Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Bobbie Evonne Brown

Bobbie Evonne Brown

Feb 9, 2017

Bobbie E. Brown was born on July 5th 1945 in Oklahoma City. Born to J.B. & Beulah "Doll" Trout of Oklahoma City. Bobbie Passed away February 9th 2017 in Oklahoma City of cardiac arrest after a prolonged battle with cancer. Preceded in death by her parents, Jim & Beulah Trout, grandparents, her mother and father in law and her dearest,...

Kenneth W. Shons

Kenneth W. Shons

Feb 8, 2017

Kenneth W. Shons DDS, MSD was born July 5, 1928 in Harrisburg, IL to Jean and Kenneth Shons. Ken never met a stranger and was always the life of the party. He served in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1948 where he survived the "Record Roll"in the Aleutian Islands and loved to tell stories about his experiences. He...

Irene Trevino Nievez

Irene Trevino Nievez

Feb 8, 2017

Irene Trevino Nievez, 90, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her husband, daughters, sons-in-law, granddaughter, nieces and nephews on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, following a year long illness. Irene was born on the family farm near Fletcher, OK on January 6, 1927 to Felix Valdez Trevino and Louise Roach, a member of the Comanche Tribe. She was one of...

Robert Glen Small

Robert Glen Small

Feb 5, 2017

Robert Glen Small, MD died peacefully at home on Sunday, February 5, 2017 after an extended illness. He was born in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York. Bob graduated with honors from Mount Hermon School for Boys in Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts. At the age of 17, he enlisted as a Navy V-12 premedical student at Princeton University for 2 years....

Robert Marino

Robert Marino

Feb 5, 2017

Robert "Bob" Marino, 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at Mercy Hospital on Sunday, February 5, 2017, after battling cancer. He will be loved and remembered by all who knew him. Robert was born in McAlester, Oklahoma on November 22, 1952, the second of nine children to Glenda and John Marino. Robert grew up in Oklahoma where he...

Gary Don Magness

Gary Don Magness

Feb 4, 2017

Gary Don Magness was born on Monday, November 3, 1941, in Olney, Illinois. He was the second child born to A.J. and Verna Magness. Gary's family moved to Oklahoma City when Gary was a teenager, where he attended John Marshall High School. Gary graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1963 with a degree in business administration. Following college, Gary...

Patricia Louise Casteel

Patricia Louise Casteel

Jan 31, 2017

Patricia Louise Johnson Casteel, 71, passed away peacefully January 31, 2017. She was born July 31, 1945, in Bronxville, New York to Jean and Vincent Johnson. Patricia moved to Oklahoma City at the young age of 3 and graduated from Harding High School. She went on to study at OSU. She married the love of her life, Len Casteel on...

Steven Bruce Haneborg

Steven Bruce Haneborg

Jan 30, 2017

Ever faithful to his Rocky Mountain roots, Steve Haneborg was a lifelong Denver Broncos and Colorado State University Rams fan, a Coors vice president, distributor and connoisseur, and a hunter and fly fisherman extraordinaire who loved the New Mexico and Colorado mountain air as much as the magnificent Santa Fe sunsets. In addition to enjoying collecting Native American artifacts, French...

Sheila Glen Palmer Patterson

Sheila Glen Palmer Patterson

Jan 25, 2017

Sheila Glen Palmer Patterson passed away on January 25, 2017 in Oklahoma City surrounded by her loving family. Sheila was born on May 21, 1948 in Oklahoma City. Although spending most of her life in Oklahoma City, Sheila had a wonderful experience living in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for two years while her father served in the Foreign Service as a...

Edna Othelia Abrams

Edna Othelia Abrams

Jan 22, 2017

Edna Othelia (Gann) Abrams, 100, passed away peacefully Jan 22, 2017. She was born Feb 16, 1916 in Ninnekah, OK to Hettie Mae (Jeter) and Walter Laud Gann. After graduating from Ninnekah High School and Drawns School of Business in OKC, she worked as an accountant in OKC retiring from the City of Nichols Hills. She was preceded in death...

Velma King

Velma King

Jan 21, 2017

Velma Lois Darr-King died peacefully in her home on January 21, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Velma was born on July 29, 1920 in Freedom, Oklahoma to Geoffrie and Ruth Darr. Velma and Willard were married in 1940 in Buffalo, Oklahoma. Velma is survived by her sister Betty Ann Gray and her husband Larry, her six children Norval King and...

Virginia Lois Meador

Virginia Lois Meador

Jan 18, 2017

On January 13, 1941, God blessed this world and Lubbock, Texas with Virginia Lois Meador. Daughter of Claude James and Virginia Josey, Lois spent most of her childhood in the windy and dusty parts of west Texas, living in the great small towns of Lubbock and Post. Shortly after graduating Texas Tech in 1961 with an X-Ray Technician Certificate, Lois...

Robert Fulton, Jr.

Robert Fulton, Jr.

Jan 15, 2017

Robert Fulton, Jr., 86, born July 20, 1930, in Tuttle, OK, went home January 15, 2017. Our patriarch was surrounded by his loving family. His beloved wife of 58 years, Betty June, will welcome him into Heaven's arms. Robert is also preceded in death by their son, Robert Mark; his parents, Robert, Sr. and Ruby May; and brother, Kenneth. The...

Patricia Ann Wantland

Patricia Ann Wantland

Jan 10, 2017

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 19, 1928, Patty Ann White spent her growing up years in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Living through the depression, she thought her friend's mustard sandwiches were the best and feeding hungry strangers at her kitchen door was life as usual. She knew no lack with a mother who could reproduce dresses seen in store windows, a...

Rita Ann Kanaly

Rita Ann Kanaly

Jan 10, 2017

Rita Ann Kanaly, 93 years old, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Rita was born to Margaret and Richard Grellner in Okarche, Oklahoma on December 19, 1923. She was one of five children raised in a small German community. She graduated from Holy Trinity High School in 1941 and received her Bachelor Degree from St. Mary's College in 1945. After...

William "Bill" Thomas Speller

William "Bill" Thomas Speller

Jan 7, 2017

William Thomas "Bill" Speller was born in Tyler, Texas on October 28th, 1940 and passed away peacefully with his family at Mercy Hospital on Saturday morning, January 7th, 2017. Bill was born to Leola Nichols Speller and Frank Newman Speller Jr., and spent the happiest years of his life growing up in Tyler. Throughout his life, Faith was the most...

Diane Hardwick Hendrick Freeny

Diane Hardwick Hendrick Freeny

Jan 7, 2017

Born August 7, 1928 at home in Lexington, Oklahoma to Edgar and Beatrice Hardwick, Diane passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 after suffering a broken hip. Diane loved tap dancing, country dancing, needlepoint, the Sunday crossword puzzle, Crossings Community Church, her three daughters and her 30 grandchildren. She was proud of the fact that she had the most important...

Albert Joseph Smith

Albert Joseph Smith

Jan 4, 2017

Albert Joseph "AJ" Smith was born on January 23, 1923 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and passed to the next life on January 4, 2017. He was born to Leo and Josephine Smith, the second of six children. He learned the values of hard work, respect, and duty at an early age, as evidenced by his participation in the Civilian Conservation Corp...

William "Bill" Bowles

William "Bill" Bowles

Jan 1, 2017

Funeral Service will be held at 1:00p.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Smith & Kernke 23rd Street Chapel.

Mary C. "Connie" Wall-Dwyer

Mary C. "Connie" Wall-Dwyer

Dec 31, 2016

Connie Wall was born October 8, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa to Clifford "Red" Wall and Dorothy Durkin Wall. The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1951. Connie started the 6th grade at John Carroll Catholic School. She graduated from Central Catholic High School (now Bishop McGuinness) in 1958 . She was a dear and true friend to many. She...