Clayton Otto Barnwell
Apr 22, 2018
Clayton was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and grew up there with his mom, sister, uncles, aunt, and cousins in a close-knit family. He was inducted into the Army at Fort Sill, on July 13, 1943, and sent for Basic and Medical Training at Camp Barkeley near Abilene, Texas. Clayton joined Company C of the 328 Medical Battalion of the 103rd...
Cornelia 'Connie' Mae Petillo
Apr 22, 2018
Cornelia "Connie" Mae Petillo, age 87, passed away in her home on April 22, 2018. Connie was born on March 16, 1931 in Union City, Oklahoma to Neal and Edith Franklin. She moved to Oklahoma City in childhood, along with her mother and younger sister, after the death of her father. There she attended Oklahoma City public schools where she...
Paul Rhodes
Apr 22, 2018
Paul Edward Rhodes, 70, departed this earthly life on Sunday, April 22, 2018, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 15, 1947 with his twin brother, Charles, to parents, Joseph and Meady Rhodes and older sister, Mary. He spent his early years in Coweta before the family relocated to Broken Arrow. After graduating from...
Irene Mae Allen
Apr 20, 2018
Irene Mae Sparman Allen was born June 17, 1929 to Harvey Charles and Anna Mae Sparman in Rochester, Michigan. She left this mortal life on Friday, April 20, 2018. Between those two dates, she left a lasting and loving impact on countless lives with her loving kindness and compassion. She was a loving and much loved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,...
James Robert Bellah
Apr 20, 2018
James (Jim) Robert Bellah, 70, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma began his dance with Jesus on April 20th, 2018. Jim was born on Friday, November 13th, 1947 in Clinton, Oklahoma. Jim married the love of his young life, Charlotte, on June 26, 1969. They achieved perfection on November 19, 1974 with the birth of their only son, Gregory Dean. Jim was...
Donald 'Don' Ray Pherigo
Apr 19, 2018
Donald Ray Pherigo, 82, of Oklahoma City, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018. Born in Okmulgee, OK, on Nov. 28, 1935, Don was the youngest of S.G. and Ada Pherigos nine children. He grew up all over Pontotoc County and married his high school sweetheart, Mary Etta (Phillips), on July 2, 1955. Don worked as an oil pump mechanic before...
Shirley Kay Mcclain
Apr 18, 2018
Shirley McClain died peacefully on April 18, 2018 with her family and friends nearby. Shirley was born to her parents, Al and Kathryn Reddick on March 18, 1940 in OKC. She graduated from Grant High School in OKC in 1958. Shirley attended her freshman year at Oklahoma State University where she met her husband, Ken McClain. They were married three...
Bernice D. Johnson
Apr 17, 2018
Bernice Douglass Johnson, also known as Momo, was born to Emma Jane Brooks and Nephi Amulick Douglass on April 27, 1929 in Hazelton, ID and passed away in Oklahoma City on April 17, 2018. She was raised on a farm and the youngest of six children. Words cannot do this justice but she was a PTA president, apple pie maker,...
Emma Lee Smith
Apr 14, 2018
Emma Lee Smith, 77, was reunited in heaven with her loving husband, Ken, after a long hard-fought battle with cancer. Emma was born in Los Angeles, California to Richard and Marie Buckley. She was raised in Midwest City, OK. She graduated from Midwest City High School. She began working for JC Penneys as a personnel manager. While working at Penneys,...
Henry 'Randy' Randolph Gibson
Apr 11, 2018
Henry Randolph "Randy" Gibson, 79, died April 11, 2018. He was born March 12, 1939 in Byars, OK to Howard and Ruth (Bratcher) Gibson. A 1958 graduate of Bethany High School, he was a route manager for The Daily Oklahoman, a painting contractor, and owned Jiffy Jerrys and Sooner Muffler. He raised beagles for 55 years, and especially loved his...
Marie Louise Roberts
Apr 11, 2018
Marie Louise Roberts, 89, died April 11, 2018. She was born October 4, 1928 in Springfield, Ohio to Walter V. and Georgia McCoun. She lived her whole life in Springfield until 2013, going to Assisted Living at Garbry Ridge in Piqua, Ohio followed by Heritage Point of Oklahoma City. In fact, when in Springfield, she always lived on High Street,...
Peggy Jo Suggs
Apr 9, 2018
Peggy Jo Suggs, 90, passed away peacefully on the morning of April 9, 2018 in Wichita Falls, TX following a brief illness. She was born Margaret Josephine Kocurek on June 15, 1927 at home on the familys farm located in the Ogden Community, five miles from Seymour. Her parents, Joe Frank Kocurek and Eula Belle Bartos were of Czech heritage...
Paul Curtis Long
Apr 8, 2018
Dr. Paul Curtis Long of Yukon died on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at the age of 90. A native of Oklahoma City, he was born September 13, 1927 to Lola Belle Ewing Long and Claude Curtis Long, and practiced veterinary medicine for nearly fifty years. Following his graduation from Oklahoma State University in 1956, where he earned a doctorate in...
Harold Lee Young
Apr 6, 2018
Harold Lee (Hal) Young, 88, passed away peacefully on April 6, 2018 surrounded by family and friends. He was born January 15, 1930 to Bert and Helen Young in Spokane, WA. He was blessed with a long and healthy life, which he attributed to having a positive attitude, a smiling face and following a dedicated exercise and diet program. He...
Terry Earl Winteroth
Apr 5, 2018
Terry Earl Winteroth, 66, died April 5, 2018. He was born February 21, 1952 in Junction City, KS to Earl and Carrie (Bielefeld) Winteroth. A graduate of the McPherson Community College and Abilene High School, he was a celebrated and decorated high school and college basketball, track and football athlete and was a huge OU fan. Preceded in death by...
Bobby Dean Taylor
Apr 4, 2018
Bobby Dean Taylor, 65, passed away with his family by his side at the OKC VA Medical Center April 4, 2018. He was born Jan. 26, 1953 in El Reno, OK to Mildred Euvoone (Blair) and Winston B. Taylor. Bobby enjoyed many hobbies and activities (many that he taught his children and grandchildren), including the love of guitar, singing and...
Virginia Marie Usher
Mar 31, 2018
Virginia Marie Bryan Usher, age 92, went to her Heavenly home on March 31, 2018. She was born on July 11, 1925, the 9th child of ten children raised in Bethany by her loving Christian parents, Hugh and Nellie Bryan, all of whom were members of Bethany First Church of the Nazarene. Virginia attended Bethany schools where she met a...
Barry Ditzler
Mar 31, 2018
Barry Ditzler, 80, of Bethany, a lifelong Oklahoman, returned to the Lord on March 31, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Ruth, and brother, Harold. Survivors include Michaela, his wife of 61 years; brother, Bruce; sons, an OKC Firefighter (Ret.) and a Nuclear Submarine Officer LCDR, USN (Ret.); five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, with another on...
Ruby June Hanselman
Mar 31, 2018
(No Obituary Text Available) Graveside Service Thursday, April 5, 2018 02:00 PM Resurrection Memorial Cemetery 7801 N.W. Expressway Oklahoma City, OK
Nancy Jane Miller
Mar 30, 2018
Nancy Jane Sides Miller went to be with the Lord on March 30, 2018. Nancy was born November 15, 1951 in Kansas City, MO to Wilbur E. Sides and Virginia R. Hammer. Nancy gave her heart to the Lord at a young age and felt a call to missions as a young girl. She had a desire to follow the...
