Aug 5, 2020

Kristi Michele Nguyen was born in Gadsden, Alabama in March 1972 to Karen Rae Schmid. She is the oldest of two children, big sister to her baby brother Jason Schmid. She attended Southside High School in Alabama. She attended Jacksonville State University, AL where by happy happenstance, she met her future husband while he was attending the university of Oklahoma....

Aug 3, 2020

James Cray Meade, an energy and civic leader, died Monday at his home with family by his side. James was born in Pittsburgh, PA, raised in Uniontown, PA, and graduated from Portsmouth Priory School in Rhode Island. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy and serving as a radio radar technician, he graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree...

Aug 2, 2020

Bobbye Dean (Rushing) Turnbo was born March 22, 1936 to Oliver and Johnnye Rushing in Shawnee, OK. She attended Shawnee High School Class of '53 and OCU. She worked for Southwestern Bell Co. in Shawnee, OK; Stillwater, OK and Fort Wayne, IN. Bobbye married Nile Neeley and had two sons, Christopher E. Neeley and Timothy D. Neeley, all preceding her...

Jul 29, 2020

Steven L. Barghols of Oklahoma City, OK, died July 29, 2020, at the age of 69. He was born May 13, 1951, in Cherokee, Iowa, to Loren and Mary-Anne (Kahl) Barghols. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oklahoma (B.A. History, 1973), where he served as President of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He graduated from the University of...

Jul 28, 2020

Thomas M. Kerrihard passed away on July 28, 2020, one day after celebrating 63 years of marriage to his bride Donna. Tom was born in Red Oak, Iowa, to Judith and Maxwell Kerrihard on April 17, 1930. One of 5 kids, he grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, attending Highland Park High School and going on to graduate with a...

Jul 23, 2020

Alec Richard Scully, 34, passed away on July 23, 2020 in Oklahoma City. Alec was born on May 5, 1986 to Bob and Carol Scully. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Energy Management. Alec worked as VP of Land at Beasley Oil Company. He was a member of OCAPL, Energy Management Student...

Jul 21, 2020

Sam "Sammy" David McAdams, 69, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 in Georgetown, TX. Sam was born in Oklahoma City on February 7th, 1951 to Sam A. and Millie (McMahan) McAdams. He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother Katherine McAdams.Sam is survived by two sisters, Clauda Orrell and husband Bud, Georgetown, and Marsha Cofer and husband...

Jul 21, 2020

William (Bill) Patrick Birchall.Bill was born October 24, 1946 in Oklahoma City and died quietly at home surrounded by his loved ones on July 21, 2020.He was a '64 graduate of Putnam City High School and attended Central State College. Bill began his Insurance career with Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1967. Then, in 1984,with fellow entrepreneur and close...

Jul 17, 2020

James E. Foster III was born in Oklahoma City on October 19, 1942 to James Jr. and Alice Foster. He passed away July 17, 2020 after a long hard battle fought against cancer. Jim graduated from Classen High School in 1960 and went on to attend college at OSU. He served in the Airforce from 1963 to 1967. Jim worked...

Jul 16, 2020

Patricia Ann Clark passed away July 16, 2020. She was born September 20, 1938, in Eldorado, IL, the daughter of Harry and Clarice Elder. She grew up in the small town of Eldorado and was a beauty queen as a teenager. Patricia attended Southern Illinois University where she met her husband, Gary. She spent many years working in the medical...

Jul 16, 2020

Blake Daniel Shahrestani was born Feb 10, 1981 and promoted to Heaven July 16, 2020. Blake was a Christian, a graduate of NW Classen HS. Blake loved playing baseball, & watching sports, especially OU football.Blake is survived by his parents Hashem and Ginger; his three children HayLee, Kilie and Jorden; his loving grandmother Malouk Shahrestani and his aunts, uncles, cousins...

Jul 14, 2020

Jul 14, 2020

James was born in Willmar, Minnesota to parents Trygve and Cora Pederson. He is a Norwegian born on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1938. He graduated from Willmar High School in 1956, from Hamline University in St. Paul, in 1960, and the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1964. He served as Captain in the Army from 1965-1967, stationed in...

Jul 14, 2020

Jul 13, 2020

LeRoy Harold Banes, Sr. (Opa)January 8, 1941 – July 13, 2020When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation. And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart. Then I shall bow, in humble adoration. And then proclaim "My God, How Great Thou Art!"Roy, our loving Dad and Opa, went home to meet the Lord and reunite with his beloved...

Jul 12, 2020

Kay Clay loved dogs.She loved other things, of course, like singing at church, doing cross stitch, square dancing, genealogy, canoeing and Christmas. But, most of all, she loved her dogs. Her last was Buddy. She had a wild tale of how he came to be her pet. She "rescued" the Lab, she said, from a neighbor who kept him chained...

Jul 11, 2020

Joe Fred Burke, Sr., 87, a loving, caring husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed peacefully in his home surrounded by family on July 11, 2020.Born in Nickelsville, Virginia, the only child of Earl Huston Burke and Lola Belle (Addington) Burke. The family moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, when he was 3 years of age. Joe talked about his Addington family gathering...

Jul 11, 2020

Mary Martha Dolan, age 66, left her loved ones for heaven on July 11, 2020. She passed peacefully with her children at her side. Mary was born and raised in Oklahoma City and, though life took her to Indiana, New York, and Texas, she arrived back home in Oklahoma in 1992. During her travels, she earned a Bachelor's degree in...

Jul 11, 2020

Flo passed away on July 11, 2020. She was born July 5, 1930 in Oklahoma City. During her childhood, she lived in Oklahoma City and New Orleans, LA. She graduated from Central High School and earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Central State University. She matriculated doctoral studies in library science at the University of Oklahoma. Flo married Dick Pricer...

Jul 8, 2020

Fahim George Ghata, son of George and Leilah Ghata, was born on June 15th, 1956 and baptized into the Church on July 6th, 1956, in Homs, Syria. He completed two engineering degrees and married his love of forty years, Vanda, on July 31st, 1980. He and his wife immigrated to Oklahoma City shortly after and had four wonderful sons. While...