Rev. Ralph Gowdy Ranney
May 26, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY - Ralph G. Ranney, age 88, passed away on May 26, 2022. He was the husband of Shirley Brantingham Ranney. They shared 65+ years of marriage. They loved traveling, collecting antiques, and family celebrations with their children, grandchildren, and great‐grandchildren. Also, each new great‐grandchild filled them with joy and excitement.Ralph was born in Monmouth, IL, on March 12,...
George H. Shadid
May 22, 2022
George H. Shadid, born March 8, 1930, passed away to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 22, 2022, at the age of 92. George was born in Dexter, KS, and moved with his parents to Oklahoma City, OK, at the age of 1, where he resided until his death. George graduated from Central High School in...
Olen G. Treadway
May 19, 2022
Olen G. Treadway passed peacefully from this life on May 19, in Edmond, at the age of 85. The 'Okie from Muskogee' was born at home to Alpha and Pierce Treadway on January 17, 1937. He played on the Oklahoma All Star High School Football team and played quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Football Program, from 1957-1960.In 1959,...
Emily Carlee Schwab
May 19, 2022
Emily Carlee Schwab, 44 years old, lost her battle with brain cancer and passed away peacefully while holding her father's hand on the morning of Thursday, May 19, 2022 in OKC. Emily attended Deer Creek Schools. She was a 3-year starter for Deer Creek Lady Antler's Basketball and also ran track. She graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor...
Sister Therea Schmidlkofer
May 18, 2022
Sister Theresa Schmidlkofer was born Theresa Mae Schmidlkofer to Frank Schmidlkofer and Nellie (Tescier) Schmidlkofer in Shawnee, OK on December 1, 1931. Her siblings included her six brothers: Frank, Vincent, Leo, Bernard, Paul, and Joseph; her three sisters: Rita, Mary, and Rosie. Sister experienced her early education and High School at St. Benedicts, Shawnee, OK. She continued her education and...
Edmund James "Ed" Darling
May 16, 2022
Edmund James Darling (91) born August 17, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York to John and Lucy Darling. Ed passed away May 16, 2022 at his home in Edmond, Oklahoma. Ed was the youngest of 4.Ed left Brooklyn for Kansas City at the age of 19 where he met and married Jean Watson. From this union came his only child, Jim....
Brian Keith Turner
May 15, 2022
Brian Keith Turner, age 55 of Oklahoma City, died Sunday, May 15th, 2022. His death followed a 5 week, 24/7 beside vigil held by those he loved and loved him most as Brian fought pneumonia and subsequent complications.He was born June 14, 1966 to Gilland and Betty (Jones) Turner in Shawnee, OK. Brian graduated from Prague high school in 1984....
Carolyn Grosche
May 11, 2022
Carolyn Grosche passed away peacefully at home on May 11, 2022 while gardening. She was born to Frank and Delphine Malkowicz on May 3, 1942 in St. Louis, MO. She grew up in North St. Louis and attended De Andreis High School. After high school, she worked for the USAF Chart Plant. Through a friend, she joined the St. Pius...
John Michael Schantz
May 11, 2022
John Michael Schantz was born October 15, 1946, in Hobart, OK to Ernest and Bea Schantz. He grew up in Frederick, OK and graduated from Frederick High School as Valedictorian. Through high school he led the music at the Spanish Mission in Frederick, where his father preached. John went to OU to study music education. He played the saxophone in...
Antonieta Garcia De Paz
May 10, 2022
Antonieta Garcia de Paz, 77, passed away May 10, 2022, at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born December 22, 1944, in Mexico City, Mexico. She moved to Oklahoma in 1973 with her husband and daughter to pursue a better life. She was a feisty, independent, strong willed breast cancer survivor; willing to help by putting everyone else's needs...
William Harvey "Bill" Hall, Md
May 9, 2022
Dr. William Harvey Hall, age 86, passed away peacefully on May 9th, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born October 18th, 1935 in New York, NY. Bill Hall received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Virginia in 1956, and earned his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1960. He served...
Joan Elizabeth Gilmore-Mclaughlin
May 9, 2022
Joan Gilmore McLaughlin passed away in Oklahoma City on May 9, 2022, just days short of her 95th birthday. Born in 1927 to Helen and Joseph Gilmore, Joan spent most of her childhood in Waukegan, Illinois along with her brother Robert. Joan graduated from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri with a degree in English. Joan began her career as a...
Dolores Ann Orr
May 4, 2022
Dolores "Dodie" Orr entered eternal rest May 4th in her home of 60 years. She was born April 14, 1936 in Kansas City, MO to John Joseph and Mary Agnes Gleason. The family moved to OKC shortly thereafter where Dodie attended John Carroll Catholic School, Bishop McGuiness and graduated from Central High School. She ignored her mother's request to attend...
Sr. Mary Henry Simoneaux
Apr 30, 2022
Sister Mary Henry Simoneaux was born Marguerite Marie Simoneaux to Henry Paul Simoneaux and Rita Cecile Blanchard in Plattenville, LA, on September 25, 1922. She was the youngest of four children; Eileen Cecile, Henry Paul (who lived only a few hours); and Lillian Therese. Sister attended four years of grammar school at Plattenville. In October of 1932 after her father...
Raymond Robert Dolan
Apr 29, 2022
Raymond Robert Dolan, Sr. (Bob) passed away peacefully on April 29, 2022, in Oklahoma City, where he raised his family and lived his entire life. He was 90 years old.Bob was born on September 12, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was a proud graduate of the University of Notre Dame, earning a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1955. He...
Roger Lee Etling
Apr 27, 2022
Roger Etling passed away April 27, 2022, in Oklahoma City, OK. Roger was born to Larus and Helen Etling on May 13, 1950, in Amarillo, Texas. In 1952 Roger contracted polio. He had several adverse effects from the paralyzing disease. However, he was able to achieve his life's dream of becoming a physician in spite of the polio. He graduated...
Phuoc Thi Nguyen
Apr 26, 2022
Phuoc Thi Nguyen, 80, of Oklahoma City, passed in peace on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, April 29, at Smith & Kernke 23rd Street Chapel. Phuoc was born on July 20, 1941 in Saigon, Vietnam, where she spent much of her life. She married Phac Nguyen in 1965, became a mother...
Sharon Elaine ""Fluff"" Feland
Apr 24, 2022
Our beloved Sharon Elaine Feland, affectionately known as "Fluff" peacefully passed away on April 24, 2022 at Heritage Point Memory Care at the age of 79. She left this earth with daughter Tamara holding her hand and her son Scott lovingly by her side. Anyone who was privileged to know Fluff knew of her love and devotion to her children...
Elsie Louise Simon
Apr 23, 2022
Elsie Louise Cohlmia Simon passed away with her family by her side on April 23,2022. She was born on November 19,1927 in Gate, Oklahoma to Adeeb and Najeeba Cohlmia (Ghoulmieh). Upon graduating from Watonga High School with many honors, including homecoming queen her junior year, she attended the University of Oklahoma for one year until she went back home to...
Wanda Rose Hughes-Ray
Apr 23, 2022
Wanda Rose (Clark) Hughes-Ray, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many, passed away April 23, 2022, just shy of her 94th birthday, with her loving family by her side. She was born April 30, 1928 to Clarence and LoEva (Goss) Clark in Tupelo, Oklahoma. Wanda married Richard E. Hughes on April 26, 1952. She earned an Associate Degree to...
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