born in rural Vernon Co., MO on June 8, 1922 to August "Gus" Ferguson and Elese G. (Moore) Ferguson. Chet grew up near Ft. Scott, KS and joined the Army Air Corps in July 1940. He moved to Wichita Falls, TX in August, 1941 to teach at the Shepherd...

Warren Robert Johnson

Warren Robert Johnson

Nov 1, 2014

Warren Robert Johnson left this world on November 1, 2014. He was a loving, gentle soul who went through life like the Pied Piper, gathering souls. Those who knew him were enriched by the experience. Warren was the son of Dr. Gary Johnson and Lauri Johnson. Warren proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a veteran of the...

Shirley Jean Kelly

Shirley Jean Kelly

Nov 1, 2014

Shirley Jean Kelly 70, passed away on November 1, 2014 in Oklahoma City, OK. Shirley was born on July 24, 1944 in Monticello, Arkansas to Eva Bernice and Ernest Victory Reed. She was the oldest of six children. Shirley retired from American Airlines Skychefs and enjoyed singing and sewing. Shirley is preceded in death by her parents; husbands Elmer Pennington,...

C. Jay Everhart

C. Jay Everhart

Oct 30, 2014

C. Jay died peacefully on October 30 with his wife at his side, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and treasured pets. Born in Salina, Kansas, on July 12, 1943, he was the cherished only child of Lyal M Everhart and Florene F. Shelton Everhart. He grew up in Gypsum, Kansas, a small town where he learned to treasure family and...

Luot Thi Nguyen

Luot Thi Nguyen

Oct 26, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 1:30 p.m., Saturday, November 1, 2014 at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help with Interment to follow at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery. Viewing from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

Diane Cole

Diane Cole

Oct 25, 2014

Diane Cole died October 25, 2014 after a 12 year long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born to Marvin and Virginia Jarrett in Miami, Oklahoma on May 3, 1932. She married Sherman Cole August 17,1952. She is survived by her husband, Sherman, sons, Steven and Richard, Steve's wife, Janna, and grandchildren, Jordan, Elaine, and Carter. She is also survived...

Joyce Eileen Allen

Joyce Eileen Allen

Oct 25, 2014

Memorial Services will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at the Smith & Kernke N. May Chapel with a reception to follow.

Frank Hudson

Frank Hudson

Oct 23, 2014

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 30, 2014 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with Interment to follow with full military honors at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery. Viewing will be from 9am to 7pm, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Smith & Kernke 23rd Street Funeral Home.

Joseph L. Klepise, Jr.

Joseph L. Klepise, Jr.

Oct 22, 2014

Joseph L. Klepise, Jr 82, passed away on October 22, 2014 in Oklahoma City. He was born on October 20, 1932 to Joseph Klepise Sr. and Elizabeth Wiederman in Passaic, NJ. Joseph moved to Oklahoma in 1961 and married the love of his life Marlene Button on May 11, 1963. He retired from Lucent after working with them for 23...

Paul Taylor Condit Jr.

Paul Taylor Condit Jr.

Oct 22, 2014

Paul Taylor Condit Jr. was born to Dr. Paul Taylor Condit Sr. and Mary Louise Condit in Baltimore, MD on December 6, 1946. Paul was notable for his passion for cars, steam engines, and antique tools. He owned several multi-ton steam engines, built his own belt-driven tool shop, and owned a variety of cars from hot rods to a Rolls...

Ophelia C. Arledge

Ophelia C. Arledge

Oct 22, 2014

Ophelia Clara Arledge, age 101, resident of Tuscany Village Nursing Center, Oklahoma City, OK, passed into Jesus' arms on October 22, 2014. Ophelia and Howard were married 56 years before his passing in 1992. She was born August 6, 1913 at West Wichita, KS to Michael N. and Elizabeth A. (Reding) Voegeli. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5...

Fredrick D. Weaver

Fredrick D. Weaver

Oct 20, 2014

Fredrick D. Weaver was born on March 16, 1949 in Camden, Arkansas to Richard and Nancy Weaver. He departed this life on Monday, October 20th at Mercy Hospital, OKC. Fred graduated from Lincoln High School in 1967 and graduated college in 1971 from A.M.N. College (now UAPB, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff). He retired as an educator from the Oklahoma...

Johnnie Ruth Perry

Johnnie Ruth Perry

Oct 19, 2014

Johnnie Ruth Perry, nee James, born February 5, 1924 in Bennington, Oklahoma to Bill & Dovie James, passed away October 19, 2014 in Oklahoma City. A third generation Oklahoman, she was the oldest of 11 children. She was valedictorian of her Milburn High School graduating class and then graduated from Murray State College in 1943. After graduation, she moved to...

Marne Megan 'Megan Mckinnis' Mckinnis

Marne Megan 'Megan Mckinnis' Mckinnis

Oct 18, 2014

Marne Megan McKinnis, age 60, was born December 14, 1953, in Oklahoma City and died October 18, 2014, in Oklahoma City. Megan graduated Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School and attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated with a degree in Journalism. Megan was preceded in death by her father, Fred L. McKinnis, her grandparents, Pearl and Fred...

Charity Lucretia Davis

Charity Lucretia Davis

Oct 15, 2014

Conant - Davis Charity Lucretia blessed her family for 86 years. She was a wonderful loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and grandmother. Charity lived by God's Word, teaching His ways as she went through her life. God has called Charity home, no more suffering for my good servant. Charity is survived by her husband, Thayne Davis; children, Max, Jerry...

Caroline Ruth Luna

Caroline Ruth Luna

Oct 15, 2014

In Memory of a Life So Beautifully Lived "Love You More" Caroline Ruth (Adams) Luna passed away after a short illness on Oct. 15, 2014 at the "young age" of 72. She was born Sept. 5, 1942 to Dorothea May (Newell) Adams and Edgar William Adams at St. Anthony Hospital where she would later graduate with honors after passing her...

Kenneth Earl Dunn

Kenneth Earl Dunn

Oct 13, 2014

Kenneth Earl Aloysius Joseph Dunn was born on his family farmstead in Humboldt, Nebraska on June 26, 1938. He departed this earth peacefully on October 13, 2014, surrounded by his wife of 49 years and loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ermanell and Earl Dunn. Early in his life, Ken showed a love for science with...