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
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
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
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
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
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...
Shirley Ann Dunning
Feb 7, 2011
Shirley Ann Dunning was born Dec. 16, 1929 in Kansas City, KS to Mary Mairs & Roscoe Agan. She died Feb. 7 at her home in Edmond. The family moved to Okla. City when Shirley was two. She graduated from Classen High School in 1948 & OU in 1952. While at OU Shirley was president of Delta Delta Delta Sorority...
Jack Henry Perry
Feb 6, 2011
Jack Henry Perry was born Aug. 15, 1924 in Paoli, OK to Joseph & Alpha Perry and passed away Feb. 6, 2011 after a short illness. He was the youngest of 10 children & was drafted into the US Army after graduating from Paoli HS in 1943. He became a Glider soldier in WWII, making 2 landings behind the lines,...
Harvey Charles Mackie
Feb 3, 2011
Harvey Charles Mackie, 82, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. He was born to Ophelia Lee and Harvey Cecil Mackie on Dec. 21, 1928, in Campbellton, Texas, and moved to Oklahoma City with his family a few years later. He attended Taft Junior High and Central High Schools, and the University of Oklahoma. He served...
Fr. David Michael Lafferty
Feb 2, 2011
Reverend David Michael Lafferty, 60, died on February 1, 2011 at the rectory of Holy Trinity Church, Okarche. Father Lafferty was born on August 26, 1950 one of six children born to John V. and Nora A. Mullins Lafferty. Father Lafferty attended Immaculate Conception School and Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma. After high school he attended Christian Brothers College,...
Sandra June Shanbour
Feb 2, 2011
Sandra "Sandy" June Shanbour was born on July 27, 1951 in Austin, TX and passed away on February 2, 2011. Sandy is survived by her husband, Kamal Shanbour; Children, Jim Nix and Voecie Kunnanz; Step-Children, Tony and Vicci , Rick , Mike and Marc Shanbour; Grandchildren, Alexsis R. Nix, Alyssa Woods, Callie Kunnanz, Nicole , Trish , Quinn , Torie...
Mercedes Natalie Allen
Jan 31, 2011
Mercedes Allen, 93, passed away on January 31, 2011. She was born to Mary Lee and Martin Luther Davenport on September 1, 1917 in Shawnee Oklahoma. Mercedes moved to Oklahoma City to attend Sacred Heart Elementary School and graduated from Classen High School in 1935. Mercedes married Claude J. Allen on June 19, 1938 and was married almost 48 years...
Robert Nicholas 'Robert N. Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Jr.
Jan 31, 2011
Robert N. Fitzpatrick, Jr., born March 24, 1958, in Detroit, MI, passed away on January 31, 2011, at home after a long and heroic fight against cancer surrounded by his most loving family. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 22 years, Mary Downey Fitzpatrick and parents, Robert and Alice Fitzpatrick. Also surviving are their...
William R. 'Bill' Fennell
Jan 28, 2011
William R. "Bill" Fennell, born February 13, 1932 in Augusta KS, passed away January 28, 2011, in Oklahoma City, OK. A graduate of Wichita State University in petroleum geology, Bill worked as a geologist for several large corporations before becoming an independent geologist. Bill's hobbies included flying, fishing and coaching little league girls' softball and basketball. Bill had such a...
Rebecca Louise Miller
Jan 25, 2011
Rebecca Louise (Harrison) Miller, age 93, died peacefully at the Around the Clock Care Home in Carrollton, Texas on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Born in Oklahoma City on March 6, 1917, to Oliver and Rose (Stearley) Harrison, Rebecca graduated from Central High School and then earned her Bachelor's Degree in Music from Oklahoma City University. During World War II she...
Gertrude Elizabeth Booth
Jan 20, 2011
Gertrude Elizabeth Booth passed away 1/20/2011. Born 3/4/1918 in Donnellson, Iowa to Samuel G. and Elizabeth Mae (Rich) Wenger. Earned her RN degree and served as lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp in WWII. Married Ross W. Booth in 1943. Predeceased by parents, husband, Ross, son James Robert and 5 brothers and sisters. Survived by daughter Judy Sousa (Tony),...
Glenda Lee Marden Oruch
Jan 19, 2011
Glenda Lee Marden Oruch was born March 28, 1929 in OKC. She passed away on January 19, 2011. She was survived by her loving husband, Gene Samuel Oruch; Son, Mark Allan Oruch and his sons, Park and Glendan Oruch; Daughter, Mardi Ann Oruch Ward and her sons, Joe and Sam Ward; Nieces, Sharon Kay Morgan and Laura Ellen Heilman; and...
Elsie Corrine Brackett
Jan 18, 2011
The daughter of Hardy and Naomi White, Elsie was born in Troup, TX on August 16, 1914 and died on January 18, 2011 following a long and fulfilling life. Elsie was the oldest of five children and grew up in East Texas. At some point after graduating from high school while she was in her early twenties, Elsie moved to...
Billy Jack Orr
Jan 18, 2011
Jack Orr, 78, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather departed this earth for eternal life Tuesday, January 18th. He graduated from Crooked Oak High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He then began a long career in sales including Fuller Brush and Borden's Milk. He worked with long time friend Ken Royse at B&K...
Helen Louise Reel
Jan 17, 2011
Helen Louise Reel died peacefully on January 17, 2011 while in her home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma surrounded by her devoted sons, their loving wives, adoring grandchildren and devoted caregiver. Helen was born in Sedan, Kansas where her dad and his brothers established the first electrical utility service in the city. Her family later moved to Hutchinson Kansas where she...
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