John Edgar Pritchett
Mar 21, 2011
John Edgar Pritchett died on Monday, March 21, 2011. Johns life epitomized his dedication to God, Country and Family. John was born on December 18, 1923 to Elmer and Ida Amelia (Street) Pritchett in Cleveland, OK. He graduated from Fairfax High School in 1942. John, a WWII veteran, served in the US Marine Corp from 1942 to 1947. He was...
Pamela R. Taylor
Mar 21, 2011
Pamela R. Taylor ~ an angel goes home. Pam was born on November 30, 1952 to Harry E. & Marion A. Reitz of Harrisburg, PA and went to be with our Father in Heaven on March 21, 2011, after a long battle with diabetes. Pam graduated from Shaw High School in Mobile, AL. In August of 1969, she married Charles...
Mary Rogers
Mar 21, 2011
Mary (Twist) Rogers, 85, died March 21, 2011. She was born Dec. 23, 1925 in Arnold, NE to Rufus and Clara Twist. She received her nursing degree in June of 1947 at Wesley School of Nursing, OKC. She married Lawrence Rogers April 27, 1950. Mary was a Girl Scout Leader for ten years. Preceded in death by her parents, she...
Erwin J. Kirch
Mar 20, 2011
Erwin J. Kirch was called by his Savior into life Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Concordia Life Care Community, Oklahoma City. A pumper for Pan American Oil Company, he retired in 1979, after 34 years. Later he worked for FMI Company in Girard, Kansas. He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church where he served in many ways including...
James Lawrence Snell
Mar 20, 2011
James Lawrence Snell, 97, of Bethany, died March 20 in Oklahoma City. He was born to Jonathan Lawrence Snell and Frances Jones Blagg Snell in Greenville, TX on Jan. 12, 1914, and moved to Bethany, OK in the 30s to attend college; he had lived in the state since that time. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he received his...
George Willis Nokes
Mar 19, 2011
George Willis Nokes was born June 20, 1910 in Hempstead County, near Hope, Arkansas to George William and Floy Alice Robinson Nokes. George had 9 siblings; Neoma, Enos, Rant Nichlous, Bruce, Willa Dean, Juanita, Mary called (Jackie) and twins J.W. and J.D. His parents moved the family to Granite, Oklahoma where all the children were raised. George adored rural Oklahoma...
Cleota Johnston
Mar 18, 2011
Cleota Johnston, 75, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Friday, March 18, 2011. Cleota was born August 21, 1935, in Idabel, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jess and Maud Brown. She was a member of Windsor Hills Baptist Church for over 45 years. As her health permitted, she enjoyed gardening and quilting. She is preceded in...
James Roger Ray
Mar 17, 2011
James Roger Ray, 78, passed away March 17, 2011 in his home after a long battle with cancer. Roger was born January 12, 1933 in Arlington, OK to James Rucker Ray and Edna Margaret Buster Ray. He was a devoted husband, loving father, and caring grandfather. He moved to OKC in 1958. He retired from Tinker AFB and enjoyed family,...
James Jack Fouche
Mar 16, 2011
James Jack Fouche, 78, passed away March 16, 2011 in Oklahoma City. He was born on January 5, 1933 in Albany, GA to Jack and Velma Harden Fouche. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He married Louise G. Northcutt on February 19, 1954. He worked at TG&Y, Locke Supply and Faith Electric, and at one time owned...
Hershall Thomas Nance
Mar 16, 2011
Hershall Thomas Nance went to be with the Lord, March 16, 2011. Hershall was born on November 26, 1936 in Stigler, OK to Odie and Nellie Nance. Hershall was a Marine, a firefighter, horse-trainer and construction worker. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Norman and Ray, and 2 sisters, Lorraine and Dorothy. He is survived by...
Cheryl Jean Merts
Mar 15, 2011
Cheryl Jean (Sowersby) Merts died March 15, 2011 in OKC. She was born March 4, 1961 in Tucson, AZ to Erwin Lee and Joy Lynne (Neal) Sowersby. She was a member of the Potawatomi Nation Tribe. Preceded in death by her husband, Ron, she will be missed by her 4 daughters, Nichole Thompson and Lisa Holmes, both of OKC, Antoinette...
Geneva Zell Lackey Baker
Mar 15, 2011
Lackey Baker Geneva Zell (Cox) Baker was born in Bowie, Texas, on December 3, 1919 and went home to be with her Lord on March 15, 2011. She was the fourth of seven children born to John G. and Flora Nicholson Cox. Her early years were spent in the northeastern part of Texas where she would play her guitar and...
Lowell Laroy Bracher
Mar 14, 2011
Lowell LaRoy Bracher died March 14, 2011 in Oklahoma City. He was born December 13, 1920 in Enid, OK to Louis Frederick and Thalia (McQuinn) Bracher. He attended Enid public schools and graduated from Enid High School in 1938. He also graduated from Enid Business College and attended Phillips University. During WWII he served as a sergeant in the U.S....
Dorothy Logan Sparks
Mar 12, 2011
Dorothy Logan Sparks, 78, entered the gates of Heaven on March 12, 2011. She was born on January 26, 1933 in Oklahoma City to D.E. and Dorothy Logan. She grew up in Dumas, Texas and married Bill Sparks in 1951. Together they had three children. Dorothy enjoyed being a devoted homemaker and loving mother to her children and dedicated her...
Jerome Marek
Mar 11, 2011
Jerome Marek passed on to his heavenly home on March 11, 2011. He was born on April 4, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to Joseph J. Marek and Emily Stanislaw Marek. He was the youngest of 12 children. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. His life career began in Corpus Christi when he went to work for the...
Thomas Wayne Green
Mar 10, 2011
Thomas Tommy Wayne Green, 67, passed away March 10, 2011, in Oklahoma City, OK. Tommy was born December 31, 1943 in Hartshorne, OK, to Roy and Beatrice Green. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents, brother, Fredie Leroy, sister, Kay and one grandchild. He is survived by his wife, Sandy, whom he married on their first date and has...
Sue Ellen Rahhal
Mar 10, 2011
Sue Ellen Rahhal, our precious mother, met Jesus face to face on March 10, 2011. She was born in Weleetka, OK on May 1, 1937 to Clyfton and Mildred Raeuber. Sues greatest joy was her family; she was a loving and devoted mother and Grammy to her four children, ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Sue earned both a Bachelors and...
Alda Adell Groom
Mar 9, 2011
Alda Adell Groom, 89, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Oklahoma City, OK. Alda was born September 24, 1921, in Bristow, OK, to Albert and Lilly (Cordelius Pierce) Spencer. Alda is preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Norma Lee Maggard of Richardson, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Donald K. Groom; sons Glenn Groom of...
Carl James Bahm
Mar 8, 2011
Carl Bahm, 88, died March 8, 2011. He was born May 25, 1922 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, the son of John Edward and Marie Katherine (Houser) Bahm. He was a proud Air Corps veteran and retired as a Lt. Col. from the US Army Reserves. He worked as an electrical technician at OG&E for more than 30 years before retirement. Carl...
Wanda June Patton Holland
Mar 7, 2011
Wanda June Patton Holland, 81, moved on to her heavenly reward on Monday, March 7, 2011. June was born February 28, 1930 to Eliza and John Denton Patton in Rockwall, Texas. She graduated from high school in Big Spring Texas in 1947. June was an active member of the Big Spring Church of the Nazarene where she met her husband...
