Douglas Kevin Strickland
May 4, 2011
Douglas Kevin Strickland, 58, of Oklahoma City passed away May 4th. He was born in Johanesburg, South Africa on June 28th, 1952 to Fannie Kate and Charles Henry Strickland. The Strickland family lived in South Africa as missionaries for the Nazarene church until 1964 when they moved to Colorado Springs where he met and married Barbara Horner in 1972. Doug...
Thelma Georgia Dyer- Hokett
May 4, 2011
Thelma Georgia Dyer-Hokett joined her Heavenly Father May 4, 2011 at the age of 97. She was born November 5, 1913 in Piggott, Arkansas to George and Charlotte Cagle. Funeral services will be at 10:00am, Saturday, May 7, at Olivet Baptist Church, 1201 N.W. 10th St., Oklahoma City, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Thelma graduated from Cooperton High School...
David George Kistler, Sr.
May 1, 2011
David George Kistler, Sr., age 68, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2011 at home. He was born March 22, 1943 in Mitchell, South Dakota. He worked for Rent-A-Crane for over 25 years. He was preceded in death by his wife of 47 years, Carolyn Marie Kistler, his parents, one brother and one sister. Survivors include son, David Kistler, Jr. and...
Oliver Orby Hartman
May 1, 2011
Oliver Orby Hartman moved to his eternal home Sunday, May 1, 2011. He was a mighty man of God who witnessed boldly for his Lord and Savior. Eternity will reveal the many lives touched by his testimony. He was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 2, 1927 to S.J. and Iris Hartman. He graduated from Crooked Oak High School and...
William Herman Diepenbrock
Apr 30, 2011
William Herman Diepenbrock, 89, died April 30, 2011. He was born January 15, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri to Herman and Frieda (Neuman) Diepenbrock. He married Minnie Gayrette Brooks, June 6, 1943. Served in the Navy during WWII as an Aviation Electronic Technical Mate 3rd class. Graduated from SE Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri with a Liberal Arts degree....
Luella M. Roden
Apr 29, 2011
Luella Roden, 92, beloved mother, Meme, and Great-Meme, went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 29, 2011. She was born February 17, 1919 in Lamar, Oklahoma to James R. and Mattie Martin. A member of Putnam City Baptist Church since 1949, Luella impacted the lives of many youth during her 25 years of service as a Director of...
Everett Sandy Erwin
Apr 27, 2011
Everett (Sandy) Erwin, born July 5, 1921, was carried to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 27, 2011. He was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel and Nora Erwin and grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. He attended the Methodist Church as a boy where he came to know the Lord. He...
Robert Lynn Bob Hardin
Apr 26, 2011
Robert Lynn (Bob) Hardin, 55, passed away April 26, 2011. Bob loved life and loved his family, especially his mother. He enjoyed joking, laughing, fishing, and having a good time. Bob is survived by his two children and their families: Sara and her fianc Joshua, Timothy and his wife Raechel, as well as their children Marissa, Maurice, Angela and Jesse...
Robert Delwyn Troutman
Apr 24, 2011
Robert Delwyn Troutman, of Bethany, OK, went to be with his Lord on April 24, 2011. He was born on May 6, 1923 in Shamrock, OK to Robert Luther and Stella Mae (Bowen) Troutman, and spent his growing up years in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He earned degrees from Bethany-Peniel College, Nazarene Theological Seminary, and the University of Missouri in Kansas...
Olen Lonnie Riggs, Jr.
Apr 24, 2011
Olen Lonnie Riggs, Jr., age 85, went peacefully home to his Heavenly Father and wife, Ann (France), of 62 years. Olen was born the elder of 2 sons in Bethany, Oklahoma, to Lena (Sparkman) and Olen L. Riggs, Sr. on August 25, 1925. After graduation from Bethany High School, he immediately entered military service in the Army Air Corp (now...
Leroy Brooks
Apr 23, 2011
LeRoy Brooks, 90, left this world to join his heavenly father, Saturday, April 23, 2011, surrounded by family at the hospital. LeRoy served in the US Navy from 1942-1947. He had a great love for sports. If his family couldnt find him, they always knew to check at the ballpark. LeRoy was quite a jokester and had a great sense...
Minnie Louise Meador
Apr 21, 2011
Minnie Louise Billings Meador, daughter of James R. Billings and Thelma Irene Rich Billings, was born April 11, 1922 in Arkansas City, Kansas, and passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011. She grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where her dads family had settled after participating in the Land Run of 1889. She had one brother, James R Billings, JR, a WWII...
Roy Alvin Baumgartner
Apr 20, 2011
Roy Alvin Baumgartner went home on 20 April, 2011 after fighting a battle with Alzheimer's disease. The only son of John Uhrich and Luella Viola Buamgartner, Roy was born 17 June, 1924. Roy's grandfather first arrived in the U.S.A. in 1859 from Bern, Switzerland to fight in the Union Army. Roy's family were successful Ranchers in Western Oklahoma. One of...
Cora Lou Stasser
Apr 18, 2011
Cora Lou Stasser (Lou) was born August 6, 1922 near the Sherman-Cheyenne county line in Kansas and departed this life to meet her Lord and Savior on April 18, 2011 in Oklahoma City, OK. The youngest child of James Norman and Edna (Barnard) Rockwell, she spent all but the final few years of her life in northwest Kansas. On October...
Rose J. Berg
Apr 18, 2011
Rose J. Berg, a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2011 in Oklahoma City at age 81. Rose was born May 30, 1929, in St. Hedwig, TX. She was married to her first husband, Darrell L. Morningstar, in 1952 and her second husband, Hatto M. Berg, in 1979. Rose was a resident of...
Robert Cory
Apr 15, 2011
Robert (Bob) Cory was born in El Reno, Oklahoma on June 4, 1919 and died April 15, 2011. Bob was the 10th of 11 children born to Bruce C. Cory and Elva L. (Bouldin) Cory. His friends and family describe him as loyal, consistent, faithful and trustworthy. Bobs beautiful Mattie, his wife and best friend, met as teenagers, fell in...
Wynona Nona Snowbarger Burkhart
Apr 14, 2011
Wynona (Nona) Snowbarger Burkhart, 79, passed away on April 14, 2011, in Oklahoma City. Nona was a member of Bethany First Church of the Nazarene, Academy of Senior Professionals at Southern Nazarene University (ASP), and the Association of Retired Ministers and Missionaries (ARMM). She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Leona Snowbarger, and her brother, Dr. Marvin...
Wayne E. Taylor
Apr 14, 2011
Wayne Taylor, 67, lifelong Oklahoma resident, was called home to be with his Lord & Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, April 14th after a brief but courageous battle with fibrosis and small cell lung cancer. Wayne was born in OKC to Joe & Elizabeth (Betty) Taylor and grew up attending Crown Heights Christian Church. He attended Harding High School and,...
Marcia Annette Willis Holt
Apr 12, 2011
Marcia Annette Willis was born June 14, 1953 at Wesleyan Hospital in Oklahoma City, to W. W. (Bill) Willis and Patsy Ruth (Hall) Willis. Marcia passed away April 12, 2011, at St. Francis hospital in Tulsa. Her age was 57 years and 10 months. Marcia attended Bethany public schools, and received her Masters degree in Special Education; Gifted and Talented,...
James Andrew Forman
Apr 11, 2011
James Andrew Forman, age 94, passed away April 11, 2011. He was born July 28, 1916, in Sherman, Texas to James and Lydia (Hammond) Forman. They later moved to Magnolia, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, step-mother (who became a real mother to James), three brothers and one sister. He is survived by his wife, Joyce,...
