Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Maurice Michael Dover

Maurice Michael Dover

Mar 19, 2023

Maurice Michael Dover, 49 passed away on March 19, 2023. He was born on October 25, 1973 in Columbia, Missouri to Michael and Cleo Dover. His family relocated to Oklahoma City where he spent most of his growing up years. He met the love of his life Sissy and they married on September 19, 2015.Maurice loved life, but most importantly...

William K. "Bill" Hawk

William K. "Bill" Hawk

Mar 18, 2023

On June 1, 1932, William Keener Hawk was born in Titus, AL, the second son of Daniel and Loraine Hawk. As a young high school graduate, he attended Auburn University and enlisted in the Air Force. He was deployed on Johnston Island, Hawaii, during the Korean War. After a stint at Tinker Field Air Force Base, the tall, dark, and...

Joan Renee Lane

Joan Renee Lane

Mar 17, 2023

Joan Renée Lane was born into this world on December 22nd, 1946, in the eternal city of Rome, Italy. Her parents were Marcella Franca Zingerini and Robert Cleveland Lane. Since her father's career was in the United States Army, Renée's early years were spent in Italy, Germany, and France. Eventually her father was stationed in the United States, where Renee...

Charles Davis Morrison

Charles Davis Morrison

Mar 14, 2023

Charles Davis 'Chuck' Morrison, 82 passed away on March 14, 2023. He was born October 14, 1940 in Oklahoma City to Charlotte Anne and William P. Morrison, Jr. He was a graduate of Casady School, Princeton University and did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley. Except for military service, undergraduate and graduate studies, he was a lifelong...

Ruth Ellen Mcdown

Ruth Ellen Mcdown

Mar 13, 2023

Ruth passed away March 13, 2023, in Oklahoma City. She was born November 23, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Ed and Bernice Dittmer. She grew up the daughter of a preacher and lived many places around Oklahoma. She later married A.W. "Bill" McDown in Custer City on August 9, 1952. She attended OU and later earned a bachelor's degree...

Charlotte Davis

Charlotte Davis

Mar 12, 2023

Mrs. Charlotte Yvonne Davis, 70, passed away March 12, 2023, in Tyler, Texas with her family by her bedside. Charlotte was born June 6, 1952, in Port Arthur, Texas to parents Howell Bickham and Maxine Sharpton Bickham. Growing up the youngest of five siblings, three of whom rowdy brothers, Charlotte learned early on how to build a backbone. As tough...

Dolores Aldera Brown

Dolores Aldera Brown

Mar 11, 2023

Mary Dolores "Dee" Aldera Brown was born December 22, 1925 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was a first generation American from an Italian immigrant father, Ned Lawrence Aldera and Irish American mother, Kathryn Louise Mernin, who met at a mutual friend's wedding.As a young child, Dee and her family moved to Jefferson, Iowa where she entered 3rd grade after skipping...

Matthew Stephen Sutherland

Matthew Stephen Sutherland

Mar 9, 2023

Matthew Stephen Sutherland, 62, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away on March 9, 2023. Matt was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on September 8, 1960, the third son of Dr. Stephen and Joan Nagengast Sutherland.Matt graduated from Norman High School in 1978 and began classes in Management Information Systems at The University of Oklahoma Price College of Business. Prior to completing his...

Gladys Ann Miskovsky

Gladys Ann Miskovsky

Mar 7, 2023

Gladys Ann Miskovsky, 73, went to be with our Lord and Savior onTuesday, March 7, 2023, in Oklahoma City with her husband, Frank III,and her son, Frank IV by her bedside. She was born in Wichita,Kansas to Armelda and Ned Murad Simon on July 9, 1949. Shemarried the love of her life, Frank III, in 1968. The two wereinseparable and...

Gill Penland

Gill Penland

Mar 7, 2023

Gill Lawrence Penland went to heaven in the early morning hours of March, 7 2023. Born to Alma and Glen Penland October 7, 1954, and married Margaret (Peggy) on March 12, 1982, and lived in Yukon, OK.Gill had 40, almost 41 years of marriage with the love of his life, Peggy. He worked in the construction industry for 20 years...

Thomas Eugene Love

Thomas Eugene Love

Mar 7, 2023

Thomas Eugene Love passed away on March 7, 2023, in Oklahoma City in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family. He was 85. Tom founded a family-owned and-operated network of more than 600 Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores alongside his devoted wife and business partner, Judy. Tom was born on October 10, 1937 in Oklahoma City. He...

James Thurman Caperton

James Thurman Caperton

Mar 6, 2023

James "Thurman" Caperton, age 94, died on March 6, 2023 after a brief illness. Thurman was known for his love of the outdoors, fishing, grilling ribs, and his inability to sit still for long. He loved spending time with family and friends and kept us all entertained with his colorful language and stories. When asked what his greatest accomplishment was...

Jo Lavern Lackey

Jo Lavern Lackey

Mar 2, 2023

Jo LaVern Lackey went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 2, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 13, 1938, in Pauls Valley, OK to Pete and Charline Holt. Soon after the family moved to Lindsay where she attended school and graduated from Lindsay High School class of '56. She worked for ONG...

Brenda Jean Francisco

Brenda Jean Francisco

Feb 27, 2023

Brenda Jean Francisco, longtime resident of Enid, passed away peacefully February 27, 2023, in Oklahoma City. She was born October 10, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She lived in many places before settling in Enid as her father served in the Air Force and her husband, Chester Francisco, traveled and worked as an aircraft mechanic.She was preceded in death by...

Micheal Donovan

Micheal Donovan

Feb 26, 2023

Michael William Donovan passed away peacefully in his sleep February 26, 2023, at the age of 81. Mike was born July 13, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in Stillwater and Barnsdall, graduating from Barnsdall High School in 1959.Mike went on to graduate from OSU in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in Business & Psychology. Soon afterward, he...

Jack E. Rayburn, Sr.

Jack E. Rayburn, Sr.

Feb 25, 2023

Jack Rayburn passed away on February 25, 2023 at the age of 95 surrounded by family and friends. He was born to Irene and Muir Rayburn on the family farm outside of Clay, Kentucky. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Chicago, IL, where Jack lived until he, his wife, and family moved to Oklahoma City. Jack called Oklahoma City his home...

Walter Louis Phillips

Walter Louis Phillips

Feb 22, 2023

Walter Louis Phillips (Dr. Lou) was born on December 15, 1946, in Tulsa, OK to Walter Lee and Edith Ellen (Swinford) Phillips the youngest of their children. Lou died on February 22, 2023 at his home in Oklahoma City with his wife and daughter at his side. Lou graduated from McClain High School in Tulsa class of 1965. Shortly after...

John Michael Harnsberger

John Michael Harnsberger

Feb 21, 2023

John Michael Harnsberger passed away February 21, 2023 at the age of 66, after a short battle with cancer. Mike was born August 21, 1956 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. He grew up in Oklahoma City and the Ardmore area, graduating from Dickson High School in 1974.He graduated from OSU-OKC with an Electronics Technology degree in 1989. Soon afterward, he went...

Phyllis Anne Morrow

Phyllis Anne Morrow

Feb 18, 2023

Phyllis Anne Morrow (6/12/1935) passed from this world into the arms of Jesus, Saturday, February 18th. A celebration of her life will be held at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church (2717 West Hefner Road, OKC 73120) on Saturday, March 11th at 1:00 in the afternoon.She was loved deeply and will be missed dearly. In lieu of flowers, please consider a...