Apr 4, 2005

OBITUARY: Herschel Hugh Haskin Herschel Hugh Haskin, a resident of the Stroud-Cushing area, was born on March 19, 1936, at Great Bend, KS, and departed this life in Tulsa, OK, on Monday, April 4, 2005, at the age of 69 years. Herschel was the son of Harold and Ruby Gooch Haskin. He served his country in the United States...

Apr 2, 2005

Karol Jzef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932...

Apr 2, 2005

OBITUARY: Thomas Tom Dewey Walker Thomas Tom Dewey Walker was born in Okemah, OK, on January 14, 1909, and departed this life in Stroud, OK, on Saturday, April 2, 2005, at the age of 96 years. Tom was the son of Clint and Madie Hunter Walker. Tom was a resident of Davenport, OK; worked as a driller in the...

Apr 1, 2005

Alvin Lee ?Al? Jones, long-time, Chandler, Oklahoma resident, born on January 21, 1929, in Merrick, Oklahoma, and departed this life on April 1, 2005 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 76 years. Al was the son of John W. and Pearl Crews Jones. Al married Ella Kirkpatrick, on May 28, 1949, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He worked...

Apr 1, 2005

Mary M. Decker, Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, was born on May 4, 1922, in Henryetta, Oklahoma, and departed this life on April 1, 2005, in Stroud, Oklahoma, at the age of 82 years. Mary was the daughter of Joseph and Izza Belle Hall Madden. She married James W. Decker in 1939. Mary was a homemaker. Her parents, husband, and one...

Apr 1, 2005

Esther Grace Key, Sedgwick, Kansas, resident, formerly of Chandler, Oklahoma, was born on August 11, 1918, in Chandler, Oklahoma, and departed this life on April 1, 2005, in Sedgwick, Kansas at the age of 86 years. Grace was the daughter of Earl Desco and Anna May Dollie Anderson. Grace married Luster Key in Chandler, Oklahoma on December 20, 1936....

Mar 31, 2005

Willie Hopcus Wajda was born on September 10, 1917, in Choctaw, OK and departed this life on Thursday, March 31, 2005, in Choctaw, OK. Willie, the daughter of Stach and Mary Bench Hopcus, was a resident of Choctaw, OK. She was a homemaker and worked at the Choctaw Caf. She was a member of St. Teresa?s Catholic Church, Harrah,...

Mar 31, 2005

Elsa J. Lillibridge, Neosho, Missouri, resident, was born on October 11, 1915, in Oakland, Arkansas, and departed this life on March 31, 2005 in Neosho, Missouri, at the age of 89 years. Elsa was the daughter of J.R. and Ollie Terry Wilbanks. She moved with her family to Oklahoma at a young age and lived in Chandler on the...

Mar 28, 2005

Velma Ann Harwell was born on December 26, 1914, in Keokuk Falls, OK, and departed this life on Thursday, March 24, 2005, in Shawnee, OK, at the age of 90. Velma, the daughter of Walter Lee and Georgia Ann Watkins Klutts, was a resident of Shawnee. She married Irving Harwell on December 20, 1930, in Okemah, OK. Velma was...

Mar 27, 2005

Keith H. Moydell was born on November 22, 1924, in Prague, OK, and departed this life on Sunday, March 27, 2005, in Prague, at the age of 80. Keith, the son of Charles and Lulu Sedlacek Moydell, was a resident of Prague. He graduated Centerview High School and served overseas during World War II with the United States Navy....

Mar 26, 2005

OBITUARY: Theresa Mae Vondracek Theresa Mae Vondracek was born on September 16, 1958 in Anthony, Kansas and departed this life on Saturday, March 26, 2005, in Davenport, OK, at the age of 46 years.Theresa, the daughter of Glen G. and Cleta Alexander Seales. She was a resident of Davenport, Oklahoma, for the past 2 years moving from Anthony, Kansas,...

Mar 25, 2005

OBITUARY: Ethel Odessa Weber Ethel Odessa Weber was born on January 29, 1912, in Stroud, OK, and departed this life on Friday, March 25, 2005, in Catoosa, OK, at the age of 93.Ethel, the daughter of William and Rosie Blaylock Clark, was a resident of Rogers County most of her life. She moved to Stroud in 1998. Ethel married...

Mar 25, 2005

OBITUARY: Vesta Faye Youell Vesta Faye Youell was born on March 6, 1929, in Jennings, OK, and departed this life on Friday, March 25, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK, at the age of 76.Vesta, the daughter of Orville Ora and Etta Olive Morgan Drake, was a resident of Oklahoma City, for the past 4 years moving from Bartlesville, OK,...

Mar 25, 2005

OBITUARY: Vesta Faye Youell Vesta Faye Youell was born on March 6, 1929, in Jennings, OK, and departed this life on Friday, March 25, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK, at the age of 76.Vesta, the daughter of Orville Ora and Etta Olive Morgan Drake, was a resident of Oklahoma City, for the past 4 years moving from Bartlesville, OK,...

Mar 24, 2005

Robert B. ?Junkyard Bob? Jimenez was born on January 9, 1947, in Oklahoma City, OK, and went to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 24, 2005, at the age of 58. Bob was the son of Brigido Rayse Jimenez and Bessie Geneace Osborne Jimenez. He lived most of his life in the Harrah area. In his younger years,...

Mar 24, 2005

Shirley Jean Ward, Enid, Oklahoma resident, born on September 7, 1939, in Enid, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 24, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 65 years. Shirley was the daughter of Robert Euell and Jenny Lee Cooper Yates. She attended school at Enid, Oklahoma, Hutchinson, Kansas and Guymon, Oklahoma graduating from Guymon High...

Mar 24, 2005

Heaven welcomed Grady H. Musgrove on March 24, 2005, as he departed this life from the Harrah, Oklahoma home of his daughter, Ramona. Grady was born June 17, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma, to Myrta Mae Fipps and George Musgrove. He made his living as a skilled carpenter. He married Charlsey Willie Marie Dawson in Paden, Oklahoma on May 3,...

Mar 22, 2005

Janice ?Kay? Ross, age 63, was born on February 6, 1942, in Cyril, Oklahoma and departed this life on March 22, 2005, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kay was the daughter of Raymond & Dimpal Bennett Gilliam. She moved to Harrah in 1985. She worked for U. S. Food Service for 23 years. She taught third graders in the Awana...

Mar 22, 2005

Mar 18, 2005

Beulah ?Bill? Vinson Thomas, 97, peacefully left this life on Friday, March 18, 2005, in Clemson, South Carolina, with family at her side. She was born February 24, 1908, in the newly-formed State of Oklahoma, formerly Indian Territory, to Nathan and Leona Harvey Vinson. On May 30, 1926, in Drumright, Oklahoma, Beulah married her high school sweetheart, Everett ?Eph?...