Alfred Darrel 'Al Shanbour' Shanbour
Oct 15, 2012
Al Shanbour, 85, passed away on October 15th 2012 after a brave and courageous battle with cancer. He was married to his beloved wife Lucy for 51 years. He is survived by his son David, wife Emily and grandson Nathan of Oklahoma City, son Darrel of Franklin, TN, daughter Lisa of Oklahoma City, his brother Mitch Shanbour and wife Linda...
Jack Bowen Moncrief
Oct 15, 2012
Jack B. Moncrief, at the age of 91 and the last remaining Charter Member of the All Sports Association went home to his LORD and Savior Jesus Christ on Oct. 15th at his summer residence in Ogunquit, Maine. He was born in Muskogee, OK to John Franklin Moncrief and Ida Naomi Gipson. He is survived by his beloved wife of...
Doris Mae Kelly
Oct 15, 2012
Doris Mae Kelly passed away October 15, 2012 with her family at her side. She was born January 8, 1927, in Oklahoma City, the daughter of Emil and Maude Sides. She attended Capitol Hill High School and graduated from Classen. She was employed with Apco Oil for several years. She later worked and retired from DHS. She enjoyed working in...
Drew Vern Finley, Jr.
Oct 14, 2012
Drew Vern Finley Jr. died peacefully October 14, 2012, after a brief illness. He was born July 10, 1921, in Oklahoma City to Drew Vern Finley Sr. and Rachel Baldwin Finley. The family lived in Chickasha, OK, until 1932 when they moved to Shawnee. He attended Woodrow Wilson Elementary and graduated from Shawnee High School in 1939, then attended Neff's...
Patricia Colleen 'Patricia C. Kunc' Kunc
Oct 10, 2012
Patricia C. Kunc was born on Oct. 13, 1928 the daughter of Paul James and Thelma J. (Lambert) Fennessey and died Oct. 10, 2012. She attended John Carroll grade school and high school. After graduating she attended OCU. Patricia was a founding member of St. Eugene Catholic Church and a longtime homeroom mother, supporting church activities in any way she...
Robert Martin
Oct 1, 2012
Robert Allen Martin, 64, of Edmond, OK died on 10/1/12. Robert was born in Durant, OK, and his family moved to Texas a few months later. He had an older sister, Sherrie (deceased) and a younger brother, Steve (New Orleans, LA). Robert graduated from Amarillo High and attended the University of Texas. He was an entrepreneur at heart and pursued...
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...
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