Robert "Duke" Wheeler
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...
Melissa Ann Speller
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...
Helen Valerio
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...
Shirley Ann Shidler
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....
Carolyn Kay Hall
Mar 25, 2019
Carolyn Kay (Roring) Hall, 80 years of age, passed away the evening of March 25th after a short illness. She graduated from OU but was a converted OSU fan, avid golfer, dog lover, and bridge player. Christmas was Carolyn's favorite time of year as she brought joy and celebration to those around her. She is remembered for her kind spirit,...
Janie Elaine Baumeister
Mar 22, 2019
Janie Elaine Baumeister, 73, of Oklahoma City, passed away March 22, 2019 at home with family. She was born January 12, 1946 in Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Slusher and Millie Hartman, as well as her stepmother, Arita Best. She is survived by her high school sweetheart, Terry Baumeister of 54 years; son, Ty...
Oswald Preston Rainey, Jr.
Mar 21, 2019
Oswald Preston Rainey, Jr. "Ozzie", beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, was born on September 21, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri and he joined his Savior on March 21, 2019 in Oklahoma City. Ozzie was born in Springfield, MO but the family soon moved. He spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Tulsa, OK and Blytheville, AR. Ozzie...
Michael F. Kennedy, Iv
Mar 20, 2019
Michael Francis Kennedy, IV passed away at the age of 71 on March 20, 2019, with his son, Mike by his side comforting him as he passed away peacefully after battling lung cancer. Mike joins his wife of 44 years of marriage, Dorothy, where they are giggling like teenagers, listening to 60's music and enjoying each other in a pain...
Aaron M. Yeung
Mar 20, 2019
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Proverbs 20:7 Aaron Matthew (Mun Chung) Yeung, of Chinese and Malasian descent, entered this world on August 8, 1972, in Epsom, England, the first child born to Louis (Chi Shing) Yeung and Cecilia (Peck Wen Fong) Yeung. Four years later the small family moved to the United...
Thomas Vincent James
Mar 19, 2019
Thomas V. James was born October 11, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Vincent and Sara James. He passed away March 19, 2019, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus. Tom served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War from 1969-1971. After receiving an honorable discharge, he earned a Bachelor of Business...
Keith Lowell Wolfe
Mar 18, 2019
Keith Lowell Wolfe passed away in Oklahoma City on March 18, 2019 after a sudden illness. Keith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 6, 1966, the son of Phillip Wolfe and Donna Javine Jones. Keith attended Bixby Schools and graduated from high school there in 1984. He attended Oklahoma State University and earned a degree in photography from the...
Michael "Mike" Hughes
Mar 18, 2019
From the first smell of gasoline, as a kid it led Mike to a long career as a mechanic. After graduating from Dill City High School in 1972 he continued his passion for tinkering with engines by graduating from OSU Institute of Technology in Okmulgee. One of Mikes first jobs, other than working on the family farm was with John...
Frank G. Stepp Sr.
Mar 18, 2019
Frank Granville Stepp Sr. was born May 2, 1933, as the youngest of five boys to Joshua Stepp and Florence Hinsdell, in Alvord, Texas. He moved to OKC when he was three. Frank told many exciting stories all his life, yet none surpassed those of his childhood shared with his brothers Jimmy, Bill, Harold, and Buddy. One imagined a witty,...
Owen Lafferty
Mar 17, 2019
Owen Lafferty passed away March 17, 2019. He was born July 20, 1937 in Tulsa, OK to Albert and Rosalie Lafferty. The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1941. Owen graduated from Classen High School in 1955. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, he served three years in the...
Earl Wayne Deese
Mar 17, 2019
On October 31st 1936, In Fitzgerald GA, JD and Lolli Deese where rear ended in an automobile accident. Lolli was about 6 months pregnant with her 4th child, the first three were boys, and this was another boy only she didn't know it. The accident sent her into labor and she was rushed home while the Doctor was summoned. When...
William Aloysious Ray
Mar 13, 2019
William Aloysious Ray, one of 8 children born to George Ray and Mary Feeley in Bronx, New York, on June 22, 1934. He married Wanda Hughes on April 20, 2002. Bill served 20 years in the US Air Force including one tour in the Korean War and two tours in the Vietnam War. Following his retirement, he was hired as...
Art Alarcon
Mar 13, 2019
Arturo "Art" Alarcon passed away peacefully on March 13, 2019. He was born April 4, 1955 in Laredo, Texas to parents, Arturo and Gloria Alarcon. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. He married his lifetime love, Theresa in 1985 and together they raised their three children, Michael, Andrew and...
Linda R. Emerson
Mar 10, 2019
Linda Ruth Emerson, 73, of Oklahoma City, passed away March 10, 2019, at Integris Hospice House. Born November 27, 1945 in Oklahoma City, she is preceded in death by her parents, Frederick and Ruth (Ashinhurst) Lasby, and her late husband Joseph Emerson. Linda was born and raised in Oklahoma City by her parents Ruth and Dee. She enjoyed family trips,...
Michael Alan Chrisman
Mar 9, 2019
Michael Alan Chrisman, age 42, born April 9, 1976, in Oklahoma City passed away Saturday March 9th, 2019 and will be laid to rest next to his beloved mother on March 15th, 2019 at the Resurrection Cemetery. Growing up, to say that Michael was wild at heart would be an understatement. He was also passionate and authentic, which is something...
John A. Trigg
Mar 7, 2019
John "Johnny" Alanson Trigg was born on May 2, 1929 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Hattie Lee Parker and John Clay Trigg. He passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019. As a child, John lived in boarding houses with his parents in three states because his dad worked in the oilfields. John's love of cards came from his days on the...
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