Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Laura Lou Pitts

Laura Lou Pitts

Feb 25, 2013

Ms. Laura Lou Pitts, 79 passed from this life to her heavenly home surrounded by family and friends on 2/25/13. Laura was born 4/21/33 in Little Kansas, Okla. to George and Lucy (Dry) Pitts and is a member of the Osage and Cherokee tribes. She was a resident of NW Oklahoma City where she lived with her beloved sister Lottie....

Ellen Jane Kimerer

Ellen Jane Kimerer

Feb 24, 2013

Ellen, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, cousin and friend left this life Sunday, February 24, 2013 peacefully in her sleep. She was born in 1920 to Frances Evelyn Adams and Edwin Scott, M.D. in Toledo, OH. After high school in Toledo, she studied voice and piano at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music before transferring to Toledo University. There she received...

Casey Lynn Scott

Casey Lynn Scott

Feb 23, 2013

Casey was born August 27, 1984 to Sara and Bob Scott. She is survived by her precious 4-year-old son, Kolby Michael Townsend. She also leaves behind parents, Denny and Sue Wehba, along with Sandy Gore. Siblings include Crystal Calfy, Jessica Scott, Jarrett McCreery, Ashley Armstrong, Tyler Armstrong, Kellie Close and Darren Burns. Casey's devoted aunts, Susan Clear and Sally Grace,...

Dolorasa 'Dee Dee' Spooner-Ervin

Dolorasa 'Dee Dee' Spooner-Ervin

Feb 21, 2013

Dolorosa "Dee Dee" Spooner-Ervin, 84, died peacefully on Feb. 21, 2013 in her sleep at her new home in Missouri, where she had recently moved to be with her children and grandchildren. She was born on Nov. 15, 1928 in Okla City, Okla. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 39 years Richard J. Spooner in Jan of 1994,...

Dan Hamil Williams

Dan Hamil Williams

Feb 18, 2013

Dan Hamil Williams, 85, known to most as Danny Williams or "3-D Danny", one of the most popular, well known, radio and TV Personalities in Oklahoma passed away peacefully on February 18, 2013 at his home with his devoted wife of 34 years, Maureen, at his side. He enjoyed almost eight decades of robust health and an active lifestyle most...

Ralph Weston 'Wes' Sigmon

Ralph Weston 'Wes' Sigmon

Feb 17, 2013

Ralph Weston Sigmon departed this life on Sunday, the 17th of February. Wes was born in Anadarko, OK on April 22, 1923 to Ralph and Abigail Sigmon. The family moved to Oklahoma City where Wes was raised. While attending Central High School, Wes met the love of his life, Barbara Marie Young. They were married on November 25, 1942 and...

Dorothy R. Peden

Dorothy R. Peden

Feb 15, 2013

Dorothy R. Peden was born on December 11, 1919, and departed this earth for her heavenly home on February 15, 2013. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved her family, friends, and her church, The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Dorothy grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri; went to business school; and retired...

Billy Smith, Jr.

Billy Smith, Jr.

Feb 14, 2013

Billy Smith Jr. was born in Guam and moved to New Mexico at a young age. He came to Oklahoma City after high school. Bill loved workin in the ICU at Oklahoma Heart Hospital. He also enjoyed motorcycles, working on cars, boating and playing golf. He was a loving husband, father, son and brother. He is survived by his wife...

Anna Marie Mcauliffe

Anna Marie Mcauliffe

Feb 14, 2013

“Well done good and faithful servant," Anna "Marie" Rush McAuliffe. Marie, age 92, died at Mercy hospital surrounded by her children. She was born August 2, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, to Thomas and Emma Rush. She was the eldest daughter of 11 children. She attended St. Francis grade school and graduated from Marquette High School in 1937. She married Richard...

Marian Tiehen

Marian Tiehen

Feb 8, 2013

Marian (Weddle) Tiehen, 92, passed peacefully from this world with a joyful heart and spirit on February 8, 2013. Marian blessed her family with love, encouragement, excellence, and her rugged spirit. Marian was born in Falls City, Nebraska on August 23, 1920 to Calvin "Cal" and Anna (Armbruster) Weddle. Marian and her brothers and sister grew up in Falls City...

James A. 'Jim Weinmann' Weinmann

James A. 'Jim Weinmann' Weinmann

Feb 8, 2013

James (Jim) Weinmann passed peacefully into eternal life with our God on Friday, February 8. Diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer in Jan., he died with his wife and his mentor and friend Archbishop Emeritus Beltran at his side. Jim was born in Atchison, KS, son of Arthur & Regina (Wolters) Weinmann, and grew up on a farm south of...

Lee Charles Burton

Lee Charles Burton

Feb 7, 2013

Lee Charles Burton, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired), born June 8, 1925, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went to the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-four years, RoseMarie Anderson Burton; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Burton; his brothers, Samuel F. Burton, Carl R. Burton, Jr, and Charles Lee Burton; and...

Jane 'Mary Jane Sandie Darden' Darden

Jane 'Mary Jane Sandie Darden' Darden

Feb 2, 2013

Mary Jane Wilson "Sandie" Darden passed away at home on February 2, 2013. She was born October 21, 1930 at Ft. Sam Houston, TX to Col. Bascom Lee Wilson U.S.A.F. M.C., Ret. and Mary Kathleen Lancaster Field Wilson. Sandie was a graduate of Stephens College, Columbia MO and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a...

Charles Heinen

Charles Heinen

Feb 1, 2013

Charles R. Heinen, born November 22, 1940, in Okarche, OK to John and Loretta Heinen, died at Mercy Hospital, February 1, 2013. He proudly served his country in the US Army, stationed in Germany, and later served his community for 27 years as a State Farm insurance agent. He was a founding member of Epiphany Catholic Church and served as...

John Paul Braniff, Sr.

John Paul Braniff, Sr.

Feb 1, 2013

John P. Braniff, Sr, T/Sgt USAF (Retired), born October 29, 1927 in Oklahoma City went to the Lord on Friday February 1, 2013. He was preceded in death by his father Paul R. Braniff (cofounder of Braniff Airways), mother Marie A. (Maney) Braniff and daughter Jeanne (Braniff) Hardey. He is survived by his wife of over 61 years Genevieve (Moran)...

Sr. Mary Mark Mcguire

Sr. Mary Mark Mcguire

Feb 1, 2013

Sister Mary Mark McGuire CST died February 1, 2013 at Grace Living Center, Bethany. Daughter of Harry James and Elizabeth J. Cole McGuire, Mary Elizabeth McGuire was born October 6, 1937 in Oklahoma City. She attended Bishop John Carroll Elementary School, and graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in 1956. She entered the convent of the Carmelite Sisters of St....

Georgia Sue Whitten

Georgia Sue Whitten

Jan 31, 2013

Georgia Sue Whitten, "Susie", was born to Richard and Betty Eaton in Pratt, KS on January 26, 1944. Susie graduated from Pratt High and was a proud Greenback. Her family moved to Wichita, KS where she married and had 3 children. Oklahoma City became her permanent home in 1975. Susie is preceded in death by her parents; her only son,...

John Antony 'John A. Coakley, Jr.' Coakley, Jr.

John Antony 'John A. Coakley, Jr.' Coakley, Jr.

Jan 30, 2013

John A. Coakley Jr., 94, formerly of Overland Park, Kansas died Jan. 30 at St. Ann's Home in Oklahoma City. John was born November 5, 1918 in City Island, New York. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served during the Korean conflict. He was preceded in death by Mary, his wife of 44 years, and...

Joan Mary Putnam

Joan Mary Putnam

Jan 30, 2013

Joan Mary Kershaw Putnam, 79, died peacefully January 30, 2013, after a valiant seven-year battle with cancer. She was born to L.R. and Clara Kershaw, of Muskogee, OK. One of five children, she was the youngest by 4 minutes in a family blessed with two sets of twins. She graduated from Muskogee's Central High School in 1951, and St. Mary's...