George Platt
Jul 19, 2018
George Platt died peacefully at home on July 19, 2018. He was born on November 5, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York and grew up during the roaring twenties and Great Depression. George received a scholarship to attend City College of New York's School of Engineering and was in his first year when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He left school to...
Richard E. Hughes
Jul 19, 2018
Richard was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Lewis Hurley and Mary Marguerite (Slavin) Hughes. He passed away in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Classen High School in 1944, then proudly served our country in WWII in the U.S. Navy. He later earned his degree in Business from Oklahoma City University. Richard owned a propane business in Oklahoma City. He is...
William Wiley Rice
Jul 18, 2018
William Wiley Rice, Jr. was born in Chicago February 25, 1937 and passed gently, surrounded by his family and friends in his home, on July 18, 2018. Wiley was the first child of William Wiley Rice and Frances Genevieve Curtin Rice and was the beloved big brother of Bunny and Joy. Wiley spent his early years in Chicago before moving...
Mark Stephen Hayes
Jul 17, 2018
Mark Stephen Hayes was born on July 12, 1949 in Stillwater, OK to Dr. Maggie Parks Hayes and Dr. Larry K. Hayes. He passed away July 17th, 2018 in Edmond, OK. Mark grew up in Stillwater and Oklahoma City, attending Northeast HS in OKC then graduating from Stillwater HS in 1967. He took up golf at age 6 and became...
Martha Mae Williams
Jul 16, 2018
Martha was born in Pratt, Kansas to Miriam and Jim Burch. She lived in Emporia, Kansas through childhood and college where lifelong friendships were formed. Martha met John K. Williams when they were both students at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. They wed in 1952 and were married for 66 years. They exemplified to their family a relationship built...
Betty Perkins
Jul 14, 2018
Elizabeth (Betty) Ann Perkins, a devout Catholic passed away peacefully on July 14, 2018. This is not about grief or sadness; this is about celebrating a long, well-lived life. Betty was born on St. Valentine's Day in 1925, in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Alphons and Clare Eufinger. Not long after, she moved with her family to Oklahoma City....
Jay Calvin Nelson, D.D.S.
Jul 12, 2018
Jay Calvin Nelson was born to Nev and Jean Nelson in Amarillo, Texas but was educated in Oxford (Kansas, not England). He regales stories of his best football plays and his winning basketball shot from half court. As a Boy Scout he earned his God and Country Award and at graduation received the American Legion Award. Hours of plowing in...
C. Jack Harris
Jul 11, 2018
C. Jack Harris, a longtime Oklahoma City real estate developer, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. He was born Charles Jackson Harris on June 21, 1922, in Wilson, OK, to Earl and Catherine Harris. He graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City in 1940. Jack served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He...
Amy Vance Lasater
Jul 10, 2018
Amy was born in Carthage, MO. She moved with her family to Oklahoma City in 1976. Amy graduated from Midwest City High School and received her Bachelor's Degree in Business from Southwest State University. She then attended Oklahoma City University where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree. Amy was currently the business office manager at Metal Designs. She loved horses...
John Darwin Carl
Jul 9, 2018
John D. Carl died on 7.9.18. He was born in Geneva Nebraska on July 3, 1920 to John and Adelia Carl. After graduating from Geneva High School he spent time in a CCC camp where he worked as a medic. He was called into service in the Army following WWII and spent two years in Korea. He returned to Omaha...
Garland Nix
Jul 8, 2018
Foy "Garland" Nix, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and friend, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 8, 2018, at the age of 90. He was born on September 29, 1927, in Vernon, Texas, to Vernon McLin and Maude Augusta (Winn) Nix. Garland was the sixth of eleven children. His family moved to Hinton, Oklahoma, when he...
Jerry Lee Haskell Davis
Jul 3, 2018
Jerry "Pop" Davis, 75, went to be with the Lord July 3, 2018. Jerry was born in Oklahoma City to Haskell and Maxine Davis. Jerry was the quintessential entrepreneur, owning a food brokerage company in Albuquerque, NM, as well as real estate and farm properties. However, his true passion was helping people and spreading the word of God, impacting everyone...
Alfred H. Knebel
Jul 3, 2018
Alfred Knebel went to be with the Lord on July 3rd, 2018. Al was born on May 23rd, 1929 near Pierron, IL to Walter W. Knebel and Lena Catherine Spengel. Raised on a dairy farm he was no stranger to hard work. He graduated from St. Paul High School in Highland, IL in 1926. He joined the Army shortly after...
Wilma Jean Wiggins
Jul 2, 2018
Wilma "Jean" Wiggins, 81, of Oklahoma City, Ok passed away at home on Monday, July 2, 2018 after a long struggle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Born January 29, 1937 in Pontotoc, OK, the oldest of ten siblings, Jean had fond memories of growing up on the farm in Pontotoc, later moving with her family to Oklahoma City where she...
Alma Magdelena Bane
Jul 1, 2018
Alma Magdelena Bane, 101, passed peacefully from this earthly existence on Sunday, July 01, 2018. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Robert E. Bane; sisters Lucille Smith and Dorothea Klawon; brothers William, Harold, and Elliott Heiden; and parents Edward and Alma Heiden. Survived by her daughters, Sandra E. Hart of Naples, FL and Barbara L. Bane...
Bradley Zeak Naifeh
Jun 29, 2018
Bradley Z. Naifeh, Oklahoma City businessman, passed away Friday, June 29th in Houston while waiting for a heart transplant after being diagnosed with a rare blood disorder. He was 64. Born August 16, 1953, Brad was the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Z. Naifeh of Oklahoma City. He was in the second graduating class of Heritage Hall and...
Alyssa Michelle De La Torre
Jun 28, 2018
Alyssa Michelle de la Torre passed away on June 28th, 2018. She was born in Fort Worth, TX on December 19th, 2001. Alyssa lived in Texas, Idaho, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and she made friends everywhere she went. She loved to go thrifting, to take pretty pictures, and to be with friends. Her favorite downtime activity was reading. People, music, and...
Dan Weaver Holman
Jun 28, 2018
Dan W. Holman, 80, passed away on June 28, 2018 at his home in Oklahoma City. A prayer service will be held Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at Smith & Kernke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, July 9 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Eugene Catholic Church, 2400 W. Hefner Road, Oklahoma City. Dan...
John Arthur Philbin, Jr.
Jun 27, 2018
John Arthur Philbin, Jr., 60 of Oklahoma City, passed away June 27, 2018. He was born April 9, 1958 to John Philbin, Sr. and Diane Lee Douglass. John Jr. earned his Bachelor of Arts in photo journalism while on the Dean's Honor Roll from the University of Central Oklahoma. He served with distinction for four years in the US Navy,...
Karen Raye Mendenhall
Jun 26, 2018
Karen Raye Mendenhall passed away in Oklahoma City following a brief illness. She was born July 5, 1940, in Little Sioux, IA. Karen grew up in Iowa and graduated from Pisgah, IA, high school. She went to Graceland College in Lamoni, IA for one year before attending and graduating from the Mercy School of Nursing at Council Bluffs, IA. After...
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