Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Patrick Neal Tanner

Patrick Neal Tanner

May 24, 2016

Patrick Neal Tanner, 34, joined his heavenly father on May 24, 2016. He was born October 28, 1981 in Phoenix, AZ to Neal and Paula Tanner. He was a father, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, boyfriend and friend. He worked as an electrician for General Lighting, a job he loved for a company he enjoyed. He was raised in Arizona...

Elta Bradford

Elta Bradford

May 23, 2016

Elta Marie Price Bradford, (93), passed away May 23, 2016 in Oklahoma City. Elta was born January 23, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Cora and Ernest Price. She had two sisters, Floreine and Cora, and two brothers Bob and Tommy. She married the love of her life, Doyle Bradford, in 1943 and they enjoyed a wonderful life together until Doyle...

Joy Ablah

Joy Ablah

May 22, 2016

Joy Jean Ablah died on May 22, 2016. She was born in Drumright, Oklahoma in August of 1927. She grew up in Elk City and her high school years were in Lawton, where she graduated. She graduated from College at Cameron in Lawton. She later moved to Oklahoma City with her family. She is survived by four children, daughters, Rochelle...

Clare Rita Mccormick

Clare Rita Mccormick

May 21, 2016

Rita was born in St. Louis, Mo and moved to Oklahoma City as a young girl. She graduated from Classen High in 1941. Rita married Art McCormick in 1950 and together they had three children, David, Bob, and Ann. She was widowed in 1959 and focused her life on raising her three children. Devout in her Catholic faith, she was...

Joe Haas

Joe Haas

May 17, 2016

Larry "Joe" Haas passed away peacefully in his home in Edmond, OK, on May 17, 2016. Born to Clara and J.R. Haas on September 2, 1954, he was the youngest of three children. From early on, Joe had a career in sales with 30+ years selling and designing promotional products. Twenty of those years, he owned his own company, Haas...

Grover A. "Bob" Lewis

Grover A. "Bob" Lewis

May 14, 2016

Services to celebrate Bob Lewis will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Smith & Kernke 23rd Street Chapel with graveside services 3:00 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Joyce Lewis as well as numerous extended family and friends.

Charles R. Sears

Charles R. Sears

May 13, 2016

Charles Robert, "C.R.", Bob, Sears never knew a stranger. He was quick to extend a handshake and greeting to everyone. When his daughter - and only child - Malinda decided in January to have a combination 90th birthday and wedding anniversary party to celebrate Bob's life and his nearly 70 years together with his wife, Alma, it was a bulk...

G. Bolar Garrison, M.D.

G. Bolar Garrison, M.D.

May 11, 2016

G. (George) Bolar Garrison, M.D., died at home in Oklahoma City, May 11, 2016. He was born to Anna and George Garrison, M.D., in Oklahoma City on October 18, 1929. He was raised in Oklahoma City, graduating from Classen High School in 1947. He received his undergraduate degree in 1950 and his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1955 from the...

Blake Edward Naifeh

Blake Edward Naifeh

May 10, 2016

Blake Edward Naifeh, age 37, was received into his Heavenly Home unexpectedly on May 10th, 2016. Born the second child of Eulene Naifeh Dugger and Frank Edward Naifeh in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Blake was a 1998 graduate from Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School. He received his Bachelor's of Political Science in 2002 from Oklahoma State University. He used this degree...

Carmeline "Mimi" Callicott

Carmeline "Mimi" Callicott

May 9, 2016

Carmeline (Mimi) Reina Callicott was born on August 7, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Angelo and Catherine Reina. She passed away on May 9, 2016 in Edmond, OK. Mimi, which was her nickname from the age of three, was raised in Lynwood, California. She is survived by husband Cecil of Edmond, OK; daughter, Denise and grandson Zack Frantz of Choctaw,...

The Rev. David Ray Griffin

The Rev. David Ray Griffin

May 6, 2016

The Reverend David Ray Griffin, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and Bible teacher went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 6th, 2016 in the presence of his loving family. Born July 12th, 1951 to Ray Arthur and Sophia Griffin, he is survived by his loving wife of 40 years Marion Lucille, son Daniel David,...

Elaine M. Daniel

Elaine M. Daniel

May 6, 2016

Elaine Murphy Daniel went to be with our Lord and Savior on Friday, May 6th, 2016. She was born on February 26, 1922 in an apartment in Oklahoma City at 10th and Classen. Her parents were Wike and Beulah Murphy. At six years of age, she and her family moved to Euclid Street in Northeast Oklahoma City where, on her...

John D. Bush, M.D.

John D. Bush, M.D.

May 5, 2016

John D. Bush, M.D. was born in Stroud, OK, to John W. and Mary Donich Bush. He passed away May 5, 2016, in Oklahoma City. He moved to Tulsa with his family where he graduated from high school in 1952 and then from Tulsa University in 1956. Dr. Bush then attended OU Medical Center, graduating in 1960 and completing his...

Layton Perry

Layton Perry

May 4, 2016

Layton Morgan Perry Jr. passed away May 4th 2016 at the age of 71. He suffered a yearlong battle with brain cancer. Layton was born to Layton Morgan Sr. and Bette (Adolph) Perry on July 2nd 1944 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City. Layton attended El Reno High school until his senior year when his family moved to Palo...

Hillyer "Barney" Barnett Jackson, Jr.

Hillyer "Barney" Barnett Jackson, Jr.

May 2, 2016

The Reverend Hillyer Barnett Jackson, Jr., "Barney", lifelong resident of Oklahoma, died May 2, 2016, in Oklahoma City following an extended illness of COPD. Born March 23, 1934, in Oklahoma City, he was the firstborn of twin sons of H.B. Jackson and Roberta Banks Jackson. Being reared in Oklahoma City he attended Classen High School and New Mexico Military Institute,...

Adam Shane Harrison

Adam Shane Harrison

May 2, 2016

Adam Shane Harrison was born January 18, 1988 in Dallas, Texas to Albert Sidney Harrison, Jr. and Carol Ann (Wise) Harrison. Adam passed away following sudden tragedy in Guthrie, Oklahoma on May 2, 2016. He is survived by his mother, Carol; his daughter, Sydni Renee; son, Ryan Michael; girlfriend and Ryan's mother, Kylee Arnold; older brother, Allen Harrison; two younger...

Patricia "Pat" Jones

Patricia "Pat" Jones

May 2, 2016

Patricia Estelle "Pat" Jones, 80, died Monday May 2, 2016. Born on October 11, 1935 in Hartshorne, Oklahoma to Louise Harbison Trueblood and George Trueblood, she graduated from Little Rock High School and attended The University of Oklahoma from 1952 -1956. In 1960, Pat married James Richard Jones Jr. Together they lived in Oklahoma City, New Jersey, Edmond and Tulsa,...

John B. Traynor

John B. Traynor

May 2, 2016

John Bernard Traynor, aka J. B. was born in Enid, Oklahoma to John James Traynor and Bernardine (Dill) Traynor and passed away at The Lakes in Oklahoma City from complications from an infection. J. B. was always proud to say that he was raised in his early years in Roxana OK where his dad was a mechanic and owned the...

Kermit Daniel Cole

Kermit Daniel Cole

May 1, 2016

Danny (Kermit Daniel Cole) was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He passed away after a long illness in San Antonio, TX. He is preceded in death by his parents, Betty and K. D. Cole. He is survived by his wife, Maureen, and daughter Elizabeth Tracey Cole (grandsons Cole Thompson and Damon Rebelak). He is also survived by brother Joe Don (Margie),...

Jean Marie Theissen

Jean Marie Theissen

Apr 28, 2016

Loving wife, mother and grandmother, Jean Marie Theissen, passed away on April 28, 2016. She was born June 9, 1935 in Mankato, Minnesota to Donald and Erma Schultz. She attended school in Mankato and graduated from Mankato State College with a degree in Elementary Education. When she was in junior high she met the love of her life, Darell and...