Jetta Ollene Gandy
May 29, 2013
Born May 8, 1952, in Dallas, Texas, to Alvin Curtis Gandy and Arlie Taylor Gandy, Jetta died peacefully in Oklahoma City, May 29, 2013, after a brief illness. Jetta's life was one of service. After graduating from Southern Nazarene University in 1974, she began a career in healthcare administration, spending the last 13 years as director of human resources for...
Carolyn Rose Mohr
May 28, 2013
Carolyn Rose Mohr was born in Sentinel, Oklahoma to Duane and Clara Combs on November 22, 1941. She graduated from Clinton High School, attended Southwestern State College, and received her bachelor's degree from Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha. Her early career included elementary teaching in Lawton and Oklahoma City, and she retired as a Gifted and Talented teacher in Putnam...
Evva May Riley
May 25, 2013
Evva May Riley, nee Kelly, of Oklahoma City, died Saturday the 25th of May, 2013 in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Evva was her usual self, decorating family gravesites for the Memorial Day holiday when she became ill and was rushed to Weatherford General Hospital where she later passed away. Born on April 11, 1919 in Cement, Oklahoma, she was the second of...
Birthe Wagner Ashby
May 22, 2013
Birthe Wagner Ashby was born July 14, 1935 in Aalborg, Denmark to Harry and Else Wagner. She lived in Denmark until the age of 18 when she immigrated to the United States. After working in Salt Lake City for a while, she met and married Dean Hal Ashby in the Salt Lake Temple. She grew up in Nazi occupied Denmark...
Richard Pierce Thompson
May 20, 2013
Pastor Richard Pierce (RP) Thompson passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, in Edmond, Oklahoma, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 23, at Council Road Baptist Church, with Pastor Chris Wall and Pastor Rick Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery. A time of visitation is planned Wed. from 9 a.m. to 9...
Marie Brandt
May 19, 2013
Marie Brandt, 90, died May 19, 2013. She was born Dec. 24, 1922 in Guthrie, OK to Jewett S., Sr. and Gladys Grace (Wicker) Scott. A graduate of Mangum High School, she attended Oklahoma College for Women (OCW) in Chickasha, graduating in 1945. She married Ben Brandt of Kramer, ND in June of 1946. They established their home in Enid,...
Harold 'Buster' Crain
May 17, 2013
Harold Crain was born on June 19, 1923, to Clyde and Mattie Crain in Oklahoma City, OK. One of four children, he attended various schools in Oklahoma, Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas as the family moved with the opening of various oil fields. Harold enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of WW II, serving honorably in many assignments....
Charles 'Chuck' Edward Krumtum
May 14, 2013
Charles "Chuck" Edward Krumtum was born on December 29, 1923 to Royal Chester and Sonora Wynette Bodine Krumtum in Oklahoma City, OK. When he was young his family moved to Wynnewood, OK. Chuck played football and basketball in high school. He also played the trombone in the band. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp,...
Barry W. Brawley
May 14, 2013
Barry W Brawley, our little brother, was born into a loving family of parents, Bob W. and Freda Brawley, and three big sisters, Peggy, Teresa, and Toni, on Sept. 29, 1965. He grew up in Cordell and graduated from Piedmont High School. Barry had a magnetic personality. He was doted on and, in return, he sincerely cared about those he...
Rene Mcspadden
May 14, 2013
Rene McSpadden, 82, went home to be with her Lord on May 14, 2013. She was born March 4, 1931 in Portsmouth, Ohio to Archie and Anna (Hutchinson) Holland. She grew up and attended high school in Geary, Oklahoma. She later attended Blackwood Business College. A faithful member of Bethany First Baptist Church, she was a woman of strong faith...
Paul Dominic Romano
May 11, 2013
Paul Dominic Romano, 88, passed away Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at his home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Paul was born April 5, 1925 to Gabriel and Carmella (Yacavelli) Romano in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended All Saints Grammar School and graduated from University High School in 1942. He graduated with a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas...
Richard E. Coulson
May 9, 2013
Richard E. Coulson, 70, died at home of cancer. He was born in Panhandle, Texas to Carroll M. Coulson and Mary E. nee Davidson. After clerking for District Court Judge Alfred P. Murrah, Richard became a professor of law at Oklahoma City University School of Law from 1972 until he retired, except for a brief time when he left and...
Glenda Gail Hanes
May 9, 2013
Glenda Gail (McMillan) Hanes, 62, of Bethany, passed away May 9, 2013. Glenda was born March 1, 1951 in Ada, OK to Eastland "Chief" and Ruby Claire (Braden) McMillan. She was predeceased by brother, Jerry Wayne and sister, Phyllis Jean. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Howard Hanes; brother, Bruce McMillan; sister, Bernice Mitchell; daughters, Carrie Brown...
Juanita Bryan Macrory Dawson
May 6, 2013
Juanita Bryan Macrory Dawson, age 90, went to be with her Lord and Savior May 6, 2013. She was born April 28, 1923 in Bethany, OK, the 8th of 10 children to Hugh and Nellie Bryan, of which one sister remains, Virginia Bryan Usher, plus 21 nieces and nephews and their families. Juanita was a lifelong member of Bethany First...
Anna Jean Akin
May 6, 2013
Anna Jean "Smoki" Akin, born 6-2-1924 in Clovis, New Mexico, to Sam Smoke and Virginia Smoke. She began playing the piano at age 5. Mom took her first piano lessons from an old jazz performer in Clovis and also studied classical. She used to tell how she would kick the piano because she had to practice while the other neighbor...
James R. Mcgill, Sr.
May 5, 2013
James R. McGill, Sr., 76, died May 5, 2013. He was born Dec. 28, 1936 in Oklahoma City to John and Myrtle (Lane) McGill. He was a Bethany police officer and also worked for the OK County Sheriff's office as Captain and SWAT Commander. He recently retired from the City of Bethany as Public Works Director. A longtime member of...
Barbara Roberta Bunch-Mckinney
May 4, 2013
Barbara Roberta Bunch-McKinney, 72, died May 4, 2013. She was born Sept. 30, 1940 to Vera and Virgil Stephens in Dare, OK. She married Berlin Bunch (deceased) and together they had three daughters, Vickie Burger (deceased), Dionne Kleeman and husband Terry of OKC, and Tammy Schreiber and husband Tim of Bethany. They owned restaurants in Purcell and Wayne, Oklahoma. They...
Erna M. Christ
May 1, 2013
Erna M. Christofferson, 90, of Bethany, passed away at her home on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Erna was born on November 13, 1922, to Wilhelm and Theresia (Alliger) Ehspanner, in Lohrville, Iowa. Erna earned an associate's degree from American Institute of Business in Des Moines, Iowa, where she met, and later married, her husband of 68 years, Kenneth Christofferson, in...
Betty Alice Strong
Apr 29, 2013
Betty Alice Strong passed away on April 29, 2013. Betty was born in Ada, OK on March 4th, 1935 to Arthur and Evelyn Wehunt and spent her childhood in Sulphur, OK, graduating from Sulphur High School in 1953. At Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater, OK, Betty was an active member of Kappa Delta sorority. While at A&M she met her future...
Evelyn Rogers
Apr 28, 2013
Funeral services for Evelyn Rogers, 95, will be 3:00pm, Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery Chapel on NW Expressway. Viewing will be Wednesday, 9am-9pm, at Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, 3925 N. Asbury, Bethany, OK. Evelyn and Carthol (deceased 1988) were well-known Florists for many years in Oklahoma City. Evelyn and Carthol were married over 54 years and had a...
