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Jimmy Clark Owens
Dec 8, 2020
Our Dad, Jimmy Clark Owens, born Sept 17, 1934, has gone on to fly the plane of his dreams in heaven where he will join his beloved parents Violet & Hayes Owens.A lengthy battle with dementia took away many of Dad's fondest memories but he kept the sparkle in his eyes until his last few days.He is survived by his...
Robert F. "Bob" Jenkins
Dec 8, 2020
Bob Jenkins was born in Topeka, KS, on October 20, 1944, to George M. Jenkins and Jean Elaine (Mulholland) Jenkins. He had one sister whom he absolutely adored, Elizabeth Ann Jenkins. Following a brief illness, Bob died on December 8, 2020. Bob's father was an administrator for the Veteran's Administration, so Bob spent his childhood in various locations where his...
Manya Szczepka
Dec 7, 2020
Maria Manya Szczepka, 79, died December 7, 2020 in Oklahoma City. Born of a Belarus family, she immigrated with her family to the United States in 1951. She is retired from Lucent Technologies after over 40 years of service. She is preceded in death by her mother Paulina Szczepka, brothers Michael Szczepka, Wladimir Szczepka and Arkadij (Archie) Szczepka, as well...
Sandra Lynn Kelley
Dec 6, 2020
Sandra Lynn Kelley (nee Sprehe), age 69 of Oklahoma City, passed away December 6, 2020. She was born April 13, 1951 to Wilfred John "W.J." and Ida Clara (Yauk) Sprehe. Sandra was a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City raised in the Messiah Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. She graduated from Putnam City High School, class of 1969. Sandra was an Oklahoma...
Dr. Myers William "Bill" Lockard
Dec 6, 2020
Bill was born in Oklahoma City to Katharyn Eleanor Steele and Dr. Myers William Lockard, Sr., and lived with an older sister, Joice. As children during the Depression, Bill and Joice raised roosters "Conoco" and "Texaco" and a racing greyhound "Lucky Squeak." They disliked beets, so when "planting" the seeds in their father's garden, Bill and Joice pocketed them and...
Gabriel Joseph Zablatnik
Dec 6, 2020
Gabriel Joseph Zablatnik was born March 19, 1927, in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, and died at the age of 93 on December 6, 2020. Gabe devoted his life to work, family, and the Catholic church in Oklahoma.By the time Gabe was 23, he had survived a year in a Nazi prison camp in Yugoslavia, 2 years in a displaced person camp, and...
William J. "Bill" Davis
Dec 4, 2020
William "Bill" Jo Davis passed away in his home December 4th, 2020. Bill was born January 13, 1934 in Ark City, KS and married Dauna Humbolt on September 7th, 1957, they lived in Ark City, KS, Ponca City, OK, Enid, OK, Yukon, OK and now reside in Oklahoma City at Epworth Villa. After High School, Bill was in the Navy...
Carolyn Ann Schaefer
Dec 4, 2020
Carolyn Ann Schaefer entered into her Heavenly Father's arms on December 4, 2020. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Karl Mathias Schaefer, daughter Diana Tremaine, daughter Lisa Chance and husband Scott, son Brent Jay Schaefer and sister Janie Birmingham and husband Tom, grandchildren Kayla and Brittney LaRue; Tanner and Greyson Chance, Alexa, husband Jake and daughter Sloane...
Thomas Jay Cloud
Dec 4, 2020
Thomas Jay Cloud passed away on December 4th, 2020, after a short battle with COVID-19. Tom was born January 6th, 1946, in Jay, Oklahoma. He soon moved to Oklahoma City, where he would spend the majority of his life. He attended Northwest Classen High School and graduated from the class of 1964. He went on to attended the University of...
Wanda Lea Turner
Dec 2, 2020
Our mom and our grammy, Wanda Turner, passed away Wednesday, December 2nd. We are so thankful that she is no longer suffering and is rejoicing in heaven with no pain and no tears. She is survived by her daughter and son, Linda and Chris and her three grandkids, Conner, Jake and Alex. She was preceded in death by her son,...
David Michael Paradis
Dec 2, 2020
David "Dave" Michael Paradis, Jr. 46, passed away at his home on December 2, 2020 in Oklahoma City, OK. Dave was born on September 18, 1974 in Haverhill, MA to Dave and Nancy Paradis. Dave was a very active man who participated in many activities throughout his life. He enjoyed "Candle Pin" bowling back east, he bowled in leagues for...
Jack L. James
Nov 29, 2020
On one of the hottest days of record, August 10, 1936, Jack Lee James arrived on the Oklahoma prairie to Joe and Dorotha James in Chandler, Oklahoma. On that day the world received a gift of a most unique individual- our beloved husband, dad, Poppy, relative and friend.Preceding him into glory were his precious parents and his only sibling and...
Elverta Grace Burns
Nov 29, 2020
Elverta Grace Burns, fondly known as Gigi, was loved by all. She began her life on February 8th, 1928, in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to parents Elvert Ray Hills and Lena Grace Campbell. Her siblings included brothers Marshal Foch Hills, Walden Elvert Hills or "Bud", and a sister Arlene Hills O'Neill. In her later years she enjoyed reminiscing about her friends and...
J. Michael "Mike" Mcauliffe
Nov 29, 2020
James Michael "Mike" McAuliffe age 63, passed away on November 29, just weeks after being diagnosed with Covid 19. Mike was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Anna Marie McAuliffe and Richard Marvin McAuliffe. Mike, the 5th of seven children, graduated from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, earned his Associate of Arts degrees in Corrections and Sociology from Oklahoma City Community...
John A. Blaschke
Nov 28, 2020
(Dad asked that this obituary be simple in nature, no poetry, no praise. Well, Dad, this is one of those times, one of those very few times, we your children must disobey you. For praise issues naturally from a praiseworthy life.) John Ahrens Blaschke was born on August 29,1920 in Hastings NE, the oldest child of Muriel and Alvin Blaschke....
Espiridion "Speedy" Ramirez
Nov 27, 2020
Espiridion "Speedy" Ramirez was born in Abilene, Texas, December 14, 1923, o Fernando and Allsia Ramirez. He was raised in Chihuahua, Mexico, and returned to America as a young adult where he met Juanita Banda at a dance and they later married. Together, they had nine children, Susie, John, Jerry, Espiridion Jr., Ray, Anthony, Arthur, Stella and Steve.Speedy worked for...
William Dow Gumerson, Jr.
Nov 26, 2020
William Dow Gumerson, Jr., was born on October 2, 1944, in Minneapolis and died in Oklahoma City on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2020. Bill was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and contributor to dozens of landmarks throughout Central Oklahoma. Bill spent his early years in Enid, Oklahoma, and graduated in 1963 from Harding High School in Oklahoma City, where he...
Fannie Lou Gibson
Nov 25, 2020
Fannie Lou (Riddle) Gibson was born June 7, 1929 to parents Harriet Ann (Sikes) Riddle-mother and John Calhoun Riddle-father in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Fannie was 1 of 9 children and grew up in the Tecumseh and Shawnee, Oklahoma area. She graduated from Shawnee High School and received a scholarship to attend Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. After 1...
Armando L. Cruz-Rodz
Nov 25, 2020
Armando Luis Cruz-Rodz, also known as Dr. Cruz-Rodz, Deacon Armando, Señor Armando, Pop, Buelo, Tio and friend to many. Armando passed away November 25, 2020 at the age of 58. He was born April 14, 1962 to Luis Angel Cruz-Velez and Blanca Lydia Rodriguez-Figueroa in Lares, Puerto Rico. Armando earned his BS in Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico....
Mary Kathleen Marks
Nov 25, 2020
Mary Kathleen O'Meara Marks was born August 31, 1940 to John & Margaret O'Meara (nee Kanaly) in Caldwell, Kansas. Kathleen was raised in Oklahoma City along side her brother & four sisters, attending grade school at both Corpus Christi and John Carroll, eventually graduating from Catholic High (now Bishop McGuinness) in 1958. After high school, Kathleen attended St. Joseph's in...
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