Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Julia Nunez-Contreras

Julia Nunez-Contreras

Oct 6, 2021

Julia Nunez-Contreras will have a visitation on Friday, October 8, 2021 at Smith and Kernke located at 1401 NW 23rd Street from 1 :00 PM until 5:30 PM and will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's Old Cathedral at 6:30 PM also on Friday, October 8th.

Sidney Goodwin

Sidney Goodwin

Oct 4, 2021

Sidney "Mac" Goodwin was a devoted husband, loving father, doting grandfather, accomplished musician, and friend to all who knew him. Mac left this life on October 4, 2021 after a lengthy illness.Born on July 28, 1941 to Vern and Ruth Goodwin in Bethany, Missouri, he was the youngest of three siblings. His nickname "Mac" was a gift from his brother...

George Samuel "Sam" Bowman

George Samuel "Sam" Bowman

Oct 4, 2021

After a lifetime spent making the world a better place, Sam Bowman died Oct. 4, 2021 in Oklahoma City. Sam was born in Pittsburgh on June 17, 1939, to George Samuel and Ann Kerrigan Bowman. A 1962 graduate of Penn State University, he served for three years as a junior officer in the Navy. He worked briefly for The Salvation...

Frank Mcguire

Frank Mcguire

Oct 3, 2021

Francis Gleason McGuire III Francis Gleason McGuire III, "Frank" 12/29/1946 – 10/3/2021 Frank McGuire was born December 29th, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was raised in Oklahoma City, where he attended Christ the King Catholic School and soon met his best friend, soul mate and wife of 53 years, Dana. The two were married on June 28, 1968. He...

Lou Ann Rice

Lou Ann Rice

Oct 2, 2021

Born as Lou Ann Wilkins on January 6, 1937. Lou Ann found her love for people at her first job when she was 3, waiting tables at the Wilkins Café in downtown Oklahoma City. Her mother began teaching her the notes on the piano at about that same time. Eventually, she took both classical and gospel lessons. She was able...

Bobbye June Van Horn

Bobbye June Van Horn

Oct 1, 2021

Bobbye June (Tracey) Van Horn, 80, Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at home, October 1, 2021, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was born July 26,1941 in Oklahoma City. The daughter of Robert T. and Kathleen June Tracey.Bobbye graduated from Bishop McGuiness High School class of 1959. Following graduation, she attended the University...

Nancy Louise Stone

Nancy Louise Stone

Sep 27, 2021

Nancy Louise Stone passed away on September 27, 2021 at the age of 84. She was born January 3, 1937 in Wichita Falls, TX to Frank and Loudell (Bridges) Hunter. After graduating from Wichita Falls Senior High, she attended the University of Texas in Austin, TX, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, and University of Illinois...

Nancy Louise Delong

Nancy Louise Delong

Sep 27, 2021

Nancy Louise DeLong of Piedmont, Oklahoma died Sept 27, 2021. Nancy, along with her parents C.J and Gertrude DeLong, co-owned DeLong Mailing Service. A graduate of Bishop McGuinness H.S. she attended O.S.U in her early years. While married and raising 4 children she returned to college (Central State) and completed her Bachelors degree in Early Music Edu cation and Organ...

Mary Elizabeth Sills

Mary Elizabeth Sills

Sep 25, 2021

Mary Elizabeth Samara Sills received her angel wings on Saturday, September 25th, 2021, at the age of 103 years. Mary was born in Oklahoma City on April 6th, 1918, where she lived her entire life. Mary attended and graduated from Central High School in 1937, and later attended business school. Mary met Noble P. Sills, a handsome sailor from Woodward,...

Leo Campbell Morrison

Leo Campbell Morrison

Sep 25, 2021

Leo Campbell Morrison died on Saturday, September 25th, in Oklahoma City at the age of Eighty-Seven years.Leo was born on April 13th, 1934, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was in the Finance Insurance-Pawn Business. He is survived by his loving wife, Katherine "Kay" Morrison. Leo and Kay are longtime members of Christ the King Church.Mass of Christian Burial will be...

Joe Earl Edwards

Joe Earl Edwards

Sep 24, 2021

Joe E. Edwards passed away peacefully in the night at his home on Friday, September 24, 2021. He was an accomplished attorney in several areas of law, including banking, energy, international, litigation, white collar crime, real estate and securities litigation. In addition to his law practice, Joe was most proud to be Charlotte's husband for the past 25 years. They...

Karen Lee Ghormley

Karen Lee Ghormley

Sep 22, 2021

Karen Lee Ghormley went to be with her Lord on September 22nd, 2021, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Our mom was born on February 12th, 1939, in Blackwell, Oklahoma to Kenneth and Beatrice Sole. She grew up in Blackwell, and she loved her parents. She was athletic and had a beautiful singing voice. Mom attended Stephens College and Oklahoma Baptist University, but...

Irene Agnes Sykora

Irene Agnes Sykora

Sep 21, 2021

Irene entered into the Eternity of God on September 21, 2021. She was born March 10, 1926 near Prague, Oklahoma, the daughter of Paul Kuban & Agnes (Martinek) Kuban.As a young girl, Irene was known as "Blossom". Later in life, she was known as "Ta", a term of endearment given by a grandchild learning to speak; that grandchild would point...

Shan Raoul Gray

Shan Raoul Gray

Sep 19, 2021

Shan Raoul Gray died on Sunday, September 19th, in Oklahoma City at the age of sixty-five years. Shan was born on August 24th, 1956, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1974, where he was known for his passion of motorcycles, leather jackets, and artistic drawings. Shan started his career in the early 1980's as a commercial...

Eva Catherine Webster

Eva Catherine Webster

Sep 19, 2021

Eva Webster, age 90, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2021, in Edmond Oklahoma. She was born January 20, 1931 in Beloit, Wisconsin. She grew up in Beloit and graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Madison, Wisonsin, in 1952. She married her high school sweetheart, E. James (Jim) Webster, who loved her and her beautiful auburn red...

Kenneth Marshall "Kenn" Hemry

Kenneth Marshall "Kenn" Hemry

Sep 18, 2021

Kenneth Marshall Hemry, 79, passed away peacefully on, September 18, 2021 in Oklahoma City at his home attended by his children and nephew. Kenneth (Ken) was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 5, 1942, as a wartime baby to Jerome Elden Hemry and Martha Louise (Langston) Hemry. Ken grew up near Shepard's Farm on northwest 27th street in Oklahoma...

Judith Marie Samter

Judith Marie Samter

Sep 16, 2021

Judith Marie Mideke Samter (Judy) grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma and completed graduate study in Art History at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Judy was an artist, whose work is represented...

Laura Mae Bobo

Laura Mae Bobo

Sep 15, 2021

On September 15, 2021, we lost one of the most beautiful souls that our family and others have ever had the privilege to know. Laura Mae Tucker Bobo was 89, born on March 16, 1932, in Dora, Alabama to Herman Dewey & Laura Anne Tucker. Laura married Arthell Troy Bobo on June 1st, 1952; they enjoyed many happy years together...

Tom Moran

Tom Moran

Sep 12, 2021

Henry Thomas Moran II (Tom), affectionately known as "Peeps" by his adored grandchildren, was born on May 12, 1946 in Oklahoma City to Henry Thomas Moran (Hank) and Stella Duggan Moran. He passed away on September 12, 2021, surrounded by his loving family in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 75. Tom, also known as Tommy by his sisters...

Sally Amspacher Royse Blake

Sally Amspacher Royse Blake

Sep 12, 2021

On September 12, 2021, we lost our precious mother, wife, and dear friend, Sally Amspacher Royse Blake. Sally was born in Oklahoma City August 30, 1946.Sally grew up in Crown Heights attending Edgemere Elementary School and Harding High School, graduating in 1964. She went on to attend the University of Oklahoma where she was a proud member of Kappa Alpha...