Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Gloria Jones Kriegel

Gloria Jones Kriegel

Jun 7, 2012

Gloria Kriegel passed away on June 7, 2012 at the age of 81. She was born Gloria Mae Jones on May 22, 1931 in Corinth, Mississippi, to Hubert and Emmogene (Crider) Jones. She graduated from Corinth High School and attended Judson College where she earned a B.A. degree. Gloria married Herbert G. Kriegel June 2, 1956, in Corinth. She is...

Cora Mae Bennett

Cora Mae Bennett

Jun 3, 2012

Cora Mae Bennett, age 101, died Sunday, June 3, 2012, in Oklahoma City. She was born on November 2, 1910, in Denison, Texas to Albert Byron and May Victoria Watkins Anderson. In 1938 she moved to Oklahoma City where she worked as a Cashier for American National Insurance Company and later for Douglas Aircraft. In 1940 she began a sixty-six...

Casey Lauren Cooke

Casey Lauren Cooke

Jun 3, 2012

Casey Lauren Cooke was born March 12, 1990 to Richard and Roslyn Cooke. Since her birth, we have celebrated the life of a young woman who was loved by so many. We will always remember her beautiful smile and innocent sincerity. Casey was a very motivated child. Her academic excellence and pursuit of a medical school admission are a testament...

June Kathleen Northwood

June Kathleen Northwood

Jun 1, 2012

June Kathleen Gregory Northwood, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2012 in Oklahoma City with the same courage and dignity that she demonstrated throughout her life. June was 94 and left this earth to join Bob, her husband of 68 years, exactly four years to the date of his own passing on June 1, 2008. June was born on September...

Martha Jane Stroud

Martha Jane Stroud

May 29, 2012

Martha Jane Stroud, age 80 of Oklahoma City passed on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. She was born December 21, 1931 in Benchley, Texas. Martha is survived by her husband, Troyce L. Stroud; her two sons, Felton and Terrell Stroud; three grand children, Whitney Young, Addison Stroud and Shea Stroud; and two brothers, Joe and Marvin Konecny. She was member of...

Margaret Phillips Manning

Margaret Phillips Manning

May 24, 2012

We said goodbye for now to our beloved Mother on May 24, 2012. Margaret was born to Florence and Boyd Phillips on Aug. 21, 1928 in OKC, where she lived her entire life. Margaret married Don Manning on Feb. 14, 1953 and he preceded her in death in November of 2009. She is survived by 2 daughters, Dawna Wood, OKC,...

James Walter 'James W. Mctiernan' Mctiernan

James Walter 'James W. Mctiernan' Mctiernan

May 24, 2012

James died on May 24, 2012, at home in Oklahoma City surrounded by his wife Phyllis and family. He was born August 17, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrants Mary Ellen (Dolan) and Edward McTiernan. He was the youngest of four siblings. James graduated from St. Francis Preparatory School in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army Air...

Beulah Mae Bales

Beulah Mae Bales

May 19, 2012

Beulah Mae Bales was born on February 12, 1922 in Clinton, OK to Walter Schneider and Elisabeth (Mueller) Schneider. She was the 7th child in a family of 8. Bea graduated from Custer City High School in 1939 and then completed a business course at Draughn Business College in OKC. Bea married Jack Bales in 1941 and they moved to...

John Michael 'Mike' Mayberry

John Michael 'Mike' Mayberry

May 18, 2012

John Michael "Mike" Mayberry, 51 years of age, passed away suddenly on Friday, May 18, 2012, of natural causes. Mike was born September 17, 1960, in Dallas, Texas, to John Henry "Pete" Mayberry and Aletha Mayberry. On July 27, 1985, Mike married Cindy Silvernail Mayberry, and together they made a wonderful life and built a happy, close-knit family as soul...

David Lee Kleffman

David Lee Kleffman

May 16, 2012

David Lee Kleffman was born in Guymon, Oklahoma on August 25, 1946 and passed away in Oklahoma City on May 16, 2012. David was the oldest child born to Fred Kleffman and Dorothy Sturdivan Kleffman. He attended Guymon Public Schools and was a long time member of the Church of the Nazarene in Guymon, Oklahoma. Through the years, David worked...

Rebecca Fields 'Becky Barrett' Barrett

Rebecca Fields 'Becky Barrett' Barrett

May 15, 2012

Rebecca Fields Barrett, 64, slipped quietly in to the arms of her Master Jesus when her loving heart failed, on Saturday, May 15th 2012 at her home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She was born in Deerfield, Illinois on October 9, 1947 to Bill R. and Doris Fields and is predeceased by her father and her husband, Jack Barrett. "Becky"...

Abraham Munoz Davalos

Abraham Munoz Davalos

May 13, 2012

Abraham Munoz Davalos (age 82) went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday May 13th, he was born in Chicago, Illinois January 22, 1930 to Ninfa Munoz Davalos and Benito Davalos. He was second of three children. He met his wife of Sixty years, Maria Aurora Davalos at church in Chicago, Illinois and they were married on March...

Mary E. Brown

Mary E. Brown

May 10, 2012

Mary E. Brown went to be with her Lord May 10, 2012. She was born July 24, 1920, the daughter of Lena Moulin and Henry Gessmann. She attended Midlothian Grade School, Chandler High School and graduated from St. Benedict's in Shawnee. She married Earl Brown in 1957, and to this union two children were born. She worked for Southwestern Bell...

Lyndon Birdwell

Lyndon Birdwell

May 2, 2012

Lyndon "Lynn" Birdwell was born October 29, 1924 in Royse City, TX to Clive and Doshia Birdwell. He was raised in a farming community in SW Oklahoma. His early schooling was in Hollis, OK and he graduated from Ron High School in 1943. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp. after High School and served as a B-25 pilot,...

Bernard Montgomery 'Monty' Maughan

Bernard Montgomery 'Monty' Maughan

May 1, 2012

Bernard Montgomery (Monty) Maughan, 67, of Oklahoma City, OK, passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 as the result of a tragic cycling accident. Born in Zimbabwe, Monty also lived in the UK & Australia before moving to the US and becoming a citizen. Monty was a man of faith, principles and passion. He was an avid cyclist and a...

Regena Mcneill 'Reggie' Walsh

Regena Mcneill 'Reggie' Walsh

Apr 30, 2012

Regena, 47 years of age, born on May 13, 1964 lost her courageous and hard fought battle with cancer n April 30, 2012 surrounded by her loving family. While the cancer broke her body, it never dampened her spirit. Regena was preceded in death by her mother, Nadine, and her father, Charles McNeill. She is survived by her loving husband,...

Kathy Lynn Sherrell

Kathy Lynn Sherrell

Apr 28, 2012

Kathy Lynn Sherrell was born to R.C. and Viola Robins in Canyon, Texas. She was a High School Graduate of Canyon, Texas. She graduated from West Texas State with a Bachelors in Journalism. Kathy enjoyed her career with American Airlines as an area sales manager. She left American Airlines to begin a career with Journey House Travel Agency as a...

Betty Carrier Criswell

Betty Carrier Criswell

Apr 27, 2012

Betty Carrier Criswell passed away April 27, 2012. She was born June 27, 1921, the only daughter of Hazel and Floyd Carrier, of Carrier, Okla. and granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Cherokee Strip Pioneers. She graduated from Carrier High School as Valedictorian of her class in 1938 and attended college at Oklahoma College for Women and Phillips University majoring in music....

Richard Laverne 'Richard L. Dick Gaugler Gaugler

Richard Laverne 'Richard L. Dick Gaugler Gaugler

Apr 25, 2012

Richard Laverne Gaugler, "Dick," 86, died on Wednesday, April 25. He was born July 21, 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mabel and George Gaugler. Immediately following high school in Beaver Falls, Dick served in the 94th Infantry of the U.S. Army. He was awarded the Silver Star for his bravery and heroic actions in 1945, received the Purple Heart and...

Lyndsay Elizabeth Meyer

Lyndsay Elizabeth Meyer

Apr 25, 2012

Lyndsay Elizabeth Meyer, age 31, of Edmond was born on January 3, 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Willard F. Barnett and Marsha (Smith) Barnett. She passed away on April 25, 2012 in Edmond, OK. Lyndsay graduated in 1999 from Edmond Santa Fe High School before earning a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She lived...