Mary Louise Fandel Clote
May 21, 2018
Mary Louise Fandel Clote Received by our Lord on 5/21/2018. Mary Lou was 95 years young. Raised in St. Cloud, MN, the middle of 14 children of Irene Margret Dietz and Victor Carl Fandel. Mary Lou grew up working after school as a hat and glove girl at Fandel's department store, one of the oldest family businesses in St. Cloud....
John Joseph Costello
May 20, 2018
John J. Costello, age 57, died May 20, 2018 following a short illness. Johnny, one of 9 siblings, was a gentle soul devoted to his parents Norma and Thomas R. Costello. He honored God and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, loved and was loved by his siblings, 26 nieces and nephews, and Fuzzy Mae his cat. Johnny graduated from...
Kay Lynne Edgar
May 20, 2018
Kay Lynne Edgar, 54, of Oklahoma City, passed away Sunday, May 20th 2018 surrounded by loved ones. She was born to Earl Edgar and Melva Edgar, October 26 1963, in Perry, Oklahoma. Kay graduated from Perry High School in 1981 and received an Associate in Applied Science Management from Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City (OSU-OKC). Kay had a successful...
Robert L. Johnston
May 19, 2018
Robert L. Johnston sprang forth into this life on January 28, 1953, begotten in Little Rock, Arkansas, to William Robert Johnston, Jr. and Billie Jean Farmer Johnston. Robert's parents reared him in Independence, Kansas. During the years of his secondary education, Robert played football; subsequently graduating high school in 1971. He embarked upon a path of academics, for a moment...
Carol Jeane Man
May 18, 2018
Carol Jeane (Stammer) Man, 72, of Oklahoma City, passed away at Mercy Hospital on Friday, May 18th, 2018. Carol died on the same day as her dear son Spencer Barnett Man 27 years ago. Carol was born January 7, 1946 to the late Eloise and William Stammer. Carol was a graduate of Northwest Classen High School in 1964 and graduated...
Carolyn Sue Abernathy
May 14, 2018
Carolyn Sue Abernathy passed away May 14, 2018, at her home in Oklahoma City. She was born August 3, 1939, in Oklahoma City, the daughter of the late Lester and Una Abernathy. She graduated from Northwest Classen High School and then from the University of Oklahoma. She worked as a librarian for the OKC Metropolitan Library System for over 40...
Murray Edward Abowitz
May 10, 2018
The world is reduced today by the loss of Murray Edward Abowitz (b. 4.5.41), beloved husband, father, pop-pop and friend. A child of post-war West Philadelphia, Murray was a graduate of the city's finest educational institutions, earning his high school degree from Central High and his college degree from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. It...
Robert Hall Koger
May 9, 2018
Robert H. Koger was born in Oklahoma City in 1932 and died on May 9, 2018. He was preceded by his mother Caroline Hall Burkhart Koger of Oklahoma City, his father John Clifford Burkhart, his father Ray Allen Koger, and four sisters: Helen Burkhart Deardorf of Denver, Eleanora Burkhart Walton of Los Angeles, Margaret Burkhart Reeves of Denver, and Patricia...
Nicholas "Nick" Fotis Karousatos
May 8, 2018
Nick was born on January 15, 1958 to Fotis and Anne Karousatos, in Washington, DC. After spending his early years in DC and Maryland, the family moved to Miami, FL., when Nick was six years old. Growing up in Florida, Nick was an ace tennis player, loved boating, cars, gardening, and cooking. Nick's true passion in life was cooking, he...
Frank Puente
May 8, 2018
Frank Puente: Wine, San Francisco, Mexico, Loving-Son, Corvette, hats, Dallas, Cadillac, Tulsa, "Frankie", IRS, Loving-Brother, Humor, Laughter, Beer, Loving-Uncle, Oklahoma, Don Pablo's, Mom, Pop,"Hey Kiddo", "Here's lookin' at you kid", Devoted-Friend, Classy, Cantina, Starched Shirts, Pioneer, Fideo, One-of-a-kind, Pan Dulce, Casa Dulce, Dry-cleaned pants, Suede Shoes, Home, Mexican Soup, Thorough, Quietly-loud, Reflective, The Dusty Dog, Laughlin (just kidding)..... These are...
Nila Ruth Browning
May 5, 2018
Nila was born in Batesville, Arkansas on June 27, 1921 and grew up on a farm near Foss, Oklahoma. She passed from this life May 5, 2018. She graduated from Stafford High School in Oklahoma in 1939 and then graduated from Business School at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma. She next started her career with the Federal Government Service...
Dr. Garland Norman Porterfield, Jr.
May 5, 2018
It is with deep sadness that the family of Dr. Garland Norman Porterfield, Jr. announces his passing, after a difficult seven-month battle with cancer, on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the age of 73 years. Garland will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 35 years, Winnie; his daughter, Katelyn and her spouse Evan Hudson; his daughter, Jessie Porterfield; and...
Barbara Ardeth Van Laanen
May 4, 2018
Barbara Ardeth Van Laanen let go of this life in the early afternoon on May 4, 2018. Born in Blackwell, OK, on August 11, 1933 to Lilly and James Disbrow, she was an independent woman of quiet intelligence. Of all of her talents and skills, she may be remembered most for being a master handwork artist, including sewing, knitting, and...
Melinda Sellers
May 3, 2018
After a brief illness, Melinda Sellers passed away May 3rd, 2018. She leaves behind her son Braden Hassebroek, of Oklahoma City, her daughter Elisabeth Larkin and husband Jack Larkin of Granite Bay, California; Her sisters, Charlotte McGuire and husband Chuck Wilson and Rebecca Woodward, both of Tulsa; Her nieces Kelly Fleming and husband Adam Fleming of Tulsa, Katherine Hassebroek, Crested...
Dr. E. Howard Jayne
May 2, 2018
Howard Jayne, M.D., died on May 2, 2018, after leading a long and fulfilling life. Born September 3, 1929, in a private home at 401 E. 5th., Edmond, OK, he is survived by the love of his life for 65 years, wife Phyllis Jayne, and four children and seven grandchildren: Karen Jayne of Oklahoma City; David, wife Ann, sons Ian...
William Clay Ferguson, Jr.
May 2, 2018
William Clay Ferguson, Jr., born May 24, 1961 in Tulsa, OK., passed away on May 2, 2018 in Asheville, NC. Ferguson sold commercial heating and air-conditioning equipment as general manager of the Oklahoma City operations of Hambrick-Ferguson, Inc. William was a proud member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), and served as the Central...
Jerrie Lynn Strawn
May 2, 2018
Jerrie L. (Giles) Strawn devoted mother and grandmother passed away May 2, 2018. She was born in Oklahoma City on December 4, 1945 to Ruth and Ed Giles. She graduated from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. The greatest loves of Jerrie's life were her grandchildren. She attended all of their sporting events, activities and helped with every school project. She...
Shirley Larae Sumption
May 2, 2018
Shirley LaRae Sumption, passed away May 2, 2018. She was born May 23, 1922 in Sutherland, Iowa to George and Laura Mae (Salzkorn) Shouse. Shirley loved her family with all her heart. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the light of her life. Shirley was preceded in death by her son, John Rukes and daughter, Michaela Doss, and her 5 siblings....
Erik Van De Steeg
Apr 30, 2018
Garet "Erik" Van De Steeg was born On September 3, 1967 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Garet Edward Van De Steeg and Dorothy Van De Steeg. He was preceded in death by his father, Dr. Garet Edward Van De Steeg on Octoer 9, 2011. He is survived by his mother Dorothy Van De Steeg of Edmond, OK, his younger brother...
Chester Paul Buck
Apr 30, 2018
Chester Paul Buck, age 73, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family on April 30, 2018. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on July 12, 1944, to parents Richard and Irene Buck, the second child of six children. Paul graduated from New Mexico Military Institute and went on to graduate from Central State University. Paul's career revolved...
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