Walter "Larry" Shaver
Sep 29, 2019
Walter Larry Shaver was born in Vivian, LA, to Jack Marvin and Margaret Bedingfield Shaver. Larry graduated high school in 1957 in Eagle Lake, TX. He attended Texas A&M, Wharton Jr. College, and then completed his college career at Sam Houston State, graduating in 1961 with a BA in Business. After graduation, he began working for Tenneco Oil Company. He...
Charles Barker Foster
Sep 28, 2019
Charles Barker Foster born October 21st, 1932 departed our world on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 at 86 years of age. Charles was cherished by his family and friends and will be deeply missed. He is preceded in death by his parents, Claude Franklin Foster Sr. and Spice Peoples Foster, his brother C.F. Foster Jr., his sister-in-law Janeal Foster, and his...
Helen Jane "Jane" Garrett
Sep 25, 2019
Jane Garrett was born on October 29, 1937 in Oklahoma City to Otto (Tommy) and Helen Thompson. She was a graduate of Northeast High School and the University of Oklahoma where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. She received the Bronze Letzeiser Award. She married Robert Dale Garrett...
Carol Jean "Carrie" Gillanders
Sep 22, 2019
Carol Jean Gillanders (aka Carrie, CJ, Surfer Girl, Malibu Barbie, Stinky) was born August 12, 1970, to Ann and John Culbertson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Putnam City High School in 1988. She is survived by her loving husband, Jerry (Gill) Gillanders and his daughters, Samantha and Dara; her parents; her sister, Mary Beth Treece; and a very...
Very Rev. Basil Mcmurry, Archpriest
Sep 20, 2019
The V. Rev. BASIL McMurry, Archpriest (William Louis McMurry) departed this life on September 20, 2019, exchanging his 85 years and long struggle with cancer for a joyous reunion and eternal reward.He is preceded in death by his father James Isaac McMurry and mother Edna Oleva Carter, and survived by sons William Scott and Roger Louis, daughter-in-law Robin Archer McMurry,...
John Oliver Goffe
Sep 19, 2019
John Oliver Goffe, one of the last members of 'The Greatest Generation,' died on September 19, 2019 in Byron Center, Michigan surrounded by family after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born on September 22, 1924 in Sulphur, OK, the second son of Paul Eckert and Adeline Dell (Krachy) Goffe. He was predeceased by his bride of 47...
Abbey Marie Mccoy
Sep 16, 2019
On September 16, 2019, Abbey Marie McCoy, loving mother of two children, Stevie and Greer, went to be with the Lord just days following her 40th birthday. She was born in Amarillo, TX on September 12, 1979 to Steve and Marcy McCoy, and was a 1998 graduate of Edmond Memorial High School.Abbey and her mother operated a clothing store called...
Glenda Carol Brochu
Sep 16, 2019
Glenda Carol Brochu passed away suddenly on September 16, 2019, in Oklahoma City. She was born March 6, 1950, in Guthrie, OK. She grew up in Guthrie and graduated high school there. Glenda later moved to Stillwater and worked in the mailroom at Oklahoma State University where she met a student, Roger Brochu. They married September 10, 1982, in New...
Opal Juanita Dempsey
Sep 9, 2019
Opal Juanita Dempsey, 94, of Oklahoma City went to be with Jesus September 9, 2019, after a brief illness. She was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, to Inez and Bill Hill. Opal was a woman of tremendous faith and her family and friends were blessed by her pure and loving heart.Opal spent 23 years working at JC Penney. She later volunteered...
David Vincent Barksdale
Sep 8, 2019
David Vincent Barksdale was born the second child of Donald and Stella Barksdale in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 14th 1936. He grew up a true Hoosier and loved to play basketball and other sports. He was an accomplished athlete at Warren Central High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track and field. He was the class president and...
Douglas Scott Hinson
Sep 7, 2019
Douglas Scott Hinson passed away suddenly on Sept. 7, 2019. He was born March 8, 1958, in Carroll, IA, the son of Rex W. and Janice I. Hinson. He grew up in Iowa, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1976 then attended Iowa State University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Transportation Logistics. Douglas married Lisa A. Chopski in...
Gregory James Ahrens
Sep 3, 2019
Gregory James AhrensMarch 31, 1960 Lackawanna, NY to September 3, 2019 Oklahoma City, OKGreg was welcomed into the lives of his parents Howard and Jane Ahrens who have predeceased him.Greg spent time living in Minnesota and Illinois before moving to Oklahoma City during his middle school years. He graduated from Putnam City High School in 1978 and has maintained friendships...
John Joseph "Jack" Berringer
Sep 2, 2019
John Joseph Berringer (Jack) was born on August 17, 1947 in Lebanon, Indiana. He passed away on September 2, 2019 in Oklahoma City. He grew up in Mission, Kansas and received a BA from Rockhurst College. He worked for Chrysler and then moved to Oklahoma City and was a district sales manager for Winnebago Industries. He loved sports but especially...
Elizabeth Milam
Sep 1, 2019
Elizabeth Ann Zoernig Milam passed peacefully away at home on Sunday, 1 September 2019. She was 100 years old. A lifelong resident of Oklahoma City, she was the first baby baptized at Our Lady's Cathedral and lived much of her life in Heritage Hills. She graduated from Classen High School, Mills College, and the University of Oklahoma. OU would not...
Charles D. "David" Crandall, Jr.
Aug 31, 2019
David was a man of Faith which enabled him to battle cancer with courage and optimism for his future. He passed from this earth on Saturday, August 31st surrounded by his loving family at the time of his death. David was born in Manhattan, New York to Charles Sr. and Leora (Martin) Crandall. He grew up in Oklahoma City and...
Sherry Conger
Aug 30, 2019
Sharol Ann (Sherry) Conger passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019. She was born in Long Island, New York, on March 4, 1945 to William F. 'Bill' Martin and Betty Jean Randall Martin. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She married her high school and college sweetheart Bill Conger....
Robert Max Augustine "Bob" Waldrop
Aug 30, 2019
Robert "Bob" Max Augustine Waldrop, who afflicted the comfortable, and comforted the afflicted, died August 30, he was 67. Born November 9, 1952, Bob was a 4th generation Oklahoman born and raised in Tillman County in southwest Oklahoma. All eight of his great-grandparents came to Oklahoma Territory before statehood.Bob was Director of Music and Liturgy at Epiphany of the Lord...
Richard Franklin "Dick" Ellis
Aug 28, 2019
Richard Franklin "Dick" Ellis passed away August 28, 2019 in Oklahoma City. He was born December 16, 1930 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Gladys Faye (Smith) and Joseph Stearns Ellis.Dick graduated from Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City in 1949. Recruited by Bud Wilkinson to play football for the Sooners, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma and was a...
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