Linda Jean Ristow
Oct 27, 2020
Linda Jean Swanson Ristow died at Parker Adventist Hospital on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 of pneumonia. Born October 4, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Linda brought intelligence, sensitivity and a discerning eye for beauty and detail to a richly varied life.A deeply intuitive and empathetic woman, Linda often saw things in the world that others could not see. Astrology was a...
Fred Austin
Oct 26, 2020
Marion Fred Austin, 80, of Oklahoma City, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 26, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma City. Fred was born on May 16, 1940 in Clyde, Texas to Winnie and JR Austin. He lived most of his life in Abilene and Yukon, Ok. He attended McMurray State University as a football letterman. Right out of college...
Gertrude Stillwell "Trudy" White
Oct 26, 2020
Gertrude Stillwell White left this world for heaven on Oct. 26, 2020 after a lengthy illness. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Gertrude, or Trudy as her friends and family knew her, was born in Bethany, Oklahoma, on July 27, 1942. Trudy graduated from Bethany High School in 1960 and from Bethany Nazarene College, now Southern...
Mary Kathryn "Katie" Wamser
Oct 25, 2020
Mary Kathryn Wamser, "Katie" passed away from this earth on October 25, 2020 in Oklahoma City. She was born on July 7, 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Harold Lee and Mary Jo Schultz. Katie loved hats, sewing, singing, children "especially babies", dogs, and little old men. She started her career as a candy striper before becoming a nurse and worked...
Keith May
Oct 18, 2020
Keith May died in his sleep, early Sunday, October 18, 2020, at the age of 80. Keith was born on November 14, 1939, to Burnice and Arta B May and grew up on the family farm in Sudan, Texas. He graduated from Sudan High School and Texas Tech University, where he met his wife of 20 years, Denny May. He...
James Henry "Jim" Goodman, Jr.
Oct 18, 2020
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William Thomas "Bill" Bishop
Oct 17, 2020
Private services available through livestream via link below obituary.William Thomas "Bill" Bishop, age 80, passed away peacefully on October 17th, 2020 in Oklahoma City. He was born on May 13th 1940 in The Bronx, New York to John and Kathryn Bishop. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Betty and Patricia, and his daughter Leah. He is...
Somphou Phanthala
Oct 16, 2020
Somphou Phanthala was born on March 2, 1942 to Mr. and Mrs. Phathom and Mali Phonsanh in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. She was the oldest of seven kids. By the age of 16, she moved to Laos and lived there until 1977. By 1984, she had 11 children, five boys and six girls. In 1980, she and her family immigrated to...
Arlette Srouji
Oct 15, 2020
Arlette Effat Srouji passed away peacefully at her home in Oklahoma City on Thursday, October 15, 2020. She was 98. Born in September 1922 in Rio De Janeiro to a Brazilian mother and a Lebanese father, she lived a long and fruitful life. Early in her life, the family relocated to Lebanon where she blossomed. She graduated with a BS...
David Bunn Talbot, Jr.
Oct 13, 2020
David Bunn Talbot, Jr. passed away October 13, 2020 peacefully in his home after a lengthy illness. David was born February 27, 1938 in East Liverpool, Ohio. He attended Harding Junior High, Classen High School and was a member of the first graduating class of NW Classen High School in 1956. He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and graduated...
David Cooper Salter
Oct 12, 2020
David Cooper Salter was born July 27, 1930, in St. Petersburg, FL, and passed away on October 12, 2020. He served in the US Army. He graduated from UCLA and made a career as a geologist. His profession took him many places, but the years in Venezuela were some of the best. There, he met his wife Ellie and had...
Velma Taylor
Oct 10, 2020
Velma Taylor was born on July 31, 1926 to Fr. Naymetallah and Kh. Hafeetha Shadid in Oklahoma City. As a young child, Velma's family moved to Marjayoun, Lebanon, where she was raised along with her four siblings. Upon moving back to Oklahoma, Velma attended and graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City. In 1949, Velma married Jimmie Taylor at...
Helen Joanne "Joanne" Round
Oct 6, 2020
Joanne Penisten Round, a long-time resident of Ponca City, died peacefully on October 6, 2020, after a period of declining health. Her family was by her side.Born to Pauline Opal Barrick Penisten and Colen Elwood Penisten on November 3, 1933, Joanne spent her early childhood in Newkirk, Oklahoma, with her two sisters, Colleen and Joyce, and her brother Glenn. Their...
Brenda Kaye Rivas
Oct 6, 2020
Brenda Kaye Rivas passed peacefully from this life in the arms of her loving husband on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. Brenda was born in Ada, Oklahoma on November 1, 1951 to Wanda and Kenneth Puckett. Brenda married Ryland Rivas on August 17, 1968 and had two children: Ryland Rivas II and Meredith Brockman. Brenda was a graduate of Lawton High...
Blake Burgess
Oct 4, 2020
Robert Blake Burgess, 21, of Edmond, unexpectedly passed into eternal life on October 4, 2020 at Norman Regional Hospital from complications associated with a pulmonary embolism.Blake, affectionately known as "Blaker," "Blakester," "QB1," "Bert," or "Nixon," was born on April 27, 1999.Blake lived his brief two decades to the absolute fullest! His life was filled with deep friendships, humble competition and...
Jack Hughes Coleman
Oct 4, 2020
Jack Hughes Coleman, 88, passed quietly at his home on October 4th in Oklahoma City. Jack was born in Los Angeles, CA, in 1932 to Ruth and William Coleman. His family moved to Oklahoma City in the middle of a dust storm in 1945 where he attended Taft Jr. High and Classen High School. Jack went to OU, joined Phi...
James Daniel "Danny" Dilley
Sep 30, 2020
James "Danny" Daniel Dilley peacefully passed away in his sleep on September 30th, 2020, at his home. Danny was born November 8, 1954, in Winnsboro, Louisiana, to Elsie (Bruce) and OJ Dilley. Danny spent his entire career in the oil and gas industry beginning in Louisiana, transferring to North Dakota, and eventually settling down in Oklahoma in 1985, where he...
Kathryn Rae Yowell-Baker
Sep 28, 2020
Kathryn Rae Yowell Baker was born on June 24th, 1927, in Cromwell, OK, to Ray and Clotile Yowell. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of September 28th, 2020. She was 93.Katie was the first of three children. Her family moved to the towns of Shawnee and Tecumseh before settling in Oklahoma City. During her senior year...
Margaret Ellen Debee
Sep 28, 2020
Margaret Ellen Rieger DeBee peacefully passed away on September 28, 2020. Margaret was an Oklahoma City resident since birth February 16, 1927, was the 2nd of 5 children born to Alois and Martha Rieger. A true Sooner, her grandfather Aloysius Rieger, laid the train tracks through Norman before the Oklahoma Land Run. Margaret was blessed with her brothers and wives,...
Patricia Jane Nicholson
Sep 28, 2020
Pat Nicholson, loving wife, mother and grandmother went peacefully at home to be by her Lord's side on Monday, September 28th. She was born on October 25, 1937 in Glenwood, MN to Martin and Mayme (Bísek) Holden. She graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BS in Education. Pat was a natural athlete and an accomplished ice skater. While...
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