Feb 14, 2013

“Well done good and faithful servant," Anna "Marie" Rush McAuliffe. Marie, age 92, died at Mercy hospital surrounded by her children. She was born August 2, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, to Thomas and Emma Rush. She was the eldest daughter of 11 children. She attended St. Francis grade school and graduated from Marquette High School in 1937. She married Richard...

Feb 8, 2013

Marian (Weddle) Tiehen, 92, passed peacefully from this world with a joyful heart and spirit on February 8, 2013. Marian blessed her family with love, encouragement, excellence, and her rugged spirit. Marian was born in Falls City, Nebraska on August 23, 1920 to Calvin "Cal" and Anna (Armbruster) Weddle. Marian and her brothers and sister grew up in Falls City...

Feb 8, 2013

James (Jim) Weinmann passed peacefully into eternal life with our God on Friday, February 8. Diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer in Jan., he died with his wife and his mentor and friend Archbishop Emeritus Beltran at his side. Jim was born in Atchison, KS, son of Arthur & Regina (Wolters) Weinmann, and grew up on a farm south of...

Feb 7, 2013

Lee Charles Burton, Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve (retired), born June 8, 1925, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went to the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2013. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-four years, RoseMarie Anderson Burton; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Burton; his brothers, Samuel F. Burton, Carl R. Burton, Jr, and Charles Lee Burton; and...

Feb 2, 2013

Mary Jane Wilson "Sandie" Darden passed away at home on February 2, 2013. She was born October 21, 1930 at Ft. Sam Houston, TX to Col. Bascom Lee Wilson U.S.A.F. M.C., Ret. and Mary Kathleen Lancaster Field Wilson. Sandie was a graduate of Stephens College, Columbia MO and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a...

Feb 1, 2013

Charles R. Heinen, born November 22, 1940, in Okarche, OK to John and Loretta Heinen, died at Mercy Hospital, February 1, 2013. He proudly served his country in the US Army, stationed in Germany, and later served his community for 27 years as a State Farm insurance agent. He was a founding member of Epiphany Catholic Church and served as...

Feb 1, 2013

John P. Braniff, Sr, T/Sgt USAF (Retired), born October 29, 1927 in Oklahoma City went to the Lord on Friday February 1, 2013. He was preceded in death by his father Paul R. Braniff (cofounder of Braniff Airways), mother Marie A. (Maney) Braniff and daughter Jeanne (Braniff) Hardey. He is survived by his wife of over 61 years Genevieve (Moran)...

Feb 1, 2013

Sister Mary Mark McGuire CST died February 1, 2013 at Grace Living Center, Bethany. Daughter of Harry James and Elizabeth J. Cole McGuire, Mary Elizabeth McGuire was born October 6, 1937 in Oklahoma City. She attended Bishop John Carroll Elementary School, and graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in 1956. She entered the convent of the Carmelite Sisters of St....

Jan 31, 2013

Georgia Sue Whitten, "Susie", was born to Richard and Betty Eaton in Pratt, KS on January 26, 1944. Susie graduated from Pratt High and was a proud Greenback. Her family moved to Wichita, KS where she married and had 3 children. Oklahoma City became her permanent home in 1975. Susie is preceded in death by her parents; her only son,...

Jan 30, 2013

John A. Coakley Jr., 94, formerly of Overland Park, Kansas died Jan. 30 at St. Ann's Home in Oklahoma City. John was born November 5, 1918 in City Island, New York. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and served during the Korean conflict. He was preceded in death by Mary, his wife of 44 years, and...

Jan 30, 2013

Joan Mary Kershaw Putnam, 79, died peacefully January 30, 2013, after a valiant seven-year battle with cancer. She was born to L.R. and Clara Kershaw, of Muskogee, OK. One of five children, she was the youngest by 4 minutes in a family blessed with two sets of twins. She graduated from Muskogee's Central High School in 1951, and St. Mary's...

Jan 26, 2013

Janice Marie McGee passed away January 26, 2013 in Oklahoma City. She was born on January 19th, 1930, the daughter of Patrick R. McGee and Bertha Menz McGee. She went to Rosary School, graduating in 1945, and St. Joseph's High School, graduating as valedictorian of her class in 1948. Her college education included St. Mary of the Woods College in...

Jan 26, 2013

Mary Martini Cirksena was born June 17, 1908 in Edgerton, MO to Max Frederick and Ada von Bothimer Martini. Mary passed peacefully from this life on January 26, 2013. The sixth of nine Martini children, Mary graduated from Sioux Falls College in Sioux Falls, SD. She taught Latin and English full time in Pierre, SD for one year, and later...

Jan 20, 2013

Wendell Don Cavin was born July 5, 1955, in Bartlesville, Okla., and passed away Jan. 20, 2013, in Edmond, Okla. He was the son of Donald Lee Cavin and Loretta Gayle (Love) Cavin. Wendell was raised in Oklahoma City and graduated from Southeast High School in 1973. He attended the University of Houston and later the University of Oklahoma where...

Jan 19, 2013

Shirley Lewayne James, 78, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at her home in Oklahoma City. Shirley was born October 15, 1934, in Optima, Oklahoma, to Alfred and Letha Mouser and was raised in Guymon, Oklahoma. Shirley was an independent and self-reliant individual, who made a career as a legal secretary and as an administrative assistant in the oil and...

Jan 13, 2013

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Dillon Stockard passed away peacefully after a brief illness surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the age of 94. Betty was born on July 16, 1918 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to John Joseph & Alice Egan Dillon. She was second generation of Irish immigrants from County Kerry, and was always proud of her Irish...

Jan 12, 2013

Paul Francis Sprehe, Sr., 82, passed away January 12, 2013 in Oklahoma City, OK. The oldest son of Francis Louis Sprehe and Estella Marie McGuire, he was born August 8, 1930 in OKC. He attended Rosary School and Classen High School and was an Eagle Scout. Awarded a full scholarship by the US Navy to attend the University of Oklahoma,...

Jan 12, 2013

Jan 10, 2013

Trina Lorraine (Wingo) Martin, 98, passed away on January 10, 2013. Trina was born to Harvey and Neetice McIntosh Wingo in Pawnee, Oklahoma on November 19, 1914. She graduated from Pawnee High School and entered Nurses training at Oklahoma General Hospital (now called Mercy). She graduated with an R. N. degree in 1937. In 1939 she met and married Dr....

Jan 8, 2013

Gail Marie Davenport Adams died peacefully January 8, 2013 in Grapevine, TX in the company of her children. Gail was born November 17, 1933 in Pottawatomie County. She grew up in Oklahoma City and attended Bishop John Carroll School and graduated in 1952 from "Catholic High" Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. Gail was married to John C. Adams, Jr. for...