Apr 20, 2019

Randal Wayne Hancock, 89, of Yukon, entered Heaven's gate on Saturday, April 20, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was born November 9, 1929, to George and Mae Hancock and was the youngest of twelve children. He attended Carnegie Public Schools and graduated in May of 1947. He then boarded a train to Stillwater, Oklahoma, with a small suitcase...

Apr 20, 2019

Our adored Mary Lou Wagner Barnes passed away peacefully April 20, 2019 after a brief illness. Mary Lou always found the positive in life, was the life of every party and seemed to hand out smiles like candy to everyone she met. She was witty, loved to travel, and thoroughly enjoyed an occasional margarita. Born May 18, 1922 in Henryetta,...

Apr 19, 2019

Paul David Pugh, 60, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed peacefully to be with our Lord and Savior on April 19, 2019. Paul was born to Lindley Coates Pugh and Norma Doris Pugh on July 27, 1958 in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in 1976 and received a Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at...

Apr 19, 2019

Mary Alice White passed away peacefully in her home in Edmond amongst family on April 19, 2019, at the age of 88. She was born Oct. 28, 1930 in Wichita, KS, to A.G. and Mary Powers Hutchinson. The family moved to Santa Ana, CA where Mary and her sister Shirley were raised. After high school and community college, she moved...

Apr 18, 2019

Kathaleen Amelia Buchholz, age 87, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 11, 1931 and passed away April 18, 2019. Kathaleen was born and raised in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Central High School and met her husband Albert W. Buchholz as a freshman at Oklahoma City University. They raised six children, were married for 48 years before Albert passed...

Apr 18, 2019

Vivian A. Hall, age 95, of Oklahoma City passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019. She was born May 11, 1923 in St. Louis, Mo. to Anthony and Anita Wicklin and was raised in Wichita, Kansas. Vivian trained as an X- ray technician at the Kansas City Memorial Hospital. There she met a young doctor, Clifford R. Hall MD, and...

Apr 17, 2019

Betty McEver was raised in Hillsboro, Texas. After completing high school, she enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a bachelor's degree at age 19. In 1946 she married her childhood sweetheart, Bill McEver, in Hillsboro. She and Bill moved to New Orleans. Having previously served in the Army Air Force, Bill enrolled at Tulane University...

Apr 15, 2019

Apr 11, 2019

Joan was born in Wichita, Kansas to Freda and Clifton Dark May 1, 1937. Her family moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma in the mid 1950's. Joan later became a member of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Joseph Convent in Tulsa for 13 years. She taught school in Catholic and public schools in Oklahoma City and Tulsa and later worked in the...

Apr 9, 2019

Colton Michael was born on June 28, 1993 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Colton attended Edmond Santa Fe High School. After high school he pursued his dream of becoming a Certified Personal Trainer. He worked nonstop until he accomplished that goal. Colton loved working out, fishing, reading, being on the beach and protein shakes. He loved music. He was very rarely...

Apr 6, 2019

John was born to a farming family in rural Bradley, Arkansas—the second-born of 7 children. No birth certificate was produced for him until 1970. He lived in Arkansas until his 18th birthday when he left his work in the cotton fields to join the Army. John was a dedicated husband to Eilene for more than 72 years; beloved father to...

Apr 5, 2019

Rev. Paul H. Gallatin died April 5, 2019. Father Gallatin was born on November 3, 1931, in Tulsa, Okla., to Paul and Esther (Wallace) Gallatin. After attending Marquette School and Marquette High School in Tulsa, he studied at Saint John's Seminary in Little Rock, Ark. He was ordained a priest at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa on May 24, 1958....

Apr 4, 2019

Dr. Ernest "Ernie" Koerner of Edmond, OK passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on April 4, 2019 after a brief illness. Ernie was born on March 17, 1931 in Cleveland, OH to Molly McGovern Koerner and Ernest Lee Koerner, Sr. Ernie graduated with a chemical engineering degree from the University of Dayton and married his classmate Barbara Jean...

Apr 2, 2019

Laurence D. Lucas was born to Dr. L.A. Lucas and Margaret Killeen Lucas on August 24, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died on April 2, 2019 surrounded by family. Larry attended Rosary School, Classen High School and Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating with a D.D.S., Larry served four years as a Captain in the United States Air...

Apr 1, 2019

Grant Selph, 57, passed away on April 1, 2019 in Keyes, OK. He was born on February 6, 1962 in Guymon, OK to Norman and LaVonne (Spradlin) Selph. Grant was a 1980 graduate of Hinton High School. Grant worked his entire life and was currently employed with Cimarron County District 3. He was an avid gun collector, history buff especially...

Apr 1, 2019

Rhonda Chism Norton, 61, passed away on April 1, 2019 after a sudden illness, in Oklahoma City, OK, surrounded by loving family. She was the only child of Linus P. Chism, Jr., and Glynda L. Chism. Born in Oklahoma City, OK, on February 28, 1958. Rhonda attended Oklahoma City public schools and graduated from U.S. Grant High School in 1976....

Mar 29, 2019

Robert Leyton (Duke) Wheeler passed away peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2019. Duke was born August 26, 1935, the youngest of six sons to Bertha Ann (Cooke) Wheeler and Claude Ayres Wheeler of Clinton, Oklahoma. Raised in Clinton, the Wheelers moved to Tipton, OK Duke's junior year in high school. At Tipton he earned All State Football recognition (and was...

Mar 28, 2019

Melissa Ann Speller, 65, passed away March 28, 2019. She was born January 16, 1954 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Bliss (Marshall) and William Francis Smith. Growing up, Melissa was very involved with Girl Scouts and was the spring homecoming queen in 1972 the year she graduated. She was the first female to run track in Shawnee also. Melissa loved people...

Mar 26, 2019

Helen Tiburcio Valerio was born on Feb. 14, 1929 in San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines and passed away on March 26, 2019 in Oklahoma City. She was 90 years old. Helen received an Elementary Teacher's Certificate in the 1950s but never pursued teaching when she married Ismael Valerio Sr and since then, had been a housewife. She first traveled to the...

Mar 26, 2019

A little before noon on Tuesday, Shirley Ann Shidler passed away peacefully surrounded by family, music and lots of love. She was one hundred years old but her soul and essence was eternally young. That was her gift to all of us, that sense of wonder and playfulness about the world that seems to ebb away as you grow older....