Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Ramona Paul

Ramona Paul

Jun 30, 2013

Dr. Ramona Frances Ware (Emmons) Paul passed away on June 30, 2013, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with her beloved husband, brother and sister-in-law by her side. Ramona was born to Henry Grady and Girdie Hutchison Ware on October 17, 1936, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She and her brother, Bob, grew up in Stillwater, where their parents were professors at Oklahoma...

Elizabeth Ann Wemott

Elizabeth Ann Wemott

Jun 29, 2013

Elizabeth A. WeMott, daughter of Walter Lee WeMott, Sr. and Mary Josephine Cook WeMott, left us on June 29, 2013 at the age of 83. She was surrounded by her friends. Liz graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She retired from Sun Oil Company after twenty nine years in 1988. She next retired from the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Liz loved...

Frank Edwin Dennis

Frank Edwin Dennis

Jun 19, 2013

Frank Dennis was born in Oklahoma City on July 1, 1926, to E.V. (Vernon) and Leah Trosper Dennis. He passed away at his home on June 19, 2013. He attended Horace Mann, Harding and Classen Schools and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1949 and...

Karen Lynn Kavanaugh - Kenney

Karen Lynn Kavanaugh - Kenney

Jun 18, 2013

Karen Kavanaugh Kenney, 53, was called to heaven as the sun set on June 18, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her family at her side. She was born on October 18, 1959 in Orange, California to Alfred William (Bill) and Mary Ann Kavanaugh. Karen grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma...

George Mike 'George M. Drew' Drew

George Mike 'George M. Drew' Drew

Jun 18, 2013

Our beloved "Papa" George M. Drew, 88, died peacefully June 18, 2013. He was one of ten children born to the late Vera and August Drew in Harrah, OK on November 27, 1924. It was there after high school, that he met and married his absolute love, Martha Lucy Kusek on July 30, 1955. He ever-so begrudgingly left the life...

David Ray Friend

David Ray Friend

Jun 17, 2013

David Ray Friend, 52, was born April 20, 1961, in Ashland, Kansas. He died June 17, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, after a long battle with cancer. He was received into the Catholic Parrish of Saint John the Baptist in Edmond, Oklahoma, at the Easter Vigil 2004. He is proceeded in death by his father Cecil Friend...

Gary Allen Pellegrini

Gary Allen Pellegrini

Jun 15, 2013

Gary Allen Pellegrini passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the age of 71. Gary was born January 19, 1942 in Chicago, IL to Henry and Eileen Pellegrini. At the age of 5, the family moved to Oklahoma City and Gary began his years of Catholic education at Rosary grade school and then graduating from Bishop Mcguinness High School in...

Donald Paul Brown

Donald Paul Brown

Jun 13, 2013

The well is capped and the rig is down. Donald Paul Brown has ended his earthly service and is now with his Savior, Jesus Christ in His heavenly mansion. After a brief battle with lung cancer, Donald passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on June 13, 2013. Don was born January 29, 1927 to Wayne and Edna...

Madonna Nadine Propps

Madonna Nadine Propps

Jun 11, 2013

Madonna Nadine Cornelson was born in Clinton, OK on July 22, 1928, to Juanita (Stewart) & Jake Cornelson and passed away June 11, 2013, at Mercy Hospital OKC. Madonna lived in Erick, OK when she was young, and the family later moved back to Clinton where she graduated from Clinton High School (1946). She also attended Southwestern College in Weatherford....

Harry James Benson

Harry James Benson

Jun 5, 2013

Harry James Benson was born on March 28, 1941 in Durant, OK and passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 6:50a.m. He graduated in 1959 from Okmulgee High School where he was active in athletics and band. Harry continued his education at Oklahoma University on a ROTC Naval Scholarship where he was a member of the Lamda Chi Alpha...

Maudene Adwell

Maudene Adwell

Jun 5, 2013

Maudene Lasiter Adwell, 84 year old resident of Kingston, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Born on September 16, 1928 in Woodville, Oklahoma, to George Lasiter and Lillie Bell Rogers, she graduated from Kingston High School in 1946. She married Audie Adwell and lived in Oklahoma City for 65 years before moving to Kingston in 2004. Maudene worked for...

Lawrence Karl 'Larry' Rauen

Lawrence Karl 'Larry' Rauen

Jun 2, 2013

Lawrence (Larry) Karl Rauen, a lifelong Oklahoma City resident passed away June 2, 2013. Larry was born February 3, 1921 in Harrah, OK the son of Jesse L. and Anna L. Skrapke. Larry was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Marine Corp for four years. Larry was a war hero having received the Silver Star...

Robert E. Shea

Robert E. Shea

May 28, 2013

Bob Shea passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Mercy Hospital surrounded by his family. Bob was born in Alva on Nov. 24, 1930. His family moved to Oklahoma City in his youth where he was an active member at St. Joseph Old Cathedral Catholic Church. Upon graduating from St. Joseph High School, Bob went to work for...

Panayotis Pantazis

Panayotis Pantazis

May 28, 2013

Takis Pantazis received his formal education in Greece and the United States. He received a Diploma in the Division of Natural Sciences, University of Athens, Greece and a Ph.D. in Biology from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland in 1977. His professional scientific career spanned some 30 years with him gaining international recognition in the fields of cell biology, biochemistry, and...

Madison Kathleen Watts

Madison Kathleen Watts

May 27, 2013

“Though she be but little, she is fierce." Madison "Maddy" Kathleen Watts, made the world shine a little brighter when she was born November 18, 1993 and showed us just how much we'd miss her mesmerizing blue eyes and larger than life personality that filled and warmed the hearts of all those who knew her when she danced home into...

Courtland C. 'Gale' Galeener

Courtland C. 'Gale' Galeener

May 27, 2013

Gale was born in Fairfield, IL the son of William & Adela (Carrier) Galeener. He served as a lab technician for the U.S. Army during World War II. He has worked as a food chemist & computer expert for Wilson Foods most of his life. He was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist church since 1970 and was very...

Meredith Margaret Wilcox

Meredith Margaret Wilcox

May 26, 2013

Meredith Margaret Golden Wilcox lived a full and blessed life. She was born in Wilson, Oklahoma to Margaret Reed Golden and William Kennard Golden. She grew up in Oklahoma City where she attended Harding Jr. High and Classen High School. Meredith later attended Ward-Belmont Finishing School in Nashville, Tennessee, and she obtained her bachelor's degree in Theatre and Drama from...

Leona Irene Gonzales

Leona Irene Gonzales

May 24, 2013

Leona Irene (Rose) Gonzales 76 passed away on May 24, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born on April 9, 1937 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to C.A. and Pearlie Rose. Leona ran her own businesses most of her life from managing her own bars to her own cleaning business. In 2003 she went to Metro Tech and received her CNA...