Obituaries

Aug 1, 2012

Marsha Marlene Poeling, 51, of Elk City, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Hinton Ray and Nellie Mary Welch Baker. She was born on May 26, 1961 in Clinton, Oklahoma and after a courageous battle with cancer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, she went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. She graduated from Butler High...

Jul 31, 2012

H.L. Mandeville Jr., 78, was the son of Horace Lewis and Dorothy Irene Vance Mandeville. He was born on January 29, 1934 in Princeton, West Virginia and died Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Perry, Oklahoma. He married Sheryl Ann Mandeville on October 28, 1964 in Hampton, Virginia to this union two children were born, Mellissa...

Jul 25, 2012

Billy Lee Floyd, 88, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Benjamin Preston and Ruth Forrester Floyd. He was born on June 5, 1924 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Perry Memorial Hospital. He enjoyed spending his free time fishing. Billy worked in the oilfield industry. He served his country in the United States Army...

Jul 25, 2012

Dale Dean Cinnamon, 68, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the first born child of Kenneth Elvin and Dorene K. Garton Cinnamon. He was born on March 24, 1944 on a farm east of Garber, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at his residence in Garber, Oklahoma. He went to school in Garber and graduated in 1962. During his high...

Jul 24, 2012

Kathy Sue Smith, 49, of Lucien, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Chester Patrick and Melva Arlene Maloney Vaughan. She was born on May 6, 1963 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at her residence in Lucien, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, Jerry Smith on May 22, 1982 in Nash, Oklahoma. Kathy worked at Ditch Witch...

Jul 20, 2012

Joan M. Schultz, 81, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Frank Joseph and Rose Ableidinger Schieffer. She was born on October 2, 1930 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Friday, July 20, 2012 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Perry, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, Irvin Schultz on September 6, 1948. Irvin preceded her in death on April 17,...

Jul 19, 2012

Judith Irene McMahan, 74, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Charles Rothman and Ruth Sheldon Williams Lang. She was born on February 15, 1938 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at her residence in Garber, Oklahoma. She volunteered for Bass Hospital for many years and also worked as a hair stylist. Judith retired after 35...

Jul 18, 2012

Tolbert B. St. Clair, born January 24, 1928 in Enid, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the age of 84. He was the son of Harold M. and Laura Wurtz St. Clair. Tolbert moved with his family to Perry in 1928 where he attended school and graduated in 1946. Following graduation he joined the army and served 18...

Jul 15, 2012

Jeanette Lea Thomas, 60, of Morrison, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Craig Casparis. She was born on June 7, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona and died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Stillwater Medical Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. On August 22, 1986 she married Stanley Paul Thomas. Jeanette enjoyed playing bingo and going to the casinos but most...

Jul 13, 2012

Josephine Elizabeth Houska, 94, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Cyril and Anastasia Fiala Hladik. She was born on March 19, 1918 in Bison, Oklahoma and died Friday, July 13, 2012 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, Jerry Houska Sr. on November 10, 1936 at St. Josephs Catholic Church, Bison, Oklahoma....

Jul 7, 2012

Gene Seat was born in 1931 in Pawnee County to Fannie Carl Seat. He was raised by his beloved Aunt Uncle, Annie Bucky Fowler. He grew up surrounded with the love of his aunts, uncles and cousins of the Adams Sigenthaler families. He loved growing up on the farm with his favorite horse Scout and his dog Billie Mary....

Jul 6, 2012

Neil Smelser died in Walla Walla, Washington on Friday, July 6, 2012. He was 86 years old. He had lived the last 30 years in Stanfield, Oregon. Born in Salem, Oregon on August 31, 1925, he was just an infant when his family returned to the Foster homestead at Sumner, Oklahoma. His parents were Mary Goldie and James Clide...

Jul 4, 2012

Angel Michelle Lancaster was born August 1, 1977. After a brief but virulent illness, she passed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 3:42 a.m. Angel was the beloved and only child of Jim and Susanne Schovanec, Perry. She would often remark throughout her childhood that being an only...

Jul 3, 2012

Iris Annetah Rosser, 87, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Earl F. and Annetah R. Barten Harms. She was born on December 31, 1924 in Leedey, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Westhaven Nursing Home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, Emmett V. Rosser Jr. on March 26, 1944 in West Plains, Missouri. Emmett...

Jul 3, 2012

Mildred Ilene Stotts, 90, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Clarence C. and Opal Beuchaw Goodnight. She was born on October 11, 1921 in Marshall, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at her residence in Lucien, Oklahoma. On September 16, 1944 Mildred married her best friend, Donald Cassius Stotts in Enid, Oklahoma. Donald preceded her in death...

Jun 30, 2012

Janice Marie Manley Cowen, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Ira Gilbert and Glennace Maxine Chain Buckles. She was born on May 11, 1940 in Oakwood, Oklahoma and she died Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. She graduated from Billings High School in 1958. She married Brice Manley in 1958 to...

Jun 26, 2012

Lucille Long, 96, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of James Harvey and Phronia Irene Criss Minney. She was born on August 24, 1915 in Clarksville, Arkansas and died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, William Boyd Long on December 7, 1935 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Boyd preceded her...

Jun 25, 2012

Jun 11, 2012

Cynthia Cyndee JoAnne Wilkerson Simmons, 55, a lifelong resident of Oklahoma City passed peacefully into her eternal rest on June 11, 2012 following a short hospitalization. She will be sorely missed and joyfully remembered by her large circle of family and friends. Cyndee was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 14, 1957 to Jim and Martha Crawford Wilkerson....

Jun 11, 2012

LaVeta Arlene Woolley Ross, was born in Sontag, Mississippi on January 20, 1924 to Clement Ellsworth and Mary Lea Cupstid Woolley. Her mother went to Mississippi to be near family and doctors, in case it was a difficulty birth. At three months of age, LaVeta was brought back by train, to Syracuse, Kansas where LaVetas daddy was waiting for...