Dec 4, 2005

Mary Margaret Russell Stevens, age 90, of McLoud, OK, was born on July 3, 1915, in Lindsay, OK. She was the daughter of Edward J. & Grace L. Murphy Russell. She left this life on December 4, 2005, in Shawnee, OK. Margaret graduated from Bradley High School in Bradley, OK. She married Charlie A. Stevens on February 15, 1936,...

Dec 1, 2005

Lenora Lee Gumm was born on March 8, 1943, in Tucson, AZ, and departed this life on Thursday, December 1, 2005, in Seminole, OK, at the age of 62. Lenora, the daughter of Leonard Cecil and Dormi Lee DeWeber Carver, was a resident of Macomb, OK. She married Robert Gumm on September 5, 1964, in Shawnee. Lenora worked in...

Nov 29, 2005

Ray Drake, a Stroud, Oklahoma resident, was born in Stone County, Arkansas on January 28, 1916, and departed this life in Stroud, on Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at the age of 89 years. Ray was the son of Ruebin and Stella Northcutt Drake. Ray married Willie Pauline Pettit in Slick, Oklahoma on May 16, 1936. She preceded him in...

Nov 25, 2005

Life-long Stroud resident, Glen O. ?Junior? Salyer, departed this life in Stroud, Oklahoma, on Friday, November 25, 2005, at the age of 82 years. Glen was born in Stroud on November 11, 1923, to Glen W. and Verda Wages Salyer. He served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. He married Norma Gene Taylor in Oklahoma City...

Nov 23, 2005

Nov 23, 2005

Billy Dwight Smith was born on December 7, 1943, in Coalgate, OK, and departed this life on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, in Prague, OK, at the age of 61. Billy, the son of William and Babe Smith, was a resident of Paden, OK. He served in the United States Army during the Viet Nam era. Billy worked as a...

Nov 23, 2005

Chandler, Oklahoma resident, Wilma Jean Jones, was born on September 27, 1931, in Maud, Oklahoma, and departed this life on November 23, 2005, in Chandler, at the age of 74 years. Wilma was the daughter of Ben O. and Flora Self Jones. She was a Davenport High School graduate. She married Hulen P. ?Corkey? Jones in Davenport on August...

Nov 22, 2005

Loren Edward Gregory was born on April 11, 1944, in Bartlesville, OK, and departed this life on Tuesday, November 22, 2005, in Prague, OK, at the age of 61. Loren, the son of Wayne Loren and Gladys Medford Gregory, was a resident of Meeker. He graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, KS, and received a Bachelor?s...

Nov 22, 2005

Donald E. ?Eddie? Beesley, Jr., Wellston, OK, age 55, was born on May 27, 1950, in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the son of Donald Edward & Bonnie Ezzel Beesley. He passed from this life on November 22, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK. Eddie volunteered for 20 years and served as the Fire Chief for 6 years at the...

Nov 21, 2005

Leroy William Geissler, Harrah, OK, age 77, went to be with the Lord on November 21, 2005, in Harrah, OK. He was born March 10, 1928, to Gust and Anna Geissler, in Luther, OK. Leroy attended Good Hope School and served two years in the U. S. Navy. On October 29, 1948, he married his sweetheart, Zenoma E. Rogers....

Nov 19, 2005

Life-long Stroud resident, Paul Albert Cox, departed this life in Norman, OK, on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at the age of 88 years. Paul was born in Stroud on July 24, 1917, to Benjamin and Mary M. Cox. He served in the United Stated Army during World War II. When he returned to Stroud, Paul worked as a farmer....

Nov 17, 2005

Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, Gary Nicholas Curto, was born on April 21, 1951, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and departed this life on November 17, 2005, in Stroud, at the age of 54 years. Gary was the son of Nicholas L. and Carmella DiFalco Curto. He married Lisa Syzek in Edmond, Oklahoma, on February 29, 1988. He was a rancher and of...

Nov 17, 2005

Long-time Prague, OK, resident, Marie Newton, died peacefully at Norman Regional Hospital on November 17, 2005. Marie, was born on June 10, 1916, the youngest and last survivor of the children born to Robert Callaway and Sephroney Hopper Warden. Her parents moved from Missouri in 1904 and settled southwest of Paden where they began farming. Her father, R.C. Warden,...

Nov 16, 2005

Willa Faye Seitz Hand Creamer, age 61, of Harrah, OK, was born on January 24, 1944, in Amarillo, TX. She was the daughter of Willie & Virgie Elizabeth Wright Seitz. She left this life on November 16, 2005, in Harrah, OK. Willa Faye?s mother passed away when she was six years old and her step-mother, Emma Hodel Seitz raised...

Nov 15, 2005

Jack M. DeWitt, Harrah, OK, age 64, was born on April 1, 1941, in Horntown, OK. He was the son of Hiram M. & Mable Lola Jennings DeWitt. He passed from this life on November 15, 2005, in Harrah, OK. Jack grew up and attended school in Holdenville, OK. He served in the U.S. Navy, worked as an auto...

Nov 14, 2005

Willa Dean Sykora, a Stroud, Oklahoma resident, was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on December 3, 1924, and departed this life in Stroud on Monday, November 14, 2005, at the age of 80 years. Willa Dean was the daughter of Charles and Ida May Reed Helm. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1943. Willa Dean married Paul Sykora in...

Nov 14, 2005

Willa Dean Sykora, a Stroud, Oklahoma resident, was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on December 3, 1924, and departed this life in Stroud on Monday, November 14, 2005, at the age of 80 years. Willa Dean was the daughter of Charles and Ida May Reed Helm. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1943. Willa Dean married Paul Sykora in...

Nov 14, 2005

Billy Ray Lakins was born on October 12, 1941, in Paden, OK, and departed this life on Monday, November 14 , 2005, in Shawnee, OK, at the age of 64. Billy Ray, the son of Archie and Bertha Brown Lakins, was a resident of Paden. He married Carolyn Strawn on January 30, 1961. She preceded Billy Ray in death...

Nov 14, 2005

Donald Eugene Freeze was born on February 20, 1935, in Paden, OK, and departed this life on Monday, November 14, 2005, in Lexington, OK, at the age of 70. Donald, the son of Riley and Mural Pyle Freeze, was a life-long resident of Paden. He married Patsy Ruth Hightower on August 30, 1974, in Prague. Donald was a retired...

Nov 12, 2005

Chandler, Oklahoma resident, Morris A. Taylor, was born on May 14, 1926, in Powderly, Texas, and departed this life on November 12, 2005, in Meeker, at the age of 79 years. Morris was the son of Marion E. and Ola Mae Morris Taylor. He served in the United States Navy during WW II. Morris married Vaughn Packer in Houston...