Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Billie Mae Swatek

Billie Mae Swatek

Jan 11, 2010

Billie Mae (Hall) Swatek was born December 13, 1925 in Narden, Oklahoma. She lived in Oklahoma City for most of her adult life, moving to Little Rock, Arkansas in 2003. She died January 11, 2010 in Little Rock. Billie graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City and attended business college. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi. She...

James C. Sprouls

James C. Sprouls

Jan 10, 2010

James Clifton Sprouls passed away on January 10, 2010 after an extended illness. Clif was faithful in loving his family and serving his God. Clif was born in Girard, Texas April 19, 1918 to James C. Sprouls and Mary Alma (Mayfield) Sprouls. He graduated from High School in Jayton, Texas. His undergraduate degree was earned at Texas Tech University. He...

Leona Emilie Sherman

Leona Emilie Sherman

Jan 6, 2010

Leona Emilie Carlin Sherman, age 94, died peacefully in Oklahoma City on January 6, 2010, following a brief illness. Leona was born February 4, 1915, in Hoyt, KS, to Ed and Lydia Carlin. She attended Hoyt schools and graduated from Hoyt High School in 1932. She then attended Strickler's Business School in Topeka, KS, and eventually went to work for...

Louis Delaney Persons

Louis Delaney Persons

Jan 5, 2010

Louis (Lou) Delaney, II, 67, suddenly passed Tuesday, January 5, 2010. He was born in Oklahoma City September 3, 1942 to Louis, Sr. and Evelyn Persons. He attended High school at Muskogee, Oklahoma. He attended 2 years at Cameron College in Lawton; he earned his bachelor's degree in history from Oklahoma State University, an MBA from the University of Central...

Dewey Wendel Portwood

Dewey Wendel Portwood

Jan 1, 2010

Dewey Wendel Portwood was born December 26, 1930 in Blair, OK and passed away on January 1, 2010 in Oklahoma City, OK. Dewey grew up on the family ranch in central Texas. After his adopted father died, he and his mother returned to Blair, Oklahoma. He graduated from Blair High School in 1948 and moved to Wichita Falls, TX to...

Norton Eugene Wey

Norton Eugene Wey

Jan 1, 2010

Norton Eugene Wey was born on June 1, 1921 in Eldorado, Oklahoma and passed away January 1, 2010 in Oklahoma City. He was the youngest son of Cecil C. and Evelyn Norton Wey. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, three brothers, one sister and his first wife, Jane Lohman Wey. He was a graduate of Eldorado High...

Dakota Brooks Buck

Dakota Brooks Buck

Dec 30, 2009

Our beloved son, Dakota Brooks Buck, born October 20th, 1991, passed to be with our Lord on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009. Dakota was a senior at Deer Creek High School and proud to be a 4th generation Antler. He was a valuable member of the football, cross-country, soccer and track teams. Dakota was a passionate athlete. As a junior, he...

Robert Hayward Hill

Robert Hayward Hill

Dec 25, 2009

Services for Bob Hill are to be held at a later date.

Oklahoma Effie Mae Bishop

Oklahoma Effie Mae Bishop

Dec 24, 2009

Oklahoma (Okla.) Hermanstorfer Bishop went to be with the Lord on December 24, 2009, she was 97 years old. She worked for OPUBCO for 47 years in the circulation department. She was married to Ben C. Bishop on December 25, 1932, he died in January 1985. Together they had four children: Shirley Morris, deceased, Loretta Hyroop, Karen Bishop, and Ben...

Wanda Georgia Bettis

Wanda Georgia Bettis

Dec 22, 2009

Wanda Georgia Bettis of Oklahoma City, OK, affectionately known as Nanaw, passed away of natural causes Monday, December 22nd at her daughter's home in Oklahoma City. She was 83 years old. Nanaw was born in Hannah, OK in 1926 to George and Stella Megee. She was the youngest of eight siblings. After moving to Oklahoma City, she was married in...

Henrietta Pauline Mulcahy

Henrietta Pauline Mulcahy

Dec 21, 2009

God welcomed home one of His sweetest Angels on 12-21-2009. Born 11-29-1933 to Mary and Frank Clifford. She attended St. Joseph's Catholic School and St. Paul's School of Nursing in Dallas, TX. She spent most of her nursing career at Deaconess Hospital, then retired and began her true calling which was in Hospice care. She leaves behind a lifetime of...

Michael Shawn Mclaughlin

Michael Shawn Mclaughlin

Dec 12, 2009

Michael Shawn McLaughlin, 37, of Edmond, loving father, husband, son, grandson and brother passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2009. Shawn was born December 23, 1971 in Tulsa. He graduated from Bishop Kelley High School in 1990. He received his B.S. from Oklahoma State University in 1995, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He met his...

Charles David Bodine

Charles David Bodine

Dec 10, 2009

Dr. Charles D. Bodine, 90, passed away December 10, 2009 in Oklahoma City. He was born May 12, 1919 in Joliet, IL. He graduated from Classen High School, The University Of Oklahoma and The University Of Oklahoma School Of Medicine. Army Captain Charles Bodine served as a medical officer during World War II, stationed in the China, Burma and India...

Mary Elizabeth Randall

Mary Elizabeth Randall

Dec 10, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Randall died on December 10, 2009. She was born July 26, 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas to Granville Luther Teague and Wilma Carson Teague. She moved to Oklahoma City at an early age. She attended Central High School. She attended Oklahoma State University where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. While attending Oklahoma State...

Michele Rene Rowland

Michele Rene Rowland

Dec 5, 2009

Michele Rene Rowland, age 49, passed away December 4, 2009. Michele was a loving daughter and sister. Michele is survived by her mother, Dolores Rowland, sister Pamela Vaughan, brother-in-law, Robert Vaughan and her favorite nephew, Nathaniel Crim. She was preceded in death by her father, Dr. Roy C. Rowland and brother, William Steele Rowland. Michele was a compassionate caregiver to...

Mary Elizabeth Brown-Foster

Mary Elizabeth Brown-Foster

Dec 3, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Brown Foster passed away peacefully in her sleep December 3, 2009. She was born November 17, 1919, to Edward Hazzard Miller and Mary Lessenger Miller in Oklahoma City. She attended Classen High School and entered college in New York at the very young age of 16. After one year in New York, she transferred to the University of...

Keith Jack Whitmarsh

Keith Jack Whitmarsh

Dec 2, 2009

KEITH JACK WHITMARSH went to his Heavenly Father Dec. 2nd 2009. Keith was born Jan. 5, 1937, in McAlester, OK. He attended Bishop John Carroll Elem. and St. Gregory's H.S. Keith served in the U.S. Army 3 years in Verona, Italy, and 3 years in the 45th National Guard. Keith married the love of his life, Jean Ellen Gillespie, and...

Donald Charles Manning

Donald Charles Manning

Nov 28, 2009

On November 28, 2009 we bid a temporary farewell to our husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Donald C. Manning. Don was born September 18, 1927 in Ponca City, OK and raised in Bartlesville, OK by parents, Charles and Pauline Manning. After graduating from College High in Bartlesville he attended and graduated from the University of Oklahoma obtaining a degree in...

Lisa Mirick

Lisa Mirick

Nov 17, 2009

Marilyn Yvonne Mirick (Lisa) passed away at her residence in Savannah, Georgia on November17, 2009, at the age of 47. Lisa was born February 3, 1962, in Pineville, Kentucky to Bobby and Iona Mirick. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1979 and went on to earn her BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. She worked...

Marilyn Yvonne 'Lisa' Mirick

Marilyn Yvonne 'Lisa' Mirick

Nov 17, 2009

Marilyn Yvonne Mirick (Lisa) passed away at her residence in Savannah, Georgia on November17, 2009, at the age of 47. Lisa was born February 3, 1962, in Pineville, Kentucky to Bobby and Iona Mirick. She graduated from Spencer High School in 1979 and went on to earn her BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1991. She worked...