Dec 9, 2005

Frances O. Murray, long-time, Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, was born on June 26, 1911, in Sparks, Oklahoma, and departed this life on December 9, 2005, in Chandler at the age of 94 years. Frances was the daughter of Frank and Ora Allenbaugh Richardson. She married John Dee Murray on November 29, 1935, in Chandler. Frances graduated from Central State College...

Dec 7, 2005

Leeman Story, Jr., Meeker, Oklahoma, resident, was born on July 17, 1932, in Lovell, Oklahoma, and departed this life on December 7, 2005, in Oklahoma City, at the age of 73 years. Leeman was the son of Leeman, Sr. and Ora Lillie Marrs Story. He graduated from Carney High School in 1950. Leeman married Ora Frankia Shaw in Shawnee,...

Dec 6, 2005

Phyllis Louise Evans Sperlin, age 83, of Choctaw, OK, was born on September 24, 1922, in Choctaw, OK. She was the daughter of Arthur & Olive G. Dicks Evans. She left this life on December 6, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK. Phyllis lived most of her life in the Choctaw area. She liked working puzzles and writing poems. Phyllis...

Dec 6, 2005

Allen Lee Ladra was born on September 13, 1922, in Prague, OK, and departed this life on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, in Prague at the age of 83. Allen, the son of Joseph John and Fannie Pechacek Ladra, was a life-long resident of Prague. He married Cornelia 'Corky' Hayes on June 14, 1947 in Shawnee, OK. Allen served his...

Dec 6, 2005

Herman E. ?Ted? Duncan, long-time, Wellston, Oklahoma, resident, was born on March 22, 1919, in Wellston, and departed this life on December 6, 2005, at his residence, at the age of 86 years. Ted was the son of Russell and Nannie Katherine Henson Duncan. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during WWII. Ted married Ethel O....

Dec 5, 2005

Eula 'Hank' Mitchell was born on June 12, 1928, in Maysville, OK, and departed this life on Monday, December 5, 2005, in Prague, OK, at the age of 77. Hank, the daughter of Luther and Rosa Faye Stapp Burgan, was a long-time resident of Prague. Her parents; three brothers, Gene, George, and Marvin Burgan; and one sister, Naomi Hutchinson,...

Dec 4, 2005

Mary Margaret Russell Stevens, age 90, of McLoud, OK, was born on July 3, 1915, in Lindsay, OK. She was the daughter of Edward J. & Grace L. Murphy Russell. She left this life on December 4, 2005, in Shawnee, OK. Margaret graduated from Bradley High School in Bradley, OK. She married Charlie A. Stevens on February 15, 1936,...

Dec 1, 2005

Lenora Lee Gumm was born on March 8, 1943, in Tucson, AZ, and departed this life on Thursday, December 1, 2005, in Seminole, OK, at the age of 62. Lenora, the daughter of Leonard Cecil and Dormi Lee DeWeber Carver, was a resident of Macomb, OK. She married Robert Gumm on September 5, 1964, in Shawnee. Lenora worked in...

Nov 29, 2005

Ray Drake, a Stroud, Oklahoma resident, was born in Stone County, Arkansas on January 28, 1916, and departed this life in Stroud, on Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at the age of 89 years. Ray was the son of Ruebin and Stella Northcutt Drake. Ray married Willie Pauline Pettit in Slick, Oklahoma on May 16, 1936. She preceded him in...

Nov 25, 2005

Life-long Stroud resident, Glen O. ?Junior? Salyer, departed this life in Stroud, Oklahoma, on Friday, November 25, 2005, at the age of 82 years. Glen was born in Stroud on November 11, 1923, to Glen W. and Verda Wages Salyer. He served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. He married Norma Gene Taylor in Oklahoma City...

Nov 23, 2005

Billy Dwight Smith was born on December 7, 1943, in Coalgate, OK, and departed this life on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, in Prague, OK, at the age of 61. Billy, the son of William and Babe Smith, was a resident of Paden, OK. He served in the United States Army during the Viet Nam era. Billy worked as a...

Nov 23, 2005

Nov 23, 2005

Chandler, Oklahoma resident, Wilma Jean Jones, was born on September 27, 1931, in Maud, Oklahoma, and departed this life on November 23, 2005, in Chandler, at the age of 74 years. Wilma was the daughter of Ben O. and Flora Self Jones. She was a Davenport High School graduate. She married Hulen P. ?Corkey? Jones in Davenport on August...

Nov 22, 2005

Loren Edward Gregory was born on April 11, 1944, in Bartlesville, OK, and departed this life on Tuesday, November 22, 2005, in Prague, OK, at the age of 61. Loren, the son of Wayne Loren and Gladys Medford Gregory, was a resident of Meeker. He graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, KS, and received a Bachelor?s...

Nov 22, 2005

Donald E. ?Eddie? Beesley, Jr., Wellston, OK, age 55, was born on May 27, 1950, in Oklahoma City, OK. He was the son of Donald Edward & Bonnie Ezzel Beesley. He passed from this life on November 22, 2005, in Oklahoma City, OK. Eddie volunteered for 20 years and served as the Fire Chief for 6 years at the...

Nov 21, 2005

Leroy William Geissler, Harrah, OK, age 77, went to be with the Lord on November 21, 2005, in Harrah, OK. He was born March 10, 1928, to Gust and Anna Geissler, in Luther, OK. Leroy attended Good Hope School and served two years in the U. S. Navy. On October 29, 1948, he married his sweetheart, Zenoma E. Rogers....

Nov 19, 2005

Life-long Stroud resident, Paul Albert Cox, departed this life in Norman, OK, on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at the age of 88 years. Paul was born in Stroud on July 24, 1917, to Benjamin and Mary M. Cox. He served in the United Stated Army during World War II. When he returned to Stroud, Paul worked as a farmer....

Nov 17, 2005

Long-time Prague, OK, resident, Marie Newton, died peacefully at Norman Regional Hospital on November 17, 2005. Marie, was born on June 10, 1916, the youngest and last survivor of the children born to Robert Callaway and Sephroney Hopper Warden. Her parents moved from Missouri in 1904 and settled southwest of Paden where they began farming. Her father, R.C. Warden,...

Nov 17, 2005

Chandler, Oklahoma, resident, Gary Nicholas Curto, was born on April 21, 1951, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and departed this life on November 17, 2005, in Stroud, at the age of 54 years. Gary was the son of Nicholas L. and Carmella DiFalco Curto. He married Lisa Syzek in Edmond, Oklahoma, on February 29, 1988. He was a rancher and of...

Nov 16, 2005

Willa Faye Seitz Hand Creamer, age 61, of Harrah, OK, was born on January 24, 1944, in Amarillo, TX. She was the daughter of Willie & Virgie Elizabeth Wright Seitz. She left this life on November 16, 2005, in Harrah, OK. Willa Faye?s mother passed away when she was six years old and her step-mother, Emma Hodel Seitz raised...