Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Robert Earl Fricke

Robert Earl Fricke

Feb 1, 2021

Robert Earl Fricke, age 81, was born January 13, 1940, in Oklahoma City and passed away February 1, 2021. Bob was a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City. He graduated from New Mexico Military Junior College and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma where he was a member of Sigma Nu. At OU, he became active in Campus...

Catherine Rae "Cathy" O'Connor

Catherine Rae "Cathy" O'Connor

Jan 30, 2021

Cathy O'Connor, beautiful wife (CATHY O), loving mother (MOM), devoted grandmother (GRAMMY), adoring aunt (Aunt Cathy) cherished friend (OCEAN GIRL), and "SPIRITUAL GUIDE/TEACHER" passed from this earth in Oklahoma City on January 30th after a lengthy battle with Lymphoma.Cathy was the consummate epitome of faith, family, and adventure and learned these traits at an early age from her family. Cathy...

George Calvin Gragg

George Calvin Gragg

Jan 28, 2021

George Calvin Gragg died January 28, 2021, at the age of 96 at The Fountains of Canterbury Assisted Living in Oklahoma City. He was born October 3, 1924 at Hartshorne, OK, and lived there for much of his life. He founded Cal Drug in Hartshorne, working as a pharmacist until his retirement. He was a math teacher in Hartshorne for...

Nola Wann Mcguinn

Nola Wann Mcguinn

Jan 27, 2021

Nola Wann Vandagriff McGuinn was born on August 21, 1925, in Billings, Oklahoma, to Homer and Ruth (Wann) Vandagriff. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 27, 2021 in Oklahoma City at the age of 95. Nola grew up in Three Sands, OK, an oil boomtown in southern Kay County, where her father worked. She attended IXL School...

Marie Louise Reinauer Summers

Marie Louise Reinauer Summers

Jan 27, 2021

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Marie Louise Reinauer Summers took her journey home at the age of 98 years and 10 months. Weezie was born on April 14, 1922, to Clara Mae Rutherford Reinauer and Fred Robert Reinauer. She had two younger brothers, Fred Robert Jr. and Franklin. She attended OSU, Oklahoma A & M at the time, and was...

Steven Ronald Nielsen

Steven Ronald Nielsen

Jan 27, 2021

Steven R. Nielsen, 49, born on June 13, 1971 in Rush City, Minnesota, the son of Ron and Kathie Nielsen passed away on January 27, 2021. Steven was a loving and supportive husband, father, and friend. He lived in Oklahoma City with his wife, Laurie Fong to whom he was married for 25 years. They have two children, Nicholas George...

Norma Ann Muth

Norma Ann Muth

Jan 27, 2021

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Norma passed away at the age of 82 in Oklahoma City. Norma was born in Sedan, Kansas on June 14, 1938 to Noad and Lorean (Baltzell) Jones and grew up in Dewey, Oklahoma with her 3 younger brothers. She attended OU Nursing School where she became an RN. She worked at The Children's Center Hospital...

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Jan 25, 2021

Paul J. Kelly, Jr. was born on July 28, 1947, to Patty and Paul J. Kelly, Sr. He died on January 25, 2021 after a short illness. He was greeted in Heaven by 8 adoring bird dogs, so happy to see their best friend. Off they will go hunting quail.Paul was a graduate of Northwest Classen High School and Southwestern...

Arturo Del Angel Rodriguez

Arturo Del Angel Rodriguez

Jan 22, 2021

Arturo (Art) Del Angel Rodriguez, formerly of La Feria, TX, Greenville and Raleigh, NC, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2021 at Integris Baptist Hospital, Edmond, OK after a long period of declining health due to Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), and complications from COVID-19. Art was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the son of Timoteo Gonzalez Rodriguez and Victoria Del Angel....

Michael Lee Anderson, Sr.

Michael Lee Anderson, Sr.

Jan 19, 2021

On Tuesday, January 19, Michael Lee Anderson, Sr., passed away at the age of 77. The youngest son of Paul W. Anderson, Sr., and Freddie June (Shirley) Anderson, Mickey was born May 19, 1943 in Monroe, Michigan. He spent his early years in Ozark, AR, and then Oklahoma City, where he attended Edgemere Elementary and Old Classen before graduating from...

Jan Elizabeth Cox

Jan Elizabeth Cox

Jan 19, 2021

Jan Elizabeth Cox, 82, went to be with Jesus on January 19, 2021 after a long battle with complications from the coronavirus.She was born to James T. and Lyda C. Evans on October 25, 1938 in Oklahoma City, OK. Jan's mother passed away when she was 16 years old and her father married, Emma Sue (Cullins) Evans. Jan is survived...

Michael Ralph Shadeed

Michael Ralph Shadeed

Jan 19, 2021

Michael Ralph Shadeed, age 81 of Blanchard, Oklahoma passed away January 19, 2021. He was born July 18, 1939 in Kingston, Jamaica to Ralph and Badia (Yarid) Shadeed.He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Venice. He is survived by his brother, Larry Shadeed; niece, Kathy Yeager Larson and her family; and Nephew, Rick Yeager.Private family services...

Eileen Marie Koger

Eileen Marie Koger

Jan 18, 2021

Eileen Marie Koger, 85, died peacefully on Jan 18, 2021, and is now with her husband of 59 years, Bob Koger, in a place without pain or sorrow. Eileen was born in Omaha, Nebraska, April 16, 1935. She was the second of four children of John (Jack) Victor and Laura Evelyn Smith. Eileen grew up in Omaha during the Great...

Pauline J. Dalley

Pauline J. Dalley

Jan 16, 2021

Pauline Dalley of Oklahoma City passed away on January 16, 2021 at the age of 90. Pauline was born in New Rochelle, NY and grew up in Highland Park, NJ. She started her career at the Schultheis Agency in New Brunswick, NJ and continued to work in real estate and insurance for most of her life, eventually becoming the owner...

Barbara Ann West

Barbara Ann West

Jan 16, 2021

Barbara "Barbie" Ann West, 64, met her Savior, Jesus Christ on January 16, 2021. The graveside service will be held at Rose Hill Burial Park at 6001 N.W. Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 1:00 PM. No viewing is scheduled. There will be a celebration of life scheduled at a later date in Fort...

Stephen A. Zrenda

Stephen A. Zrenda

Jan 16, 2021

Stephen A. Zrenda Jr. entered eternal life on January 16, 2021 after battling coronavirus for a week. Steve is survived by his spouse of twenty-eight years, Muriel Lea Zrenda. Steve and Lea enjoyed their many vacations and time together over the years. Steve especially admired Lea's exceptional art and sculpture work that was duly recognized on many occasions by the...

Charles Earl Lewis

Charles Earl Lewis

Jan 12, 2021

Charles Earl Lewis passed from this earth on January 12, 2021, at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City after a short battle with Covid. I have faith that he was greeted by Mary, his beloved wife and all his loved ones passing before. Charlie was born on November 4, 1938 to Daryl Hart Lewis and Stella Mae Stephenson Lewis in Waldron,...

Peter Lowden Holloway

Peter Lowden Holloway

Jan 11, 2021

Peter Lowden Holloway, 66, passed away Monday with his family by his side at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. A pioneer and local icon in the restaurant and hospitality scene, Peter was born March 26, 1954 in Billings, Montana to William and Ann Holloway. They moved to Oklahoma City where he attended John Marshall High School, and when his...

Rita Rose Lee

Rita Rose Lee

Jan 8, 2021

Rita Rose Lee went to be with our Lord Jesus on January 8, 2021. She was born in El Reno, Oklahoma on April 22, 1937 to Noris M. Whitaker and Ada Beatrice Whitaker. She met the love of her life, James E. Lee, while in high school and they were married on August 9, 1957. Rita and Jim enjoyed 63...