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Father Paul H. Gallatin
Apr 5, 2019
Rev. Paul H. Gallatin died April 5, 2019. Father Gallatin was born on November 3, 1931, in Tulsa, Okla., to Paul and Esther (Wallace) Gallatin. After attending Marquette School and Marquette High School in Tulsa, he studied at Saint John's Seminary in Little Rock, Ark. He was ordained a priest at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa on May 24, 1958....
Dr. Ernest Ernie Koerner
Apr 4, 2019
Dr. Ernest "Ernie" Koerner of Edmond, OK passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family on April 4, 2019 after a brief illness. Ernie was born on March 17, 1931 in Cleveland, OH to Molly McGovern Koerner and Ernest Lee Koerner, Sr. Ernie graduated with a chemical engineering degree from the University of Dayton and married his classmate Barbara Jean...
Laurence D. Lucas
Apr 2, 2019
Laurence D. Lucas was born to Dr. L.A. Lucas and Margaret Killeen Lucas on August 24, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died on April 2, 2019 surrounded by family. Larry attended Rosary School, Classen High School and Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating with a D.D.S., Larry served four years as a Captain in the United States Air...
Grant Selph
Apr 1, 2019
Grant Selph, 57, passed away on April 1, 2019 in Keyes, OK. He was born on February 6, 1962 in Guymon, OK to Norman and LaVonne (Spradlin) Selph. Grant was a 1980 graduate of Hinton High School. Grant worked his entire life and was currently employed with Cimarron County District 3. He was an avid gun collector, history buff especially...
Rhonda Kay Chism Norton
Apr 1, 2019
Rhonda Chism Norton, 61, passed away on April 1, 2019 after a sudden illness, in Oklahoma City, OK, surrounded by loving family. She was the only child of Linus P. Chism, Jr., and Glynda L. Chism. Born in Oklahoma City, OK, on February 28, 1958. Rhonda attended Oklahoma City public schools and graduated from U.S. Grant High School in 1976....
Robert "Duke" Wheeler
Mar 29, 2019
Robert Leyton (Duke) Wheeler passed away peacefully on Friday, March 29, 2019. Duke was born August 26, 1935, the youngest of six sons to Bertha Ann (Cooke) Wheeler and Claude Ayres Wheeler of Clinton, Oklahoma. Raised in Clinton, the Wheelers moved to Tipton, OK Duke's junior year in high school. At Tipton he earned All State Football recognition (and was...
Melissa Ann Speller
Mar 28, 2019
Melissa Ann Speller, 65, passed away March 28, 2019. She was born January 16, 1954 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Bliss (Marshall) and William Francis Smith. Growing up, Melissa was very involved with Girl Scouts and was the spring homecoming queen in 1972 the year she graduated. She was the first female to run track in Shawnee also. Melissa loved people...
Shirley Ann Shidler
Mar 26, 2019
A little before noon on Tuesday, Shirley Ann Shidler passed away peacefully surrounded by family, music and lots of love. She was one hundred years old but her soul and essence was eternally young. That was her gift to all of us, that sense of wonder and playfulness about the world that seems to ebb away as you grow older....
Helen Valerio
Mar 26, 2019
Helen Tiburcio Valerio was born on Feb. 14, 1929 in San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines and passed away on March 26, 2019 in Oklahoma City. She was 90 years old. Helen received an Elementary Teacher's Certificate in the 1950s but never pursued teaching when she married Ismael Valerio Sr and since then, had been a housewife. She first traveled to the...
Carolyn Kay Hall
Mar 25, 2019
Carolyn Kay (Roring) Hall, 80 years of age, passed away the evening of March 25th after a short illness. She graduated from OU but was a converted OSU fan, avid golfer, dog lover, and bridge player. Christmas was Carolyn's favorite time of year as she brought joy and celebration to those around her. She is remembered for her kind spirit,...
Janie Elaine Baumeister
Mar 22, 2019
Janie Elaine Baumeister, 73, of Oklahoma City, passed away March 22, 2019 at home with family. She was born January 12, 1946 in Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Slusher and Millie Hartman, as well as her stepmother, Arita Best. She is survived by her high school sweetheart, Terry Baumeister of 54 years; son, Ty...
Oswald Preston Rainey, Jr.
Mar 21, 2019
Oswald Preston Rainey, Jr. "Ozzie", beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, was born on September 21, 1926 in Springfield, Missouri and he joined his Savior on March 21, 2019 in Oklahoma City. Ozzie was born in Springfield, MO but the family soon moved. He spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Tulsa, OK and Blytheville, AR. Ozzie...
Michael F. Kennedy, Iv
Mar 20, 2019
Michael Francis Kennedy, IV passed away at the age of 71 on March 20, 2019, with his son, Mike by his side comforting him as he passed away peacefully after battling lung cancer. Mike joins his wife of 44 years of marriage, Dorothy, where they are giggling like teenagers, listening to 60's music and enjoying each other in a pain...
Aaron M. Yeung
Mar 20, 2019
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! Proverbs 20:7 Aaron Matthew (Mun Chung) Yeung, of Chinese and Malasian descent, entered this world on August 8, 1972, in Epsom, England, the first child born to Louis (Chi Shing) Yeung and Cecilia (Peck Wen Fong) Yeung. Four years later the small family moved to the United...
Thomas Vincent James
Mar 19, 2019
Thomas V. James was born October 11, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Vincent and Sara James. He passed away March 19, 2019, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus. Tom served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War from 1969-1971. After receiving an honorable discharge, he earned a Bachelor of Business...
Michael "Mike" Hughes
Mar 18, 2019
From the first smell of gasoline, as a kid it led Mike to a long career as a mechanic. After graduating from Dill City High School in 1972 he continued his passion for tinkering with engines by graduating from OSU Institute of Technology in Okmulgee. One of Mikes first jobs, other than working on the family farm was with John...
Keith Lowell Wolfe
Mar 18, 2019
Keith Lowell Wolfe passed away in Oklahoma City on March 18, 2019 after a sudden illness. Keith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 6, 1966, the son of Phillip Wolfe and Donna Javine Jones. Keith attended Bixby Schools and graduated from high school there in 1984. He attended Oklahoma State University and earned a degree in photography from the...
Frank G. Stepp Sr.
Mar 18, 2019
Frank Granville Stepp Sr. was born May 2, 1933, as the youngest of five boys to Joshua Stepp and Florence Hinsdell, in Alvord, Texas. He moved to OKC when he was three. Frank told many exciting stories all his life, yet none surpassed those of his childhood shared with his brothers Jimmy, Bill, Harold, and Buddy. One imagined a witty,...
Earl Wayne Deese
Mar 17, 2019
On October 31st 1936, In Fitzgerald GA, JD and Lolli Deese where rear ended in an automobile accident. Lolli was about 6 months pregnant with her 4th child, the first three were boys, and this was another boy only she didn't know it. The accident sent her into labor and she was rushed home while the Doctor was summoned. When...
Owen Lafferty
Mar 17, 2019
Owen Lafferty passed away March 17, 2019. He was born July 20, 1937 in Tulsa, OK to Albert and Rosalie Lafferty. The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1941. Owen graduated from Classen High School in 1955. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, he served three years in the...
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