Marilyn K. Cook
Nov 13, 2025
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Lauren Elise Emig
Nov 12, 2025
Lauren Elise (Lantier) Emig passed into eternity on November 12th, 2025, at the age of 39, after a heroic battle with cancer lasting over two years.
Lauren was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas on November 11th, 1986 to Dr. Steven and Lisa Lantier. She moved with her family back to her parents' home state of Louisiana for two years before...
Cynthia Tolbert Wolfe
Nov 12, 2025
Cynthia "Cindy" Tolbert was born on February 23, 1950, to Jack Burgess Tolbert, M.D., and Wynema Morrison Tolbert, RN., of Mountain View, Oklahoma. She had a brother, Gary L. Tolbert. She loved growing up in the small town of Mountain View. She loved music from a very early age, taking piano lessons from a much-loved teacher and playing various instruments...
Pamela Jean McSpadden
Nov 10, 2025
On November 10, 2025, Pamela J. McSpadden died peacefully at home. Since suffering a stroke on January 15, 2025, Pam took every opportunity to get outside and sit in the sun, finding great pleasure and solace in its warmth and energy. It is fitting, then, that she died resting in the sun’s rays and surrounded by family.
Pam was born on...
Lou Ansley
Nov 8, 2025
Lou Ansley passed away on November 8, 2025, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Her father, William Lafayette Blair, came to Oklahoma on horseback from Arkansas, and her mother, Louiza Nichols, drove a covered wagon from Texas in 1907, they married in 1908. Lou was born on January 20, 1921, in Elk City, one of eight children, many of whom were born in...
Carolyn K. Fried-Decker
Nov 7, 2025
Carol was born 07/25/1946 in Urbana, IL and joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when she passed away November 07, 2025, after a long battle with diabetes and many related complications.
Carol was preceded by her grandparents Chris H. Chapman and Sophia Reed Chapman, her sister Patricia Chapman.
Carol is survived by her husband of 35 years, Mark D. Decker Sr....
Carolyn Larson Sharp
Nov 2, 2025
Carolyn Larson Sharp, 83, died November 2, 2025. She was married for 50 years to John Fletcher Sharp Jr. who died March 29, 2025. Carolyn was born on April 29, 1942 in Oklahoma City to Roy and Eleanor Larson. She was a fourth generation Oklahoman- her grandfather, Andrew Hanson made the 1889 Land Run and settled his family in Oklahoma...
Alfred D. Konarik
Nov 2, 2025
Alfred Daniel Konarik joined his wife Shirley Konarik and father and mother, Rudy and Agnes Konarik in heaven on November 2, 2025. He was born on March 9, 1938, in Hillsboro, Kansas. He married Shirley Freeman in 1958 and moved to Oklahoma City in 1962. They joined St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and were longtime members living across the...
Carolyn Yvonne Hanks
Nov 1, 2025
Our beloved Carolyn Yvonne Hanks (née Smith) passed away on November 1, just one day before her 90th birthday. She was born in Alabama and raised in the Florida Keys alongside her siblings Francis, Berenice, James, and Winston.
At a young age, she modeled and participated in beauty pageants, which caught the eye of the love of her life — Air...
DeForest Warren Hearn, Jr.
Oct 31, 2025
DeForest Warren "DW" Hearn, Jr. left this life on October 31,2025. He was born in Brownsville,Texas on August 13,1945 to DeForest Hearn and Marguerite Muller Hearn. He was the eldest of six children. The family moved to Midwest City in 1952, where his father started a machine shop business. A good student, DW showed an early aptitude for math, and...
Gary Wayne Graham
Oct 30, 2025
Gary Wayne Graham was born to John and Janette Graham on October 12th, 1949, in Muscatine Iowa. He graduated from Muscatine High school at the age of 17 and attended community college for a year before deciding that classroom learning wasn’t for him. Instead, he chose to serve his country and joined the United States Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam.
Upon...
John David Colbert
Oct 29, 2025
John David “JD” Colbert passed away October 29, 2025. He was born June 14, 1943 to Anna Lou Kirkpatrick Colbert and John “David” Colbert in Bokchito, Oklahoma. David had shipped out with the 45th Division for North Africa a few weeks before John David was born and saw him for the first time after he was 2 years old.
JD graduated...
Jaynee Tayar Silvernail
Oct 28, 2025
Jaynee Tayar Silvernail, a beautiful, loving, and petite woman with a firm will and a strong work ethic, left this earthly world to join her husband on October 28, 2025. Born in Oklahoma City, OK, on May 13, 1947, Jaynee was the beloved only daughter of Kenneth and Lola May Tayar. Her life was marked by an unwavering commitment to...
Billie Jo Stansberry
Oct 27, 2025
Billie Jo Stansberry was born in Oklahoma City on Sept 2, 1931, the child of William and Ruth Hogue. She attended Classen High School graduating in 1949 and then Oklahoma City University graduating in 1953. She was an active member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and remained active as an alum. After graduation she moved to Washington D.C. to work...
John Whitten Cook
Oct 26, 2025
John Whitten Cook departed this life at Baptist Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City on October 26, 2025. John was born in Oklahoma City July 24, 1969, attending Casady and Bishop McGuiness, graduating in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1994.
He is survived by his parents, David and Toni (Cooksey) Cook; brother...
Julea Ranell Dockery
Oct 26, 2025
Julea Ranell Dockery passed away in The Village, Oklahoma after a long illness on Sunday, October 26th, five days before her birthday. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 31, 1959, to Tom and Judy Purvis. Her father was in the Army so Julea moved frequently until settling in Oklahoma City for the 11th Grade. She met her future...
Joe E. Chicoraske
Oct 25, 2025
Joseph Eugene Chicoraske passed away in Oklahoma City on October 25, 2025. He was born January 13, 1945, in Choctaw, OK, to Leo W. and Marie Chicoraske. He graduated from Choctaw High School where he played on the 1960 football state championship team. He attended OU where he was involved in the ROTC program and earned a bachelor’s degree in...
Martha Alice Lippert
Oct 23, 2025
Martha Alice Lippert entered her eternal home on October 23, 2025, surrounded by her family.
Martha was born May 10, 1930, in Waynesboro, Virginia to Staton Andrew Dixon and Margaret Webb Dixon. In 1939, Martha and her mother moved to Oklahoma City, she attended Horace Mann Elementary, Harding Jr. High School and later graduated from Central High School. Martha went on...
Susan Potter
Oct 21, 2025
Forever Loved: Susan Murray Potter
The family of Susan Murray Potter lovingly remembers her after her passing on October 21, 2025, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 65. Born on August 21, 1960, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Susan was the beloved daughter of Walt and Anne Murray of Galveston, Texas.
Susan is survived by her devoted husband, Mike Potter; her daughters,...
Karen Leigh Seikel Dunkin
Oct 20, 2025
Karen Dunkin born May 27, 1964, to Jim and Carol Seikel passed on October 20, 2025, comforted by her husband Jerry Dunkin. A visitation for Karen will be held Saturday, October 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Smith and Kernke N. May (14624 N. May Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73134).
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