Bonnie Faye Barnes
Sep 26, 2012
Bonnie Faye Barnes was born in Pauls Valley, OK. She grew up riding and loving horses and truly being a free spirit. As a child she developed her lifelong love of animals. After graduating from Pauls Valley High School she married and devoted herself to raising four children. Bonnie loved music, dancing, and playing the piano and talking and laughing...
Donald Dean Williams
Sep 23, 2012
Donald Dean Williams passed away on Sept. 23, 2012. He was born on July 7, 1935 to B.E. and Cora Williams in Wichita Falls, TX. After attending Midwestern University and his service in the Army, Don entered the oil and gas industry as a junior salesman. His skills in sales became apparent quickly and he rose through the ranks. In...
Gerald D. 'Jerry' Warner
Sep 22, 2012
Gerald "Jerry" Warner, age 85, passed from his life on September 22, 2012. He was born October 26, 1926, on the farm in Bates County, Missouri, son of Leroy and Veda Warner. A longtime business leader in retail, he began his long and illustrious career as a young salesman and then as a manager of a Rothshilds store in Kansas...
Doretha 'Doretha (Howerton) Van Horn' Van Horn
Sep 19, 2012
On September 19, 2012, after a brief illness, Doretha (Howerton) Van Horn, 99, died peacefully, surrounded by her family. She was born April 29, 1913, to Roy N. and Lusina (Curl) Howerton in Carl Junction, MO. Her family later moved to Baxter Springs, KS, where she graduated from high school. She attended Central State Teachers College (now UCO) in Edmond,...
Bill Lillard
Sep 18, 2012
Billy Jack "Bill" Lillard was born June 30, 1925, in Wilburton, OK, to Georgia Nichols Lillard and Smith A. Lillard. He died at his home in Oklahoma City on Sept. 18, 2012. Bill graduated from Durant High School in 1941, and joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 at age 17. He left Oklahoma City on his 18th birthday to enter...
Mary Jane 'Mary (Migut) Podolec' Podolec
Sep 18, 2012
Mary (Migut) Podolec was born the 8th day of October 1923, in Perth Fulton County, New York. She was called by God to his side on the 18th of September. Her husband Paul preceded her in death in 2008. She and Paul moved to Oklahoma in 1956. They raised 3 children: son, Paul Jr. and his wife Pat and 2...
Howard F. Morrow
Sep 16, 2012
Howard F. Morrow, 94, was born July 20, 1918 in Kingdon Springs, AR, and passed away September 16, 2012 in OKC. Howard was the fourth of six children of Roy and Lucinda Morrow. He moved to OKC in the 1940's and has lived here since that time. During WWII, he worked at Douglas Aircraft Plant, where he met his wife,...
Katherine 'Kit' Mitchell
Sep 13, 2012
This description of her life was mostly written by Kit herself a few years ago. She was a person who liked to plan ahead and have things in order. Katherine Jane (Kit) Stephens Mitchell was born March 11, 1923 to Atley A. Stephens and Alma Lila Roberts Stephens at Cement, OK. She died September 13, 2012 at the age of...
Robert William 'Robert Bob William Smit Smith, Jr.
Sep 12, 2012
Bob was born in Providence, RI to Robert and Sophie Smith. After graduating from high school, he served the next 20 years in the Navy aboard multiple submarines. In 1979, while stationed in Charleston SC, Bob met and married his wife, Cindy. He was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal in 1980 for his superior performance serving as Operations Officer and...
Minerva Massad Cohlmia
Sep 12, 2012
Minerva Massad Cohlmia was born January 22, 1920, in Drumright, Oklahoma, to Very Reverend George and Bedyah Massad. Her parents immigrated to this country from Lebanon early in the 20th century, both arriving as teenagers and without their parents, meeting and marrying in Steele, Missouri, in 1916. Minerva was raised in Drumright until 1938, when her father was appointed the...
James D. 'Jimmy D. Dean' Dean
Sep 12, 2012
James D. "Jimmy" Dean, 69, passed away September 12 after a long and courageous battle with diabetes and heart disease. Jimmy was born June 27, 1943 to "F.J." and Jewell Emilee Dean in Lawton, OK. He was winning pitcher for the Lawton High School 1962 state championship baseball team, and graduated from Lawton High School in 1962. He attended Oklahoma...
Todd Russell Tacker
Sep 10, 2012
Todd was born 11-12-68 in OKC. He died 9-10-12. He was an avid OU fan and loved NASCAR. Todd attended Casady School, graduated from John Marshall and De Anza College, Cupertino, CA. Todd was preceded in death by grandparents John and Christine Mailer, Ft. Smith, AR; Jack and Laura Tacker, Lake Tenkiller, OK; cousin Jeff Shipley of Ft. Smith and...
George Daniel 'George D. Sonny Schroede Schroeder
Sep 8, 2012
George D. "Sonny" Schroeder, 80, passed away September 8, 2012 in Oklahoma City. He was born on September 12, 1931 in Springfield, IL the oldest of 9 children to George A. and Laura Mae Schroeder. Sonny joined the army in 1951 and spent his enlistment driving tanks all over Germany. After he was discharged in early 1954 he made his...
Margaret Carrillo Walton
Sep 8, 2012
Margaret Carrillo Walton was born on March 5, 1950 in OKC to Andrew and Lucy Carrillo. Margaret graduated in 1969 from old Classen HS. She married Jack Walton on Aug. 8, 1970 and they shared 42 years of marriage together. She worked at St. Anthony Hospital and Globe Life Insurance and for several years she was a wonderful homemaker. Margaret...
Charles A. Reynolds
Sep 7, 2012
We celebrate the life of our beloved Andy, born in Okmulgee, OK to parents Jackson and Virginia Reynolds. As a toddler, he lived in Japan while his father served in the Navy. In '59 he and his family moved to Hobbs, NM where he grew up with his loving younger sister, Rosemary. He met his soul mate and future wife...
Kenneth R. Greenlee
Sep 7, 2012
Kenneth Reginald Greenlee was born on August 28, 1937 in Council Hill, Oklahoma. He went to rest in the palm of God's hand on September 7, 2012, where he joined his son Danny, his daughter Cyndi, and his brother Duane. He was a country boy at heart who enjoyed fishing and hunting. He spent much of the summer time at...
Peter Boatright
Sep 5, 2012
Peter Lewis Boatright, 81, was born on Aug. 20, 1931 in Temple, TX to Dr. Lloyd and Mrs. Helen Boatright. On Sept. 5, 2012, surrounded by his family Pete died peacefully at home from complications of Multiple Myeloma Cancer, but now we rejoice that he is completely healed and with our Lord Jesus. Pete was a lifelong resident of Oklahoma...
Darlene J. Walker
Sep 3, 2012
Darlene J. Walker was born on December 13, 1933 and departed this world on September 3, 2012. She loved her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren and was terribly proud of them. Darlene was happiest when showing them off and talking about them to everyone she met. She was raised in Topeka, Kansas and moved to Oklahoma City when she...
David L. Maloney
Sep 3, 2012
Friends and family are preparing to celebrate the life of David L. Maloney, 71, who passedaway on September 3,2012. A prayer service will be held at 7p.m. Sunday, September 9, at Smith & Kernke Funeral Home, 14624 N. May Avenue, in Oklahoma City. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 10, at St. Eugene's Catholic Church,...
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