Violet Viola Leach
Mar 12, 2013
Violet Liola Leach, long-time Tryon, Oklahoma, resident was born on October 13, 1913, in Davenport, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 12, 2013, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at the age of 99 years. Violet was the daughter of Arch and Minnie (Waters) Crouch. She married Francis Irvin Leach on March 18, 1933, in Chandler, Oklahoma. Violet was a homemaker...
Charles James "Sam" Duffy
Mar 11, 2013
Charles James 'Sam' Duffy, Kendrick resident, was born on February 12, 1940 in Kendrick, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 11, 2013 at his home in Kendrick at the age of 73 years. Sam was the son of Charlie Henry and Dolvie (Lewis) Duffy. Sam worked at Allied Roofing in Stroud, Oklahoma and farmed. His parents preceded him...
Rayborn Moses
Mar 11, 2013
Rayborn Moses was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on November 16, 1934, and departed this life at his home in Prague, Oklahoma with his family by his side, on March 11, 2013 at the age of 78. Rayborn, the son of Dodge Walker and Winnie Bell (McCarthy) Moses, was a lifelong resident of Prague and attended Prague Schools, He married...
Jerry Virgil Hunt
Mar 11, 2013
Jerry Virgil Hunt, Meeker, Oklahoma, resident was born on August 11, 1954, in Cass City Michigan, and departed this life on March 11, 2013, at his home in Meeker at the age of 58 years. Jerry was the son of Harold and Ila (Neiman) Hunt. He served in the United States Army during Vietnam War, and was married to...
Leocadio "Leo" Gallardo
Mar 9, 2013
Leocadio 'Leo' Gallardo, age 95, of McLoud, OK, was born on December 9, 1917, in Apulco, Mexico. He was the son of Asuncion & Fransisca Gallardo (Curiel). He left this life on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in McLoud, OK. Leo was a farmer. He enjoyed gardening, working the land, reading and music. Leo was preceded in death by his...
Ray Walter Stephenson
Mar 8, 2013
Ray Walter Stephenson, age 93, of Omaha, Nebraska, was born on April 15, 1919, in Post, Texas. He was the son of Riley Walter & Audrey Grace (Ray) Stephenson. He left this life on Friday, March 8, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska. Ray proudly served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during WW II. He was a member of...
Ethel Lee
Mar 7, 2013
Ethel Burdina Lee, long-time Meeker, Oklahoma, resident was born on September 1, 1922, in Meeker, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 7, 2013, in Meeker at the age of 90 years. Ethel was the daughter of John and Ella (Ramsey) Pruitt. She married Fred Lee on August 17, 1960, in Chandler, Oklahoma. Ethel worked as a waitress around...
Wilma Irene Merritt
Mar 2, 2013
Wilma Irene Merritt, Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born on February 13, 1919, in Davenport, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 2, 2013, in Chandler, Oklahoma, at the age of 94 years. Irene was the daughter of George F. and Birdie I. (Vickers) Bay. She was married to Paul Merritt. Irene worked as a linotype operator in the newspaper...
Dr. Hulen Riley Howe
Mar 1, 2013
Hulen Riley Howe, Sr., 84, of Meeker, passed on Friday, March 1, 2013 in Shawnee at Colonial Estates Nursing Home. Hulen was born November 18, 1928 in Hollis, Oklahoma to Gerald and Lurene (Kirkley) Howe. Hulen moved to the Meeker area from Shawnee at the young and tender age of six. A year prior to this move, the Howe...
Ina Kathleen Wiedemann
Feb 26, 2013
Ina Kathleen Wiedemann, age 91, of Harrah, OK, was born on September 1, 1921, in Okarche, OK. She was the daughter of William Martin Gorman and Neva (Beck) Gorman. She left this life on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, in Oklahoma City, OK. Ina graduated from Sacred Heart in El Reno, OK. She married Malven Wiedemann on June 15, 1939,...
Robert "Bob" Leslie Ballard
Feb 25, 2013
Robert 'Bob' Leslie Ballard was born on September 14, 1957, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, and went to be with his Heavenly Father on Monday, February 25, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 55, as a result of injuries suffered in an auto accident on Thursday, February 21. Bob, the son of Elmer and Betty (Armstrong) Ballard,...
John R. Crawford Sr.
Feb 25, 2013
John Richard Crawford Sr., Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born on December 15, 1939, in Delaware, Ohio, and departed this life on February 25, 2013, at his home in Chandler at the age of 73 years. John was the son of Everett and Bertha (Starky) Crawford. He served in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Everglades Submarine. John married...
Gerry L. Mixon
Feb 23, 2013
Lois Louise 'Gerry' Mixon, age 86, of Harrah, OK, was born April 17, 1926, in Coalgate, OK. She was the daughter of Roy Levi & Jennie (Daffin) Ladd. She left this life on Saturday, February 23, 2013, in Oklahoma City, OK. Gerry graduated from Minco High School. She was a traditional housewife. She was a member of the First...
Lee Young
Feb 21, 2013
Robert “Lee” Young, 94, of Harrah was born November 12, 1918 in Harrah, OK. He was the son of John Robert & Edna Mae (Watts) Young. He left this life on February 21, 2013. Lee married Virginia Rozak on November 21, 1953 in Harrah, OK. Together they continued the family tradition of dairy farming in Harrah, OK. He was...
Dale Allan Patterson
Feb 14, 2013
Prague resident Dale Allan Patterson departed this life on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at the age of 60. He was born December 12, 1952, in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of Charles Patterson and Doris LaFey McCauley. Dale was an active volunteer firefighter, captain and active chaplain of the Strother Volunteer Fire Department. He was a retired narcotics officer for...
Wanda Fletcher
Feb 12, 2013
Wanda Louise Sullivan Fletcher was born on April 3, 1930 in Augusta, AR. to Thomas Kenneth and Mildred 'Elza' (Norvell) Sullivan. She passed away on February 12, 2013 in Prague, OK. at the age of 82. Wanda graduated high school from Augusta High School and on May 7, 1951 in a double wedding ceremony with her sister Vina Denker,...
Pauline Evelyn Piper
Feb 12, 2013
Pauline Evelyn (Day) Piper, long-time Wellston, Oklahoma, resident was born on November 29, 1921, in Junction City, Kansas, and departed this life on February 12, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, after a long battle with lung cancer, at the age of 91 years. Pauline was the third daughter born to Charles Franklin and Hazel Fern (Nickell) Day. She married...
Pete Adams
Feb 12, 2013
Lawrence 'Pete' Adams, devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather departed this life on February 12, 2013 surrounded by his close knit family. Born June 30, 1932 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Peter Adams and Mary Weiser Adams. He graduated from Okeene High School and then attended Oklahoma A&M, now OSU. A member of the Theta Kappa Phi Fraternity. it...
Floyd E. Rice
Feb 10, 2013
Floyd E. Rice was born on November 29, 1926 in Tuskegee, Oklahoma and departed this life on Sunday February 10, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 86 years. Floyd was the son of George and Belva Rice. He graduated from high school in Manteca, Ca. He married Adda Mae Sarrels in Modesto, Ca in 1945. Floyd...
Barbara June Beavers
Feb 10, 2013
Barbara June Beavers was born in Mountainburg, AR on June 22, 1935 and departed this life in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at the age of 77 years. Barbara was the daughter of Ross C. and Vera Roxie (Warren) Shields. Barbara was a resident of Stroud, Oklahoma most of her life. She was a member of the...