Lora Lee Knippers Dunkin
Feb 5, 2010
Lora Lee Knippers Dunkin, 81, of Oklahoma City, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at Bellevue Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. Lora Lee was a daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Christopher Columbus Knippers. She was born March 31, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated high school at Hattiesburg, Mississippi and college at Bethany Peniel College. She obtained two...
Lillian Mae Halverson
Feb 5, 2010
Lillian Mae Halverson was born March 24, 1928, in Loyal, OK, to John and Olinda Meissinger. She married Andrew Halverson on Jan. 3, 1953. Lillian was devoted to her family, friends, and church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2000. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Sanders and her partner, Laura Rasmussen; son-in-law, Mike Sanders; grandchildren...
Helen Louise Reynolds
Feb 5, 2010
Helen Reynolds went home to her loving Father on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. She was born in Ada, OK, on March 19, 1944. Oklahoma City has been home for Helen since she was an infant. She loved her Lord and served him daily. For the last several years she has loved working at Metropolitan Baptist Church as Financial Secretary and...
David Wesley Strack
Feb 4, 2010
David W. Strack, born October 20, 1924 in Blairsville, PA, passed away from complications of Alzheimers disease on Feb. 4, 2010. He will be lovingly remembered and missed by his family and many friends in the East Texas and Oklahoma City areas. Dr. Strack served in the 82nd Airborne Division in Germany during World War II. He graduated from Pasadena...
Darrell Raymond Ratliff
Feb 1, 2010
Darrell Raymond Ratliff went to be with his Heavenly Father on February 1, 2010, at the age of 83 years. He was born April 29, 1926 to Edward and Rosa (Clary) Ratliff in Davis, Oklahoma. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, LaVerne; daughter Linda Johnson and husband Lonnie of El Reno, OK, Barbara Adams and husband...
Hubert Buck Dornan
Jan 31, 2010
Hubert Buck Dornan, 87, died January 31, 2010. He was born August 30, 1922 in Checotah, Oklahoma to Ransie and Bertha (Storm) Dornan. A proud Army veteran from 42 to 46, he worked as a tank driver and gunner, serving in Europe and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. He married Treva Louella Penny February 16, 1957. He worked...
Robert H. Vaughn
Jan 31, 2010
Robert H. (Bob) Vaughn, 82, of Oklahoma City, was born May 14, 1927 in Bristow, OK. He died January 31, 2010 after a brief illness. In 1932, the family moved to Oklahoma City and opened a grocery store. Bobs first job was delivering groceries in a little red wagon when he was 5 years old. Bob lettered in 4 sports...
Sylvia N. Norsworthy
Jan 30, 2010
Sylvia Norsworthy died January 30, 2010. She was born January 11, 1931 in Yukon, Oklahoma, the daughter of James and Beatrice (Drewry) Roberts. Sylvia was always a fighter. She overcame her breast cancer; however, she lost the battle with lung cancer in 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Coy. Survivors include her son Robert Corcorran...
Gerald Surf Murphey
Jan 30, 2010
Gerald Surf Murphey, 63, passed away January 30, 2010. He was born April 15, 1946 in Hobart, Oklahoma to J.C. and Thelma Nadine Murphey. He worked for Chromalloy of Oklahoma for 35 years and belonged to the union. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, stock cars and going to hockey games and casinos. Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived...
Audrey Rodgers
Jan 30, 2010
Audrey Rodgers departed this life on January 30, 2010 at age 84. She was born November 25, 1925 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Glen Hiram White and Lottie Emma Wright. Her family moved to Oklahoma City where Audrey went to Sequoyah and Putnam City Schools. She was married April 20, 1940 to Robert Riley Rodgers. They moved to Bethany, Oklahoma...
Peggy Ruth Rogers
Jan 29, 2010
Peggy Ruth Rogers 1937-2010 Peggy Rogers went to be with the Lord on January 29th, 2010 after a brief battle with cancer. Born in Sulphur, Oklahoma in 1937, she was preceded in death by her father Joseph Danyeur and her mother Jamie Ruth Odom. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother to her children and grandchildren, and a...
Ezra O. Campbell
Jan 29, 2010
Ezra O. (Ez) Campbell passed into the presence of our Lord on January 29, 2010, surrounded by family members. He was a much loved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. He was born at home in Mounds, OK on December 10, 1928, to Vannie and John F. Campbell and is preceded in death by his parents and sisters Opal (Porter)...
Dean Hal Ashby
Jan 23, 2010
Dean Hal Ashby, Electrical Engineer, Writer, dies at age 78. Dean Hal Ashby, 78, a long time resident of Oklahoma City, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 23, 2010. He was born on June 7th, 1931 in Salt Lake City, the son of William Earl Ashby and Norien Evangeline Jarvis, and was the 8th of 10 children. He...
Jeanne Decelle
Jan 23, 2010
Jeanne DeCelle, 76, peacefully passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010. She was born May 27, 1933 in Waverly, Kentucky to James Roger and Anna Florence (Clements) Head. She served as a caretaker and attended St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband Gerald; 5 daughters; 4 sons; 4 sisters; 3 brothers; 18 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren. Memorial...
Marsha Ann Walter
Jan 22, 2010
Marsha Ann Walter of Warr Acres died on Friday, January 22, 2010 in Oklahoma City. Marsha was born on February 4, 1957, daughter of Gene and Sara Walter. She received a degree in Occupational Therapy from Oklahoma University and went on to serve as a Physical Therapy Assistant. She had a deep love of her dogs throughout the years taking...
Earl J. Harrill
Jan 22, 2010
Earl J. Harrill, 82, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. He was born Jan. 17, 1928, in Tulsa, OK, to Sam Earl & Alma (Davis) Harrill . Earl served our country as a part of the US Navy onboard the USS Perkins during the Korean War and went on to work for Gates Rubber Co. He then was a salesman...
Mae Ruth Swanson
Jan 22, 2010
Mae Ruth Swanson, 85, passed away in Okla. City, OK on Fri., Jan. 22nd, 2010. She is survived by her daughter Karyn Patterson, son G. Kevin Gilroy and grandson G. Richard Gilroy, all of Los Angeles, CA. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where for many years she was the featured soprano soloist in The Sanctuary Singers....
Bill M. Clifton
Jan 20, 2010
Bill M. Clifton was born on September 22, 1936 in Mountain View, Oklahoma. The son of Pearl and Benjamin Clifton, he was raised primarily in the Baptist Home for Children. He died peacefully in his sleep on January 20, 2010 at his home in Oklahoma City. A memorial service in his honor will be held Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m....
Cecil Ray Bohanan
Jan 19, 2010
Cecil Ray Bohanan, 84, resident of Bethany since 1950, passed away January 19, 2010. He was born October 23, 1925 in Lazare, TX to John and Ethel (Harbison) Bohanan. He married Nita Rae Perryman June 20, 1953 in Mineral Wells, TX. He retired from General Motors in 1990. He was a former employee of Brown-McClure Lumber Co. for 22 years....
Robert Beacher Campbell
Jan 18, 2010
Robert Beacher Campbell of Oklahoma City passed away on Monday, January 18, 2010 after a long and blessed life. He was born on August 31, 1931 in Abilene, Texas to William Jennings Campbell and Clytie Pearl (Stevenson) Campbell. He started attending Bethany Peniel College in 1951 but the pursuit of his education was interrupted by his call to serve in...
