Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Janice Marie Mcgee

Janice Marie Mcgee

Jan 26, 2013

Janice Marie McGee passed away January 26, 2013 in Oklahoma City. She was born on January 19th, 1930, the daughter of Patrick R. McGee and Bertha Menz McGee. She went to Rosary School, graduating in 1945, and St. Joseph's High School, graduating as valedictorian of her class in 1948. Her college education included St. Mary of the Woods College in...

Mary Gertrude 'Mary Martini Cirksena' Cirksena

Mary Gertrude 'Mary Martini Cirksena' Cirksena

Jan 26, 2013

Mary Martini Cirksena was born June 17, 1908 in Edgerton, MO to Max Frederick and Ada von Bothimer Martini. Mary passed peacefully from this life on January 26, 2013. The sixth of nine Martini children, Mary graduated from Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls, SD. She taught Latin and English full time in Pierre, SD for one year, and later...

Wendell Don Cavin

Wendell Don Cavin

Jan 20, 2013

Wendell Don Cavin was born July 5, 1955, in Bartlesville, Okla., and passed away Jan. 20, 2013, in Edmond, Okla. He was the son of Donald Lee Cavin and Loretta Gayle (Love) Cavin. Wendell was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from Southeast High School in 1973. He attended the University of Houston and later the University of Oklahoma where...

Shirley Lewayne 'Shirley L. James' James

Shirley Lewayne 'Shirley L. James' James

Jan 19, 2013

Shirley Lewayne James, 78, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at her home in Oklahoma City. Shirley was born October 15, 1934, in Optima, Oklahoma, to Alfred and Letha Mouser and was raised in Guymon, Oklahoma. Shirley was an independent and self-reliant individual, who made a career as a legal secretary and as an administrative assistant in the oil and...

Elizabeth Jane Stockard

Elizabeth Jane Stockard

Jan 13, 2013

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Dillon Stockard passed away peacefully after a brief illness surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the age of 94. Betty was born on July 16, 1918 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to John Joseph & Alice Egan Dillon. She was second generation of Irish immigrants from County Kerry, and was always proud of her Irish...

Paul Sprehe

Paul Sprehe

Jan 12, 2013

Paul Francis Sprehe, Sr., 82, passed away January 12, 2013 in Oklahoma City, OK. The oldest son of Francis Louis Sprehe and Estella Marie McGuire, he was born August 8, 1930 in OKC. He attended Rosary School and Classen High School and was an Eagle Scout. Awarded a full scholarship by the US Navy to attend the University of Oklahoma,...

Trina Martin

Trina Martin

Jan 10, 2013

Trina Lorraine (Wingo) Martin, 98, passed away on January 10, 2013. Trina was born to Harvey and Neetice McIntosh Wingo in Pawnee, Oklahoma on November 19, 1914. She graduated from Pawnee High School and entered Nurses training at Oklahoma General Hospital (now called Mercy). She graduated with an R. N. degree in 1937. In 1939 she met and married Dr....

Gail Marie Adams

Gail Marie Adams

Jan 8, 2013

Gail Marie Davenport Adams died peacefully January 8, 2013 in Grapevine, TX in the company of her children. Gail was born November 17, 1933 in Pottawatomie County. She grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Bishop John Carroll School and graduated in 1952 from "Catholic High" Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. Gail was married to John C. Adams, Jr. for...

Sally A. Blood

Sally A. Blood

Jan 5, 2013

She was born on September 22, 1938 in Canton, Oklahoma to Orval & Delores Smith. Sally grew up with her family of three sisters (Judy, Jere, and Emmadee) on a farm in the Canton/Eagle City area. She was educated in Eagle City and Canton public schools. As an adult, Sally attended some college related to travel, business and creative writing....

Maxine Marie Sexton

Maxine Marie Sexton

Jan 4, 2013

Maxine Sexton of Oklahoma City, passed away peacefully at her home on January 4, 2013. She was 99. She was born on June 1, 1913 to Frank Kassel and Rhoda Deveres in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Maxine was married to Kenneth Sexton for 40 years and had three children. She loved hosting, and preparing big dinners on Sundays and holidays, for...

Sister Mary Clotilda Toelle

Sister Mary Clotilda Toelle

Jan 4, 2013

Leona Lucille Marie was born to George Toelle of O'Fallon, MO and to Ursula Orf Toelle of Dardenne Prairie, MO. In this loving family of eight children, Sister was the fourth daughter. She happily related that she was baptized the next day. Sister moved when she was 4 years of age to Sulphur, OK and then moved to the rural...

Robert Wallace King, M.D.

Robert Wallace King, M.D.

Jan 3, 2013

Robert Wallace King, M.D. (Bob) passed away Jan 3, 2013, at St. Anthony Hospital following a short illness. Born in OKC on Sept. 27, 1921 to Olga Wykert King and Arthur King, Bob graduated from Classen High School in 1939, and then OU in 1943 with a degree in engineering. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He married...

Dora Bell 'Dora Grant' Grant

Dora Bell 'Dora Grant' Grant

Jan 2, 2013

Dora Grant was surrounded by family as she left to walk with her Lord on January 2, 2013 after suffering complications following a series of strokes. Dora was born August 11, 1927 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma; the second youngest child of John Russell Higgins and Henrietta Wood Higgins. Dora's life was blessed by her twin sister, Nora Wilcox. They were raised...

Bill Conger

Bill Conger

Jan 1, 2013

J. William "Bill" Conger passed away January 1, 2013. Bill was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on March 6, 1945. Bill, the son of George and Lil Conger, moved with his family to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in the summer of 1961. There he met his high school sweetheart, the love of his life, and his wife of 45 years, Sherry Martin. Together...

Frances Bissonnette

Frances Bissonnette

Dec 31, 2012

Frances L. Bissonnette passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City on December 31,2012. Frances, or Fran as she preferred to be called, was born in the dining room of her family farmhouse in Selma, California to Margaret and Charles Clinkenbeard on December 9, 1920. Her family moved to Fresno, California when she was six years old. Fran attended...

Nancy Morton

Nancy Morton

Dec 29, 2012

Wrapped in the arms of Jesus, Nancy Hotchkiss Morton passed away on December 29, 2012. Nancy fought a courageous 3 year battle against breast cancer. Her family wishes to thank the many doctors, nurses and special care givers who provided the greatest of assistance, compassion, and love during Nancy's long fought ordeal. The family would like to especially thank Physicians...

Nancy Hotchkiss Morton

Nancy Hotchkiss Morton

Dec 29, 2012

Wrapped in the arms of Jesus, Nancy Hotchkiss Morton passed away on December 29, 2012. Nancy fought a courageous 3 year battle against breast cancer. Her family wishes to thank the many doctors, nurses and special care givers who provided the greatest of assistance, compassion, and love during Nancy's long fought ordeal. The family would like to especially thank Physicians...

Donna Jo Desalvo

Donna Jo Desalvo

Dec 27, 2012

Popular Oklahoma City Musician/Singer/Songwriter, Donna DeSalvo, passed away on December 27, 2012. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 8, 1952 to Anthony B. and Mary Jim "Jimmie" DeSalvo, who preceded her in death. She is survived by a brother, Jim DeSalvo of Barling, Arkansas; her "Two Sisters who really could cook" Annette Bedell of Seal Beach, California, and...

Thomas T. Jones

Thomas T. Jones

Dec 26, 2012

Tom T. Jones, Sr. went to be with his Lord on December 26, 2012 at his home. He was born on January 26, 1919 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He proudly graduated from Texas A&M University in 1940 and joined the U.S. Army. Major Tom T. Jones proudly served his country as part of the Corps of Engineers for 6 years...