Obituaries

Nov 30, 2011

Russell Dean Olmstead, 43, of Austin, Texas was the son of Buell Russell and Martha Mae Casteel Olmstead. He was born February 28, 1968 in Lubbock, Texas and died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in Austin, Texas. He had a love for music that led him into a career of video graphing various live bands in Austin, Texas. Russell had...

Nov 25, 2011

Hugo W. Friedemann, 78, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Hugo William and Agnes Clare Bamberger Friedemann. He was born on July 25, 1933 in Noble County, Oklahoma and died Friday, November 25, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was a 1951 graduate of Sumner High School. On May 28, 1955, Hugo married Rosa L. Swart...

Nov 20, 2011

Kathy I. Kukuk, 54, of Enid, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Woodrow Lewyn and Kathrine Wyant Curtis. She was born on May 20, 1957 in Pawnee, Oklahoma and died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at St. Marys Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma. Kathy graduated from high school and married Harold Dean Kukuk on April 12, 1991 in Wheeler,...

Nov 19, 2011

Ernest D. Ernie Moore, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Ernest D. Moore and Mary L. Perkins MooreEdmondson. He was born on April 19, 1939 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at his home. On September 13, 1963, Ernie married Mary Lois Stanley in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on May 6,...

Nov 11, 2011

Sonny Karcher, 67, of Morrison, Oklahoma, was the son of Fred and Rosella Alfrida Pagel Karcher. He was born on May 22, 1944 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Friday, November 11, 2011 at his residence in Morrison, Oklahoma. Sonny joined the US Army on March 10, 1963 and was honorably discharged on January 9, 1969. He married his best...

Nov 9, 2011

Wanda Lou Varner, 83, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Martin Ervin and Jewel Bernice Boggs King. She was born on March 23, 1928 in Little, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wanda graduated from high school and married her first husband Earl Stanton Adams. Earl preceded Wanda in death....

Nov 7, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Malzahn, 90, of Perry was the daughter of David and Lottie Cooper Corneil. She was born on February 6, 1921 in Nardin, Oklahoma and died Monday November 7, 2011 in Perry Memorial Hospital. She attended a oneroom school in Nardin but moved to Blackwell to complete high school, attended Oklahoma College for Women, and then Oklahoma AM....

Nov 5, 2011

Joy McGehee, 82, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Alfred Wesley and Patsy Elaine Cook Burt. She was born on June 26, 1929 in rural Seminole County, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at St. Marys Medical Center, Enid, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Prairie Valley High School. Joy married her best friend and husband, Joseph...

Nov 4, 2011

Nov 1, 2011

John Dean Nida, 86, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of E.V. and Anna Louise Zeller Nida. He was born on June 26, 1925 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Perry Memorial Hospital. He graduated from Orlando High School in 1944 and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country during World War...

Oct 30, 2011

Erma Leona Maxwell Zook, 83, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Warren C. and Ona Wells Maxwell. She was born on June 1, 1928 in Fredonia, Kansas and died Sunday, October 30, 2011 in Enid, Oklahoma. She moved with her family to Oklahoma the next year. Erma Lee attended Woods County Schools. On October 4, 1945, Erma Lee...

Oct 27, 2011

Ione Lorraine Combrink, 91, of Enid, Oklahoma, died Thursday, October 27, 2011 in Enid, Oklahoma. She was born on June 10, 1920 at Garber, Oklahoma to Albert Henry and Ida Augusta Grother Johnson. She lived in the Garber area until she was married in 1940 and moved to the farm in Billings. In 1984 she moved to Enid until...

Oct 21, 2011

Harold Edward Hodge, 96, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Edward Stanton and Ollie Wood Hodge. He was born on December 9, 1914 in Guymon, Oklahoma and died Friday, October 21, 2011 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Perry, Oklahoma. On August 28, 1936 Harold married his best friend and the love of his life...

Oct 20, 2011

Dorothy Ewy, 95, a long time resident of Perry, Oklahoma, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on February 29, 1916 at Carmen, Oklahoma to Clark Braden and Anna Elizabeth Christensen Chenoweth. She was a lifelong residence of Perry. Dorothy met and fell in love with Paul Ewy and on September 10,...

Oct 15, 2011

Oct 9, 2011

Nichlos Nick DeWayne Johnson, 25, was born on December 5, 1985 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Larry and Kristal Clark Johnson. He died on Sunday, October 9, 2011at OU Medical Center Presbyterian Tower in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma due to internal injuries received in a tragic traffic accident on Saturday on Hwy 64. He was a graduate of Perry High School...

Oct 6, 2011

Gloria Jean Frazier, 66, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Marshall and Sindy Alice Buffington Frazier Sr. She was born on November 9, 1944 in Vinita, Oklahoma and died on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Grace Living Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Pioneer High School in 1963. She worked at Charles Machine Works and retired...

Oct 1, 2011

Arron L. Tindell, 72, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the son of Arnom and Velma Falknor Tindell. He was born on May 19, 1939 in Britton, Oklahoma and died Saturday October 1, 2011 at Meadow Lake Estates in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the first child in the State of Oklahoma to be diagnosed with Polio at the age of...

Sep 30, 2011

Vernon Sattler, 88, of Lucien, Oklahoma, was the son of Charles Fredrick and Hester Marie Parks Sattler. He was born on October 12, 1922 in Lucien, Oklahoma and died Friday, September 30, 2011 at his residence in Lucien. Vernon married Dorothy SchwandtRucker on September 9, 1960 at the United Methodist Church in Lucien, Oklahoma. Dorothy preceded Vernon in death...

Sep 29, 2011

Tim S. Jenkins, 53, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of William Bruce and Ethel Jackson Jenkins. He was born on September 29, 1958 in Nevada County, California and died Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tim met Pam Adams and fell in love, they were then married on May 31, 1988 at Fort...