Martha Alma Custer
Nov 3, 2020
It is with a heavy heart that our aunt and friend, Martha Alma Custer, departed this earth November 3, 2020, but with joy we know she is now in the graceful embrace of the Lord. A private service in her honor will take place 10:00AM, November 14, 2020 at St. John's Episcopal Church. Friends are invited to attend the interment...
Wiley Garrett "Garrett" Conley
Nov 2, 2020
Wiley Garrett Conley, 18, of Oklahoma City, passed from this life on November 2, 2020 with his loving family by his side. He was born on February 19, 2002 in Oklahoma City to Wiley and Carrie Conley.Garrett's life was filled with his deep faith in Jesus, loving on his chocolate lab, Charlie, staying up late… way too late, playing video...
James G. Hamill
Nov 2, 2020
James Gail Hamill was born in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 28, 1929, to Claude Dan Hamill and May Killough Hamill, their fifth and last child. He attended Lee School, Capitol Hill Junior High, and graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1947. Then he attended Oklahoma A & M College on an athletic scholarship as a student trainer and...
Sr. Maria Elena Gonzalez
Oct 31, 2020
Ramona Elena Gonzalez was born to Bernardino Gonzalez and Joaquina Garcia Gonzalez, in Amarillo, TX on August 20, 1941. Sister Elena had four brothers; Chief Master Sergeant Ignacio (Nacho), Father Antonio (Tony), Bernardino Angel (Bernie), and Dr. Juan Carlos (Charlie) and four sisters; Maria del Refugio (Cuca), Maria Esperanza (Lancha), Maria Guadalupe (Lupe), Dr. Rosa Margarita. Sister's parents worked hard...
Fred W. Turpin
Oct 29, 2020
On October 29, 2020 Fred Turpin peacefully passed away in his sleep, next to his wife, at the age of 85. He was born Christmas Eve, 1934 in Oklahoma City to Meretha and Buford Marsh. He was raised by Meretha and Dick Turpin and lived all over the United States with his sisters Joan Cagle, Gaylyn Greiner and Dana Miller...
Ruth Helen Schmitz-Chastain
Oct 29, 2020
Ruth H. Schmitz-Chastain, 95, passed away Oct. 29, 2020, in Oklahoma City. She was born June 17, 1925, in Kingman, KS, the daughter of Agnes and Francis Thissen. She graduated from Cathedral High School in Wichita, KS. Ruth was a member of St. Eugene's Parish and the Altar Society. She taught ballroom dancing at the Moose Lodge for 35 years;...
Frances Ione Sparks
Oct 27, 2020
Frances Ione (Guffey) Sparks passed away October 27, 2020. She was born September 6, 1927 to Floyd M. Guffey and Mary Evelyn (Ott) Guffey in Hamilton, Kansas.Frances began her life in Hamilton as the second child of five. She was a very loving and responsible child and sister. She loved to laugh, excelled at school, and went to business school...
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...
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