Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Eric James Knudtson

Eric James Knudtson

Jul 29, 2016

Dr. Eric James Knudtson, aged 46, died in his home on July 29th, 2016. Eric is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Julie, and his two daughters, Claire and Margot of the home. Dr. Knudtson was a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist with Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma since 2003. He served there as an Associate...

The Honorable Judge Donald Linscott Deason

The Honorable Judge Donald Linscott Deason

Jul 28, 2016

The Honorable Judge Donald Linscott Deason, 63, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Don was born in Alexandria, Virginia on January 25, 1953, to Robert and Jewell "Judy" Deason. The family resided in Kansas, Hawaii, Tokyo, and Okinawa before moving to Oklahoma in 1969, when his father, a U.S. Army colonel, was transferred to Fort...

Mike T. Degraffenreid

Mike T. Degraffenreid

Jul 27, 2016

Mike DeGraffenreid, 63 of Oklahoma City, passed from this world on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. He was born April 16, 1953 to Sonny and Jean DeGraffenreid, and was the eldest of their three children. He attended Del City High School, and worked in oil field construction, operating DeGraffenreid Welding and then owning MTD Unlimited until his retirement in 1993. Mike...

Trudy Syckle

Trudy Syckle

Jul 23, 2016

Trudy was born Jan. 9, 1943, in Oklahoma City to Jerry and Marie Manning. She attended John Carroll Elementary School and graduated from Bishop McGuiness High School. She founded "Miss Trudy's School of Dance," where she taught for more than 40 years, loving every minute of it. Trudy and her husband, Doug, are members of St. Charles Borromeo parish and...

Susan Jane Hansen

Susan Jane Hansen

Jul 22, 2016

Susan Jane Hansen passed away suddenly and too soon on Friday, July 22, 2016. Though the loss of such a beautiful, kind soul at such a young age is devastating to her family, it was a blessing that her last evening was spent in the home of her sister and brother-in-law, having dinner with them, her brother and mother in...

Genevieve Marie Leesekamp

Genevieve Marie Leesekamp

Jul 21, 2016

Genevieve "Tut" Leesekamp passed onto heaven on July 21st, 2016. Born to James and Ann Minor in OKC on 2-11-1933, and married too Earl Leesekamp on 12-15-1951, she lived her entire life in the OKC metro area. Tut was a great friend to many people and enjoyed several hobbies such as golf, gambling, and volunteering in the community. She was...

Sheri Lei Barrientes

Sheri Lei Barrientes

Jul 20, 2016

Sheri Barrientes gained her wings peacefully in her sleep on July 20th, 2016. She was born at Lancaster General Hospital to Elmer and Ruth Weitkamp of Leola, PA. Sheri entered this world as a ray of sunshine and lit it up with her smile. She graduated from WIlliamsport High school and then fulfilled her dreams of leaving home entering into...

Kathleen Elizabeth Hosek

Kathleen Elizabeth Hosek

Jul 19, 2016

Kathleen E. Hosek, 88, of Oklahoma City, died on July 19, 2016. She was born on January 12, 1928 in David City, Nebraska to William and Veronica Theewen. She is preceded in death by her husband, Alfred, of 55 years and her sister, Joanne Tlamka. Her greatest accomplishment was being a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived...

Marilyn Pick

Marilyn Pick

Jul 19, 2016

Marilyn Mershon Pick, aged 87, passed away peacefully in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 19, 2016. Marilyn was born November 27, 1928 in Independence, Missouri as the second of the eventual ten children of Roger Wilson and Mildred Pauline (Jones) Mershon. Marilyn grew up on the family farm near Buckner, Missouri. Her first eight years of education were at a...

Lincoln Henry Lewis

Lincoln Henry Lewis

Jul 18, 2016

Lincoln Henry Lewis, infant son of Roxanne Lewis Randall and M.L. Henry, entered the arms of Jesus on July 18, 2016. He was born December 23, 2014, in Norman. He is survived by his mother and father; sister, Tristan and brother, Tripp; paternal grandparents, Dawn Feronti Henry and M.L. Henry, Jr.; paternal great grandmother, Betty Jean Feronti; aunt and uncle,...

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

Jul 16, 2016

Robert Howell Ryan was born January 13, 1921, in Okemah, OK, the son of Simon and Gladys Ryan. He died peacefully on July 16th at home. He graduated from Okemah High School and attended OU for one year before joining the FBI. Robert met his future wife, Margaret Spranger from Sioux Falls, SD while at the FBI and they were...

Lynn Coury

Lynn Coury

Jul 12, 2016

Mary Lynn Douglas Coury passed from this life into the arms of her Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Saints on Tuesday morning, July 12, 2016. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Julia McGuire Douglas and Marion Doke Douglas, Sr. on August 11, 1938, their first child and only daughter. She attended Central High School...

Keith Douglas Reding

Keith Douglas Reding

Jul 10, 2016

Keith Douglas Reding, self-described Culture Vulture and Bon Vivant, left this life Sunday, July 10, 2016. After graduating from Shawnee High School in 1973, he later moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands where he owned successful businesses and studied arts and culture at the University of Amsterdam. He also owned Keith Reding Designs, Inc. and helped to beautify many homes and businesses...

Andrew Charles Robertson

Andrew Charles Robertson

Jul 8, 2016

Andrew Charles Robertson, Andy, died July 8, 2016 at his home in Houston, Texas. He was born October 11, 1947 in Washington, DC to Colonel Philip and Susan Robertson and was the oldest of seven children. He attended Kansas State University where he was a gymnast and studied architecture before joining the Army. He served in Vietnam in 1968-69 as...

Sister Mary Delima Hoffman

Sister Mary Delima Hoffman

Jul 5, 2016

Anne Elizabeth Rose was born to Paul Victor Hoffman and Delina W. Mursch Hoffman, in Big Rapids, Michigan on July 7, 1929. She enjoyed her family life which included three sisters. She attended primary and secondary schools taught by the Sisters of Mercy in New Orleans, Louisiana. She enjoyed her formal higher education through attendance at Loyola University of the...

Byron Eugene Mccoy

Byron Eugene Mccoy

Jul 3, 2016

Byron Eugene McCoy November 26, 1927 – July 3, 2016 Byron Eugene (Gene) McCoy, was the youngest of three children born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to Raymond Robert McCoy and Thelma Young McCoy. The family eventually moved to Oklahoma City. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater as a Naval Air Transport Service...

Pete Martin

Pete Martin

Jul 2, 2016

Jimmie Dale "Pete" Martin, 82, passed from this life on July 2, 2016 after a short, but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Pete was born in Cleveland, OK on August 18, 1933 to Thomas Roy Martin and Goldie Marie Brower. Pete was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Marilyn Martin whom he married in 1955. Pete graduated from Cleveland...

Kathaline Margaret Weigl

Kathaline Margaret Weigl

Jun 30, 2016

Kathaline Margaret Koelsch Weigl, 98, died June 30, 2016. She was born to August P. and Mary Ann Brown Koelsch on April 30, 1918. She worked at OG&E before meeting and marrying the love of her life, Paul G. Weigl. She is preceded in death by her siblings, August, Mary, Clarence and Harry Koelsch, Sr. and her husband Paul. She...

Alice Mae White

Alice Mae White

Jun 23, 2016

Alice Mae Waddell White of Oklahoma City passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 surrounded by her husband and children in her home. She was born February 29, 1924 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Ethel Braker Waddell and Sidney LaRue Waddell, Sr. When she was sixteen, the family moved to Maryland where she graduated from Mt. Ranier High School in...