Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Local Oklahoma City, OK Obituaries

Eleanor Kay Cooper

Eleanor Kay Cooper

Jan 2, 2018

Life-long OKC area resident, Eleanor Kay (Kaminski) Cooper passed away January 2, 2018 at Mercy Hospital. She was born October 5, 1921 in Choctaw OK, to Eleanor "Stevie" (Forsythe) Kaminski and Stanley Paul Kaminski. She had resided in in OKC, then Bethany OK since 1968, until April 2016 when she moved into an apartment at Dorset Place Memory Care. During...

Nita Marie Arterburn

Nita Marie Arterburn

Jan 1, 2018

Nita was born in Oklahoma City, the daughter of Rose Marie and Rhett Ellis Arterburn. She passed away of natural causes at her home in Oklahoma City. Nita worked at the U.S. Post Office. She enjoyed riding motorcycles and listening to rock music and loved her two cats, Silly and Midgie. She is survived by her mother, Rose; sister, Dee...

Catherine Worley

Catherine Worley

Dec 30, 2017

Catherine Russell Worley passed away Dec. 30, 2017, in OKC. She was born Nov. 18, 1934, in McAlester, the daughter of Guy M. and Jennie (Fassino) Russell. She graduated from McAlester High School and attended OU, where she earned her Bachelor's degree. She taught elementary school for one year in Midwest City before marrying the love of her life, John...

Hudson Michael Beverage

Hudson Michael Beverage

Dec 29, 2017

Hudson was born at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, the son of Cody and Allison. He was born with aortic stenosis and fought hard and endured many surgeries for 5 months and 12 days before returning to his Heavenly home from OU Children's Hospital. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Perry Beverage. Hudson is survived by his...

Robert Clark Fudge

Robert Clark Fudge

Dec 24, 2017

Robert Clark Fudge, 53, beloved son, brother, uncle, cousin died on December 24, 2017. Clark was a graduate of Northeast High School and the University of Oklahoma. He was an extraordinary sports enthusiast, unsurpassed in his knowledge of the Oklahoma Sooners and the Dallas Cowboys. Preceded in death by his father, Reverend Robert Fudge and step-father, Gene McCoy. He is...

Sgt. James Michael Mullings

Sgt. James Michael Mullings

Dec 23, 2017

God is good and His mercy is never ending. My loving husband of over 46 years was delivered from this world on Saturday night. It was sudden and unexpected. God's Christmas Blessing for his 72nd birthday. James followed in his brothers' footsteps as he volunteered to serve his country during the Vietnam War, as a combat medic in the 1st...

Duane Hogsett

Duane Hogsett

Dec 21, 2017

Hogsett, Duane Francis, age 89, completed his faith journey and passed away peacefully on December 21, 2017 in Oklahoma City, OK. He was born in Beaver, OK on March 19, 1928 to Frank Hogsett and Helen Fern (Jacobs) Hogsett. Duane graduated from Pampa High in Pampa, TX in 1945. He graduated from Purdue University in 1949 with a degree in...

John H. Eagleston, Jr.

John H. Eagleston, Jr.

Dec 20, 2017

John H. Eagleston, Jr. passed away peacefully December 20, 2017 two days short of his 94th birthday. He was born Dec. 22, 1923 in San Antonio, TX, the only child of John Houston and Mary Hoover Eagleston. He graduated from Texas A&M University where he was a member of the boxing team while earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. John...

Helen June (Faulkner) James

Helen June (Faulkner) James

Dec 20, 2017

Helen June (Faulkner) James was born to Earl Lee Faulkner and Anna Fayrene (Irwin) Faulkner in Rush Springs, OK on June 12, 1933 and passed from this life on December 20, 2017 from natural causes. She graduated high school in Rush Springs, OK in 1951. She married Grant James August 6, 1951. Helen worked outside the home all of her...

Richard Dennis

Richard Dennis

Dec 19, 2017

Richard Dennis—much loved husband, brother, uncle and friend—left us too soon on December 19, 2017, after a ten-month struggle with colon cancer. Richard was born on August 16, 1955, in Oklahoma City, the youngest child of Frank and Anne Dennis and the younger brother of Robert and Carol. He and Gayle Madden were married on August 30, 1986. As a...

Jeanie Ruedy

Jeanie Ruedy

Dec 12, 2017

Jeanie Ruedy 's life began in Oklahoma City on New Years day, 1933, and ended peacefully in the same city on December 12, 2017. Educated at Central High and Pittsburg University, Jeannie was a businesswoman who owned a commercial art/advertising studio in Oklahoma City for most of her adult life. Her two great passions were the Oklahoma City Advertising Club,...

Dana Cooper

Dana Cooper

Dec 8, 2017

Dana Christine Cooper, our beloved daughter, sister, and aunt, passed away December 8, 2017. Born in Oklahoma City, Dana attended numerous special education programs including Casady Pre-school, Dunbar Elementary, Andrew Johnson, IOL Disability Center, Wichita, KS and McCall's Chapel, Ada, OK. Dana entered her most special home, the Nova Centre/EARC in Edmond, OK in 1989. There she was safe, instructed...

Kenneth G. Shouse

Kenneth G. Shouse

Dec 8, 2017

Kenneth Guy Shouse was born May 17, 1956 and died peacefully Friday, December 8, 2017 in Oklahoma City surrounded by family. Throughout his adult life he was known as Ken, but to his family who loved and adored him, he will always be Kenny. Visitation with the family will be Monday, December 11, 2017 from 4 - 6pm at Smith...

Bruce A. Feiertag

Bruce A. Feiertag

Dec 8, 2017

Bruce, 86, a beloved husband, father and grandfather died peacefully at home Friday, December 8, 2017 in Oklahoma City, OK. Bruce was born January 11, 1931 to Louis G. and Ruth A. Feiertag of Cincinnati, OH where he was raised with his sister, Patricia Ann (Weber), deceased. He graduated Tau Beta Pi from Georgia Tech University with a Bachelor's Degree...

Melinda Gayle Brown

Melinda Gayle Brown

Dec 5, 2017

Mindy Brown, 67, lost her brave battle with cancer on Tue., Dec. 5, 2017 in Oklahoma City. She was born on Jan. 6, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois to Col. James and Gayle Long. She spent 43 wonderful years together with her husband, Mike Brown. Together, they raised their two sons, Matthew and Stephen. Mindy dedicated her professional career to education—first...

Audra I Ryan

Audra I Ryan

Dec 4, 2017

We have lost a loving & devoted mother, wife and friend to many. Her beauty was radiant inside and out. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Martin; daughter, Helen Mary and her "little girl" Roxy our adorable bichon. Survived by her heartbroken daughter Mary Lou Ryan. Her bravery, goodness and optimism were never ending. We will miss...

Barbara Ann Malaska

Barbara Ann Malaska

Dec 2, 2017

Barbara Ann Malaska was born to John and Mary Malaska on Oct. 31, 1937 in OKC. Following her Associates Degree in Business, she had an exemplary career spanning over thirty years, at what was originally The First National Bank of OKC, and upon her retirement she was an Officer in the Trust Dept. She was an active member of St...

Constance Estelle Fisher Pittman

Constance Estelle Fisher Pittman

Dec 2, 2017

Constance Estelle Fisher Pittman passed away peacefully on December 2, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 85. She was born in Pensacola, Florida on August 10, 1932 where she was raised and received her education through the catholic school system. After graduating from high school she attended nursing school at Sacred Heart School of Nursing....

Stanley Lloyd Cunningham

Stanley Lloyd Cunningham

Nov 29, 2017

Stanley Lloyd Cunningham died on November 29, 2017 at the age of 79. Stan was the only child of Stanley Ryan and Hazel Dell Dillingham Cunningham of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. His father practiced law in Tishomingo, where his mother was a secretary to the school board and later was a deputy court clerk. Stan graduated from Tishomingo High School in 1956,...

Dorothy "Dottie" Isabelle Doughty

Dorothy "Dottie" Isabelle Doughty

Nov 28, 2017

Born to Thomas and Alice Alexander in Scranton, PA, Feb. 6, 1923. Died peacefully at home Nov. 28, 2017. Dottie was brought to Oklahoma right after WWII in 1946 by her new husband, Ralph. She was active in churches and schools most of her life; St. Peter and Paul's in Cushing, OK, St. Patrick's in OKC, St. Charles in OKC...