Lavern Bernard Goetz
Dec 4, 2018
It is with great sadness the family of LaVern B. Goetz announces his passing. Vern left this life on Tuesday, December 4th at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 10 days. LaVern was born on March 24, 1928 in Victoria, Kansas to Mathilda and Bernard Goetz. He married Janette Krippner on August 21, 1954 and to this union...
Gerald Grant Austin
Nov 28, 2018
Gerald (Jerry) Grant Austin passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2018, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Born July 9th, 1937 in Hollywood, California, the only son of George Arnold and Nella Barr Austin, the family soon moved back to Kansas City, Kansas. In 1940, the family moved to Osawatomie, Kansas, where he attended all 12 years of school. In high school, he...
Don Henry Craig
Nov 27, 2018
Don Craig passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018, in Oklahoma City. He was born at home in Phillips, OK, on December 3, 1946, the son of Dawson Vernon and Anna Craig. Don graduated from Norman High School in 1964. He entered the US Marines in 1966 and served two tours in the Vietnam War, receiving an honorable discharge in 1969....
Rusty King
Nov 27, 2018
Dr. Robert W. King, Jr., better known as "Rusty", died on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, after a short illness. He was born on August 27, 1946, the son of Dr. Robert W. King, Sr. and Evalyn Lou Lowry King. He was a long-time resident of Oklahoma City, attending Northwest Classen High School, graduating in the class of 1964. He attended...
Jill Stacy
Nov 26, 2018
Jill Lynn Willey Stacy was born on July 16, 1977 and left this life on November 26, 2018 at her home in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, after her courageous four year battle with cancer. Jill is survived by her true love and partner in life, her husband, Blake Stacy and her loving daughter, Harper Kate Stacy; her parents, Terry and Ann...
Joyce Ann Griffin
Nov 26, 2018
Joyce Ann Edwards Griffin passed away peacefully on Monday, November 26, 2018 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Joyce was born April 19, 1937 in Perry Oklahoma to Ernest and Dessie Edwards. She and her two sisters, Betty Edwards Hronopulos and Mary Edwards VanDusen helped her parents run a family grocery store in Enid, Oklahoma where she graduated from Enid High School....
Betty Louise Neyer
Nov 25, 2018
Betty Louise Neyer, 91, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 25, in Oklahoma City. She was born on October 12, 1927 to parents Philip James Keough Sr. and Mary Josephine (Muller) Keough. Betty was a lifelong Oklahoma City resident. She attended Corpus Christi Elementary, St. Joseph Catholic School in OKC, and was a high school graduate of John Carroll. She...
Rev. George J. Pupius
Nov 23, 2018
Rev. George J. Pupius died November 23, 2018. Father Pupius was born on May 3, 1930, in Krebs, Okla., to John and Anna (Delugas) Pupius. After attending Krebs Elementary, he went on to Saint John Catholic High School in McAlester. After high school graduation in 1949, Father Pupius entered a Trappist monastery at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani...
Joseph George Schmitz, Jr.
Nov 23, 2018
Services to celebrate Joseph George Schmitz, Jr. "Joe" will be 1:00 PM Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at the Smith & Kernke N. May Chapel with burial to follow including Military Honors.
Linda L. Wright
Nov 22, 2018
Linda L. Wright went to heaven November 22, 2018. She was born January 29, 1941 in Durant, Oklahoma to Malcolm and Thelma Williams. Linda was an only child and developed lifelong friendships with several "Durant girls" who were always considered by Linda to be family. She loved to play, had a wonderful sense of humor, played the piano beautifully, and...
Stephanie Ann Kouri Simon
Nov 22, 2018
Stephanie Ann Kouri Simon, born December 21, 1963, fell asleep in the Lord on November 22, 2018. She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas and attended high school at Wichita Southeast, where she was an honor student and member of the the Pom Pom team. Stephanie attended both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Kansas, where she...
Charles William Sandmann
Nov 22, 2018
Charles was born in McAlister, Oklahoma on August 8, 1928 to Fredrick W. and Elizabeth Sandmann of Cottonwood, Ok. He was the youngest of four children in a coal mining family. His father was killed in a mine accident when he was one year old leaving his mother with four very young children to rear during the depression. With the...
Melba Lou Bond
Nov 21, 2018
Melba Lou Bond left this life to be with her heavenly Father November 21st. She was born in Prague, Oklahoma August 8, 1925. She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Anna Holman; two brothers, Louis and Fred; four sisters, Ida, Marie, Avis and Ann. She was also preceded in death by her sweetheart of 58 years, Orval...
Charles Ferguson
Nov 21, 2018
Charles William Ferguson, II received his wings November 21, 2018 at home in Oklahoma City. "Sonny" was born May 1, 1930 in Kewanee, Illinois. The Great Depression caused the family furniture business to close and for the family to move to his grandfather's farm in Paducah, Kentucky. It's here, with his parents and four siblings, that Charles nurtured his core...
Ryan Mark Meyers
Nov 21, 2018
Ryan Mark Meyers, born June 6, 1974 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Gregory and Kathryn Meyers, passed away on November 21, 2018 in Branson, Missouri. He graduated from Pioneer-Pleasant Vale High School and went on to attend OSU, where he was part of the Drumline. Then he continued his education at UCO, where he received his Bachelor degree in Computer Science....
Elizabeth Ann Holt
Nov 20, 2018
Elizabeth Ann "Liz" Holt, went to be with her heavenly Father and reunite with the love of her life, Bob on November 20, 2018. She was born July 9, 1930 in Gould, Arkansas to Gladys (Spurgeon) Broughton. Liz met Bob Holt while working at the Blass department store in Little Rock and they were married on St. Patrick's Day, March...
Ronald Drue Barnard
Nov 20, 2018
Ronald Drue Barnard, 75, of Oklahoma City, passed away November 20, 2018. He was born June 13, 1943, in Waco, Texas, to Robert Drue and Laura Mae (Cavanaugh) Barnard. He grew up in Lake Worth and graduated from Lake Worth High School in 1961. Ron became a salesman with Black & Decker in Dallas, TX, in 1964 and married Sue...
Frances Louise Strickland
Nov 20, 2018
Frances Strickland was born Sept. 20, 1923 in Corsicana, TX, the precious daughter of Emil and Lovie Pietsch. She completed this life on Nov. 20, 2018, at the age of 95. She married Douglas E. Strickland Aug 27, 1943, and they together lived in Dallas, Houston and St. Louis before permanently becoming Okies in 1958. Frances was preceded in death...
Shirley Ann Breidenstein
Nov 20, 2018
Shirley Ann (Goedert) Breidenstein, beloved mother, sister, daughter and friend completed this life on November 20, 2018 at the age of 86. She was born March 16, 1932 in Port Washington, WI, the eldest of four children born to Henry and Margaret Goedert. She married her best friend Burdette Charles Breidenstein on August 16, 1952. Together they raised three children...
Patricia Ann Slattery
Nov 19, 2018
Patricia (Pat) Ann Slattery, 74, died November 19, 2018 in Hospice Care in Oklahoma City from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Pat had a long 6 year battle with the disease. She entered a Memory Care facility in August where she lived until her death. She is survived by her beloved daughter Denise Slattery as well as cousins, nieces, nephews, and...
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