Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Doris Jean 'Doris J. Christiansen' Christiansen

Doris Jean 'Doris J. Christiansen' Christiansen

Mar 17, 2011

CHRISTIANSEN Doris Christiansen went to be with her Lord March 17, 2011. She was born April 23, 1926 in Oklahoma City to Fred and Nola Jennings. Doris graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City. She felt God's call on her life to fulltime ministry and attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to pursue that goal. She continued her preparation...

John B. Stewart

John B. Stewart

Mar 14, 2011

John B. Stewart, 64 passed away peacefully at home March 14, 2011. He was born January 18, 1947, grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1965. He was known as a "gentle giant" in school – big, funny, friendly but a scrapper. He attended OSU, OU and graduated from UCO where he was an...

Theodosia Ebey Clouse

Theodosia Ebey Clouse

Mar 13, 2011

Theodosia Clouse was born December 26th, 1916 in Morrison Ok to Glen Elizabeth Shannon and Ralph B. Ebey and died on Sunday, March 13th, 2011. Theo graduated from Britton High school in Britton Ok. She married the love of her life, Jack D. Clouse of Hutchinson, Kansas. They were married for 67 years. They met through her sister Mildred who...

Lorena Helen Padgett-Hollingsworth

Lorena Helen Padgett-Hollingsworth

Mar 12, 2011

Lorena (Walton) Padgett-Hollingsworth was born July 13, 1914 in Mesquite, Texas to Jack and Pearl Walton. She passed away on March 12, 2011. Jack was one of the first Ford dealers in Oklahoma having a dealership in Hammon, Ok where Lorena graduated high school in 1932. She attended the University of Oklahoma graduating with a degree in Education and later...

Betty Jean Bocock

Betty Jean Bocock

Mar 11, 2011

Betty Jean Bocock, was born October 31, 1931, in Fayetteville, Arkansas as Betty Jean Holland. In the late-1930's Betty, like many other Oklahomans, she moved from Oklahoma City to California with her mother Ruby and stepfather, Joseph McKee, in search of a family livelihood. Fortunately, she returned to Oklahoma City in the 1940s and graduated from Central High School in...

John William Teague

John William Teague

Mar 5, 2011

John William Teague was bomApril28, 1918, in Magnet Cove, Arkansas to Anele and Bessie Teague. He died March 5, 2011, in Integris Baptist Medical Center after a short illness. He came to Oklahoma in 1943 to work for the Santa Fe Railroad. He retired in 1979 from the railroad after 39 years. He enjoyed fishing, going to the lake, watching...

Florence Virginia 'Virginia Durham Monasc Monasch

Florence Virginia 'Virginia Durham Monasc Monasch

Mar 3, 2011

Virginia Durham was born in Oklahoma City on May 23, 1928 to Florence and Virgil Durham. On March 3, 2011 she lost her life to Parkinson's disease. She was a graduate of Classen High School and Draughon School of Business. Her chosen profession as a court reporter led her to Lubbock, Texas where she had a long and distinguished career...

Karl Joseph Schaefer

Karl Joseph Schaefer

Mar 1, 2011

Karl Joseph Schaefer, 44, of Edmond, OK, passed away March 1, 2011 after a hard fought battle with colon cancer. He was born January 27, 1967 in Ponca City to Bob and Mary Schaefer. He graduated from Ponca City HS then went on to receive his Associates degree in accounting from Northern Oklahoma College. Karl worked for Gillespie & Olgilbee...

Bryden Taylor Anderson

Bryden Taylor Anderson

Feb 27, 2011

On December 18th, 2008, the most precious angel was born onto this earth. He taught the world all about hope, perseverance, compassion, that you cannot judge a book by its glossary and mostly the fact that there is no foot print too small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world. This angel was bold, tolerant, passionate and focused....

Nancy Lou Duncan

Nancy Lou Duncan

Feb 21, 2011

Nancy Lou (Hawver) Duncan was born June 11, 1952 to Gertrude T. and Earl L. Hawver in Stafford, KS. She died on February 21, 2011. Nancy attended school in Stafford before moving to the Oklahoma City area in 1972 where she worked in the food and beverage industry. Leisure activities included traveling with her husband, Cliff Mayfield, to a variety...

Benny Richard Homsey

Benny Richard Homsey

Feb 20, 2011

Benny Richard Homsey fell asleep to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 20, 2011. He died peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Greenville, Texas on April 21, 1919 to Richard Simon Homsey and Edna Hafeetha "Mama Joe" Homsey. At the age of five his family moved to Depew, Oklahoma. Benny excelled...

Leonard Preston Gilmore

Leonard Preston Gilmore

Feb 18, 2011

Leonard Preston Gilmore was born to Margaret and Sydney Gilmore on November 3, 1917 in Fairview Park, Indiana. He pursued his love of the game of baseball with a determined passion at a time when playing professional baseball meant working in steel mills or post offices or breweries during the off-season, which was the norm. He pitched for a number...

Nona Lee Smith

Nona Lee Smith

Feb 18, 2011

Nona Lee Spivey Mattox Smith was born on October 21, 1915, and went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 18, 2011. She graduated from Central High School in1932. She married Joe Mattox in 1934 and they were married for 27 years until his death in 1968. Joe was County Clerk of Oklahoma County from 1961 until his...

Warford Eugene Rogers

Warford Eugene Rogers

Feb 14, 2011

Warford Eugene Rogers, of Lewisville, TX passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 14, 2011. He was 86. Eugene or Gene, as he was known by family and friends, was preceded in death by his parents, Cyril and Lucy, his wife Lavene, sister Peggy and a brother, Cleeta John. He is survived by his 5 children and their spouses,...

Gene Long

Gene Long

Feb 14, 2011

Gene Long, 85, died February 14, 2011, formerly from Chandler & Stroud, both located in Lincoln, County, he spent the last 14 years in Edmond. He enlisted in the Navy in 1944, saw action during WWII aboard the USS Rankin, stationed in the Pacific, & was honorably discharged in 1946. He resumed his education at OSU (formerly OKLA A &...

Paul Hudiburg

Paul Hudiburg

Feb 13, 2011

Paul Hudiburg, born November 4, 1922 in Henryetta, Oklahoma passed away February 13, 2011 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Since 1987, Paul lived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was a farmer and then worked in the shipyards during WWII. Following the war, he became a Case Tractor dealer, and also sold Kaiser-Fraiser automobiles. At age 22, he bought his first car dealership...

Mary Loretta Creegan

Mary Loretta Creegan

Feb 10, 2011

Mary Loretta Creegan was born February 4, 1920 in Oklahoma City to Edward Thomas Creegan and Rose Gorman Creegan and died peacefully on February 11, 2011. She lived her early years in Sapulpa, Oklahoma before moving to Oklahoma City. Mary cared for her mother, Rose Creegan until her death in 1978. Mary was a pioneer in the banking industry as...

Imogene Sokolosky Brewer

Imogene Sokolosky Brewer

Feb 9, 2011

Imogene Sokolosky Brewer, 95, passed away on February 9th, 2011 at Logan Medical Center, Guthrie, OK. In recent months, she was a resident of Colonial Estates in Guthrie. Born in Oklahoma City to Harmon & Gertrude Koelsch, she graduated from St. Joseph's High School which was located in downtown Oklahoma City. Imogene was preceded in death by her parents, her...

Lee M. Paramore

Lee M. Paramore

Feb 9, 2011

Lee M. Paramore danced his final dance on earth February 9, 2011, and is now dancing with the angels! Lee was born in Duncan, Oklahoma on March 12, 1922 to Willis R. and Alpha Mason Ray Paramore. Lee opened the John-Lee Dance Studio in 1943 and encouraged his students not only in the art of dance but also in the...

Jeff Henry Guthery

Jeff Henry Guthery

Feb 8, 2011

Jeff Henry Guthery gave up the good fight after 92 years February 8, 2011 at Baptist Village in Oklahoma City. Dad was born December 19, 1918 in Minco, Oklahoma. He was one of twelve brothers and sisters; Great Depression Era, Dust Bowl farm kids. Riding to school horseback or on a buckboard and picking cotton was the norm. He followed...