Jeffery Benjamin Hunter
Jan 9, 2017
Jeffery Benjamin Hunter was born on October 4, 1963, in Milford, Connecticut, and departed this life on Monday, January 9, 2017, in McLoud, Oklahoma, at the age of 53. Jeff, the son of David and Jeanette (Thomas) Hunter, was a resident of McLoud. He married Vicki Cunningham on September 21, 2002 in Alva, Oklahoma. Jeff proudly served spending 22...
Billie Schooley
Jan 8, 2017
Billie Darroll Schooley, long-time Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, was born February 20, 1934, in Voca, Texas, and departed this life January 8, 2017, in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years. Bill was the son of William Thomas and Leola (Butler) Schooley. He married Vernie Stiles on August 30, 1953 in Hoyt, Oklahoma. Bill worked as a land surveyor...
Gail Markwell
Jan 6, 2017
Gail Markwell was born in Goree, Tx on July 27, 1934. Her family moved to Oklahoma City in 1936 and then to Shawnee in 1948 where she met her beloved husband, Vernon L. Markwell and married March 25, 1951. She passed from this life on Friday, January 6, 2017. Gail Markwell was a long time Lincoln County resident who...
Noema Kessler
Jan 4, 2017
Noema Flanagan-Millican-Kessler, long-time Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born July 25, 1923, in Wellington, Texas, and departed this life on January 4, 2017, in Lindale, Texas, at the age of 93 years. She was the daughter of J. B. and Shirley (Hall) West. Noema was raised in Guymon, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school in 1941. In August of 1941,...
Norma Adeline Walden
Jan 2, 2017
Norma Adeline Walden was born on December 20, 1931, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Monday, January 2, 2017, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 85. Norma, the daughter of Henry Clay and Grace Mabel (Guffey) States, was a resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Norma married Carmon 'Bill' Walden on March 7, 1949 in Van Buren, Arkansas....
Viva Lanell Stacy
Jan 1, 2017
Viva LaNell Stacy was born on March 28, 1926, in Prague, and departed this life on Sunday, January 1, 2017, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, at the age of 90. Viva, the daughter of Alvin Forrest and Pearl (Stiffler) Montgomery, was a resident of Shawnee. She was a faithful member of Wallace Avenue Baptist Church. Viva enjoyed working crosswords and puzzles,...
Earl Dean Harper
Jan 1, 2017
As the world ushered in the New Year, January 1, 2017, heaven’s gates opened wide and received Earl Dean Harper. Earl Dean was born August 28, 1928 and lived a long and full life of 88 years, 4 months and 3 days. He is survived by his wife, Betty Crownover Harper, of the home; three children and their spouses:...
Linda Fern Allen
Dec 31, 2016
Linda Fern Allen was born on March 30, 1947, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Ada, Oklahoma, at the age of 69. Linda, the daughter of John Wesley and Audrey Samantha (Doyle) Lee, was a resident of Paden. Linda marriedCharles O. Allen in August 1967 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Linda loved to...
Ina Ruth Burney
Dec 31, 2016
Ina Ruth Burney was born on December 6, 1929, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Owasso, Oklahoma, at the age of 87. Ina, the daughter of Floyd and Georgia (Collins) Sturmon, was a resident of El Reno. She married Charles 'Rex' Burney on July 2, 1949. Earning both a bachelor's degree and...
Floy Jean Leonard
Dec 30, 2016
Floy Jean Leonard passed peacefully from this world on December 31, 2016, at the age of 87. Jean was born on July 21, 1929 in Paden, OK to James Monroe and Jennie Frances (Prevett) Gilbert. In 1949, she met, fell in love and married James Gordon Leonard. They first made their home in Meeker, OK, but then moved to...
Shirley Ann Quick "Lay"
Dec 30, 2016
Shirley Ann (Quick) Lay, 61, departed this life after a long battle with cancer on December 30, 2016. She was born April 23, 1955 in Hoisington, Kansas to Tony and Mavis (Blagrave) Neary. She attended school at Putnam City West High School. She moved to California as a young woman. After meeting her husband Bill she started an online...
Margrett Lamer Clonts
Dec 28, 2016
Margrett Lamer Clonts was born on April 18, 1925, in Paden, Oklahoma and departed this life on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, in Paden, at the age of 91. Margrett, the daughter of Andrew Michael and Rosa Angeline (Whitley) Brown, was a resident of Paden. She married Sherman Clonts on December 28, 1953. Margrett was an example of the Proverbs...
Mark Leo Melson
Dec 25, 2016
Mark Leo Melson lived a long life during a remarkable time in history. He was 97 years old when he went to be with the Lord on Dec. 25, 2016, at the Chandler Nursing Center. He was born October 29, 1919, on the family farm SE of Chandler to Floyd Delman Melson and Sarah Bessie (Lee) Melson and was...
Carroll Ray Brookshier
Dec 25, 2016
Carroll Ray Brookshier was born on October 9, 1940, in Centralia, Illinois, and departed this life on Sunday, December 25, 2016, in Little, Oklahoma, at the age of 76. Carroll, the son of Carmon and Loretta (Black) Brookshier, was a resident of Little. He married Charlene on July 2, 1973 in Arkansas. Carroll’s father and one daughter, Laquita preceded...
Gail Ruth Marez
Dec 25, 2016
Gail Ruth Marez was born on May 4, 1934, in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Sunday, December 25, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 82. Gail, the daughter of Edgar Conklin and Myrtle May (McKinney) Ellis, was a resident of Prague. Gail was married to Luis Marez. Later in life she met Lucian Wakolee,...
Pauline Holcomb
Dec 20, 2016
Pauline Holcomb was born on June 7, 1926, in Welty, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 90. Pauline, the daughter of John and Ethel (Curry) Wright, was a resident of Oklahoma City. She married Simon Merle Holcomb in Ft Smith, Arkansas. Pauline worked at Hilldale Elementary School...
Bodil Roper
Dec 19, 2016
Bodil (Rasmussen) Roper, age 80, of El Reno, OK, formerly of Newalla, OK, was born July 18, 1936, in Viborg, Denmark. She was the daughter of Edvard G. & Helene Marie (Caspersen) Rasmussen. She left this life on Monday, December 19, 2016, in El Reno, OK. Bodil graduated from high school in Copenhagen, Denmark. She attended the First Baptist...
Carolyn D. Agan
Dec 17, 2016
Carolyn D. Martin Agan, 71, of Harrah, OK was born in Shawnee, OK on Feb. 25, 1945. She was the daughter of Harry and Lois Brantley Martin. She passed from this life on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Nancy Denney and Betty Smith, mother-in-law Dorothy Agan and brother-in-law John Agan....
Jack Albert Potter
Dec 17, 2016
Jack Albert Potter, long-time Tulsa, Oklahoma, resident, was born January 12, 1933, in Tulsa, and departed this life December 17, 2016, in Tulsa, at the age of 83 years. Jack was the son of Warren and Flossie (Hale) Potter. He was an Iron Worker for Union 584 for many years. His parents; first wife, Ailene; one son; one sister;...