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...
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,...
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...
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...
William Aloysious Ray
Mar 13, 2019
William Aloysious Ray, one of 8 children born to George Ray and Mary Feeley in Bronx, New York, on June 22, 1934. He married Wanda Hughes on April 20, 2002. Bill served 20 years in the US Air Force including one tour in the Korean War and two tours in the Vietnam War. Following his retirement, he was hired as...
Art Alarcon
Mar 13, 2019
Arturo "Art" Alarcon passed away peacefully on March 13, 2019. He was born April 4, 1955 in Laredo, Texas to parents, Arturo and Gloria Alarcon. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. He married his lifetime love, Theresa in 1985 and together they raised their three children, Michael, Andrew and...
Linda R. Emerson
Mar 10, 2019
Linda Ruth Emerson, 73, of Oklahoma City, passed away March 10, 2019, at Integris Hospice House. Born November 27, 1945 in Oklahoma City, she is preceded in death by her parents, Frederick and Ruth (Ashinhurst) Lasby, and her late husband Joseph Emerson. Linda was born and raised in Oklahoma City by her parents Ruth and Dee. She enjoyed family trips,...
Michael Alan Chrisman
Mar 9, 2019
Michael Alan Chrisman, age 42, born April 9, 1976, in Oklahoma City passed away Saturday March 9th, 2019 and will be laid to rest next to his beloved mother on March 15th, 2019 at the Resurrection Cemetery. Growing up, to say that Michael was wild at heart would be an understatement. He was also passionate and authentic, which is something...
John A. Trigg
Mar 7, 2019
John "Johnny" Alanson Trigg was born on May 2, 1929 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Hattie Lee Parker and John Clay Trigg. He passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019. As a child, John lived in boarding houses with his parents in three states because his dad worked in the oilfields. John's love of cards came from his days on the...
Philip Allen Tennery
Mar 5, 2019
Philip Allen "Rosie" Tennery died Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Born in Oklahoma City on January 17, 1946, the son of Tom and Elizabeth Tennery, Philip was a lifelong Oklahoma City resident and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving at Fort Sam Houston and South Korea. A gifted, natural athlete, Philip excelled in any sport he played, and he was...
Margaret "Peg" Morrissey
Mar 4, 2019
Margaret (Peg) Dorothy Morrissey, 93, died Monday, March 4th at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. Peg was born in Hancock, Michigan on September 2, 1925. Her family moved to Waukegan, Illinois after her father retired from the U.S. Navy. On December 14, 1946, Peg married Joseph Vincent (Vin) Morrissey at Christ Episcopal Church in Waukegan, Illinois. Peg graduated from National...
Norma Burns Kruta
Mar 3, 2019
Norma Joyce (Burns) Kruta, of Yukon, Okla., passed away peacefully March 3, 2019, at the age of 90. Norma was born July 10, 1928, in Geary, Okla., to parents Lena Bell (Green) and Harland Smith Burns. A proud of descendant of numerous Revolutionary War patriots, Norma was raised on the farm, the youngest of eight children. She graduated from Greenfield...
Lana Ranette Dickerson
Feb 24, 2019
Lana Ranette Dickerson daughter, sister, wife, mother, friend Ranette was born on May 1, 1967 in Pittsburgh, PA to Kenneth and Jorena Rachels. She graduated from Plano East High School and attended Brigham Young University for one year before enlisting in the United States Naval Reserve as a Hospital Corpsman. At the end of Navy basic training she met David...
Arlene Frances Hayes
Feb 24, 2019
Arlene Frances Hayes passed peacefully at the age of 101 on Sunday, February 24, 2019. She died at Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK surrounded by her loving family. Arlene was born on August 9, 1917 in Chesaning, MI. The baby of the family of all girls, she was always known as "Lil Sweet". On June 26, 1937, she married William...
Tim O'Connor
Feb 23, 2019
Timothy Patrick O'Connor, co-owner of O'Connor's Lawn and Garden, passed away February 23, 2019. He was born in Oklahoma City April 11, 1966, the son of John and Patsy O'Connor. Tim loved life! From a very young age, he was a talented artist, winning many art awards for his drawings. He had a beautiful singing voice and won a dance...
Thomas Joseph Shannon
Feb 23, 2019
Thomas Joseph Shannon was born March 2, 1939 in Beaumont Texas, and passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His early years were rich with travel as the family moved around the country following his father's career in the construction and petroleum industry, which aided Tom in becoming quite an extrovert at an early age. This in...
Alfred Anthony Alfonso
Feb 18, 2019
Alfred Anthony "Al" Alfonso, 88, died February 18, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 7, 1930 in Rutland, Vermont to Salvatore and Mary Alfonso. Al served our country in the U.S. Airforce where he proudly earned a Bronze Star. He was a graduate of Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa. While attending Spartan, he met his...
Anna Jeanette Shadid
Feb 18, 2019
Anna "Jeanette" Nesser Shadid was born to Abla & Charley Nesser August 28, 1936 in Haskell, OK. She graduated from Haskell High School. She received her Bachelor in Business Education from the Northeastern State University in Tahlequah as well as her Master's in Business from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. On June 28, 1971, she married the love of her...
Chere Anne Dunn
Feb 16, 2019
Chere Anne Dunn, 48, passed away on February 16, 2019 in Oklahoma City, OK. She was born on May 14, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri. Chere is survived by her husband Aaron Asuncion; son Justin Loftis; sister Valerie Loftis; nephews Robert Kroboth, Anthony Stockman; brother Fred Clement and wife Dashelle; nieces Selina Smith and Hailey Richardson; and her in-laws Juan...
John Sutton Clark
Feb 16, 2019
John Sutton Clark 3 December 1954 - 16 February 2019 A fifth generation Oklahoman, John Sutton Clark was born to Jack and Carolyn Sutton Clark on December 3, 1954 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Following his graduation from Cushing High School in 1973, he attended the United States Naval Academy and was a graduate of Oklahoma State University. A collegiate member of...
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