Larry Ernest Cerny
May 25, 2012
Larry Ernest Cerny, 76, passed away May 25, 2012 at home in Oklahoma City. He was born January 23, 1936 in Kingfisher, OK to Ernest and Faye Cerny. He was retired and the previous owner of CER-MAC Plastics. Larry loved his family more than anything in the world. He also enjoyed OU football, golf, fishing and hunting. He was preceded...
Evelyn Josephine Sims
May 23, 2012
Evelyn Josephine Wilkerson Sims went to be with the Lord on May 23rd, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Grady Sims II, sons, Carl Lee Sims and Paul Michael Sims, sisters, Lillie Mae and Vivian Kaiser, brother, Paul Wilkerson, son-in-law, Johnny Fowler II, and daughter-in-law, Peggy Sims. Her greatest love and accomplishments were children. In 1952,...
Willa Vee Norman
May 22, 2012
Willa Vee Norman, 81, died May 22, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 26 at the Mercer-Adams Chapel with Granville Clapp officiating. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Willa was born on October 5, 1930 in Cordell, Oklahoma to Ernest and Willa Frances (Franklin) Jones. She graduated from...
Dr. C. Paul Gray
May 21, 2012
C. Paul Gray went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 21, 2012. Paul was born October 15, 1914 in Vilonia, Arkansas. He was very active and "grew up" with the Church of the Nazarene as an evangelist, pastor, professor and archivist. Dr. Gray, as he was known to his students, was a great man of...
John Lewis Sanders
May 16, 2012
John Lewis Sanders, 50 years of age, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, from complications due to head trauma. John was born March 11, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Janet Mickle Sanders and Ray Dean Sanders. What a joy he brought to their lives. He was the ornery little brother to big sister, Cindy. John loved life...
Rhonda Wanell Olson-Martinez
May 15, 2012
Rhonda Wanell Olson-Martinez was born August 21, 1965 to Robert W. and Janice L. Olson in Moorehead, MN. She passed from this life on May 15, 2012 at the age of 46. In her young life, she and her family traveled a lot, not settling down to one place until her high school years where she graduated from Angleton High...
Frederick Joseph Bird
May 9, 2012
Frederick Joseph Bird, 94, was born in Lake Charles, LA, and moved to Oklahoma City in 1961. He is survived by his son, Rev. Stephen J. Bird, pastor of Epiphany Catholic Church, Oklahoma City; daughter, Elaine Stebler, of Ripley; grandson, Sean Stebler, of Perkins; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Virginia (Elfert);...
Shirley Miller
May 8, 2012
Shirley Nyrene Miller, 70, died May 8, 2012. She was born November 16, 1941 to James and Susie (Kirkpatrick) Bliss. She faithfully attended Bible Missionary Church in Bethany. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters, Beulah and Roberta, and granddaughter, Niki Campbell. Survivors include son, David Miller of Oklahoma City; daughters, Suzanne Campbell of Paoli, OK, Alicia...
Blanche Faye Banta
May 7, 2012
Blanche Faye Banta, 86, met her Savior Jesus face to face on May 7. Blanche was born March 3, 1926 in Seneca, Missouri. She and her husband Dewey were married 65 years and had three children, Steve (Sharon), Rick, and Denise (Norm) and were blessed with 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Blanche worked hard her whole life as a professional...
Lester Lee Papan
May 5, 2012
Lester Lee Papan, age 85, of Bethany, Oklahoma, died May 5th, 2012. He was born on May 15, 1926 in Slovak, Arkansas, and was preceded in death by his parents, Alma Koehn and Rudolph Papan, Sr. Following the premature death of his mother, Lester was raised in Stuttgart, Arkansas by his sweet Aunt Gladys and Paul Koch, with his adoring...
June Avis Beaty Phillips
May 5, 2012
June Avis Beaty Phillips, 92, went peacefully to be with the Lord the morning of May 5, 2012 in Bremerton, Washington. June was born to Koy and Vesta Beaty on December 29, 1919 near Riverton, Kansas. She graduated from Riverton High School in 1937, then earned her first teaching certificate at age 18, as she wanted to be a teacher...
Helen L. Thurber
May 3, 2012
Helen Louise Thurber, 83, died May 3, 2012. She was born July 17, 1928 in Green City, MO to Warner and Atta (Wattenbarger) Beall. She was preceded in death by her husband Everett, and son Warren. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Carroll Dobbs; daughter-in-law, Lecia Thurber; grandchildren, John and Beth Dobbs, Lisa Dobbs and Trevor...
Kathy Wilmoth
Apr 30, 2012
Nancy Kathleen Wilmoth (Kathy), loving wife, mother and grandmother, went home to heaven on Monday April 30th, 2012. She was born February 2nd, 1953 in Oakland, CA to Clifford E. and Florence E. Smith. She married her husband, Larry, August 29th, 1975. She was a member of Lake Overholser Church of the Nazarene. She was preceded in death by her...
Robert Godwin
Apr 30, 2012
Robert Godwin (Bob) went to join his heavenly father at 8:00pm Monday, April 30, 2012 after suffering a massive heart attack in his home in Jones, OK. Bob Godwin was born on February 1, 1947 to Dorothy Beasley Godwin and Edward Godwin in Oklahoma City, OK. He attended Putnam City Schools for his entire education being a proud member of...
Claude Cornelius Neal
Apr 29, 2012
Claude Cornelius Neal, 86, died April 29, 2012 in OKC. He was born April 27, 1926 in Cedarville, AR to John C. and Lela P. (Oliver) Neal. He was a proud WWII veteran of the US Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Jim Neal. Survivors include his wife, Carol; daughter, Rebecca Burgess and husband Ray...
Stanley Jones
Apr 28, 2012
Stanley Ray Jones, Sr., 59, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed from this life into the hands of our Lord and Savior on April 28, 2012 as he was surrounded by his family and friends who loved him deeply. Stanley was born August 26, 1952, in Booneville, Mississippi, the first of nine children of Sam and Marthe Jones. He was preceded...
Glenellyn Smith
Apr 26, 2012
Glenellyn Smith was born in Ottawa, Kansas to Glenn and Sarah Hogan. Her family moved to Oklahoma, where she graduated from Norman High school. Then, while attending Bethany Nazarene College, she met and married Elmer T. Smith on Feb. 9, 1946. A homemaker and mother to five, she worked many years in the Putnam City Baptist Church nursery, and later...
Donna G. Collins-Todd
Apr 25, 2012
Mildred Ladonna (Donna) Grace Collins-Todd led a remarkable 93-year life that was an exemplar of womanly devotion to God and family. She was a faithful, unconditionally loving and kind woman with a Christ-like servant's heart who radiated God's grace, mercy and forgiveness. Donna was born March 13, 1919 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the first-born and daughter of Joseph Edward and Mary...
Frontella Fay Nickel
Apr 24, 2012
Frontella Fay Nickel, 90, died April 24, 2012 in OKC. She was born Aug. 1, 1921 in Canute, OK to John and Josie (Ray) Grigg. She was a 1939 graduate of Clinton High School. On Jan. 2, 1946, she married Theodore Nickel in Anthony, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister, Loretta Zahm. Survivors include...
Sherman Arthur Freeman
Apr 24, 2012
Sherman Arthur Freeman, 70, passed peacefully in his home on April 24, 2012, leaving behind his loving wife of 51 years, Jerri Freeman. Additional survivors include his three children and their families: son, Jay and wife Tammy, grandchildren, Natalie and Curtis, and great-grandson Walley, all of OKC; son, Grant and wife Sheryl, grandchildren, Shelby, Meagan, Jeremy and Coryn, all of...
