Obituaries

Charles Cooper

Charles Cooper

Jan 2, 2009

Charles Robert Chuck Cooper, 83, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of William Lee and Lorraine Bissel Cooper. He was born on March 9, 1925 in Red Rock, Oklahoma and died Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. Chuck served his country as a member of the United States Navy from 1944 until 1946. On March 20,...

Carolyn Crawford

Carolyn Crawford

Jan 1, 2009

Carolyn J. Crawford, 68, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Hubert Riley and Georgie Violet Inman Todd. She was born on June 28, 1940 in Ingalls, Oklahoma and died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at her home. On February 14, 1991, Carolyn married Lee Ray Crawford in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on October 29, 1999....

Dennis Avery

Dennis Avery

Dec 31, 2008

Dennis A. Avery, 66, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Glenn and Edith I. Christman Avery. He was born March 24, 1942 in Covington, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Dennis was a 1960 graduate of Covington High School. On December 3, 1961, he and Judith Judy A. Stebbins were married at Covington,...

Lorene Mielke

Lorene Mielke

Dec 28, 2008

Lorene Mielke, 94, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Fred and Emma Schulz Rendla. She was born February 28, 1914 on a farm five miles northeast of Perry and died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At the age of one year, Lorene moved with her family to...

Betty Sadler

Betty Sadler

Dec 18, 2008

Betty Sadler, 82, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Leonard Albert and Louise A. West Shaffner. She was born July 12, 1926 at Hominy, Oklahoma and died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. After the death of her mother, Betty was raised by her father and step-mother, Thelma Slamans Shaffner. She attended St. Louis Indian School...

Lillie Stevens

Lillie Stevens

Dec 16, 2008

Lillie May Stevens, 79, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Edgar W. and Alice Beulah Christensen Tate. She was born September 5, 1929 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Perry. Lillie May was a life-long resident of Perry. On September 26, 1947, she and Raymond J....

Sarah Gates

Sarah Gates

Dec 5, 2008

Sarah Mae Hurst Gates, 80, beloved daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, was born in Orlando, Oklahoma on January 11, 1928 to John C. and Verna L. Peterson Hurst. She died Friday, December 5, 2008 at the MeadowBrook Specialty Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sarah married Charles T. Gates on February 2, 1946 in Winfield, Kansas. To this marriage two daughters...

Wanda Gilbreath

Wanda Gilbreath

Dec 2, 2008

Wanda J. Gilbreath, 76, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of William and Valerie Airington Miller. She was born October 27, 1932 at Gotebo, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. Wanda, as a member of the Gotebo High School softball team, pitched the first state championship softball tournament in Oklahoma....

Katherine Curtis

Katherine Curtis

Nov 26, 2008

Katherine Curtis, 71, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the oldest of twelve children, born to Kurt and Dorothy Whittam Wyant. She was born on May 16, 1937 in Eden, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On July 16, 1952, Katherine married Woodrow L. Woody Curtis in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Katherine worked at...

Norma Rolling

Norma Rolling

Nov 25, 2008

Norma Jean Rolling, 70, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Denzil Edward and Martha Opal Harris Ross. She was born November 27, 1937 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at Stillwater Medical Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Norma attended Perry Public Schools. On April 4, 1959, she and Clarence Domenick Rolling were married at the St....

Rose Kemnitz

Rose Kemnitz

Nov 17, 2008

Rose Marie Kemnitz, 73, of Orlando, Oklahoma was the daughter of Ernest John and Hilda Dorithia Carolina Bulholtz Kemnitz. She was born August 13, 1935 in Big Springs, Texas and died Monday, November 17, 2008 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rose grew up in the Perry area. She married Darrell Thedford in 1955 and enjoyed a...

Robert Neely

Robert Neely

Nov 17, 2008

Robert Bob Dale Neely 67, formerly of Perry, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bob was born in a farmhouse in Glencoe, Oklahoma on July 30, 1941 to Dale and Marie Neely. He was reared in Ponca City where in high school he met his partner in life Janice Franklin. They were married...

Jean Bolay

Jean Bolay

Nov 15, 2008

Jean Bolay, 76, of Edmond, Oklahoma was the daughter of Floyd and Lois McKnabb Yager. She was born September 6, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at her home. Jean was a 1951 graduate of Perry High School. She and Clovis E. Bolay were married on December 29, 1951 and together raised two children in...

George Bezdicek

George Bezdicek

Nov 14, 2008

George F. Bezdicek, 86, of Perry, Oklahoma, was born on a farm southeast of Perry, Oklahoma on January 5, 1922. His parents were Frank and Mary Kosnar Bezdicek, who had come to Perry from Czechoslovakia with their parents. George died Friday, November 14, 2008 at the Green Valley Nursing Home. George attended a one room school, Pikes Peak District...

Cora Seal

Cora Seal

Nov 12, 2008

Cora Seal, 104, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Polk and Julie Miller. She was born August 14, 1904 in a two room log cabin in Pike County, near Athens, Arkansas and died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her home. She was the eldest of six children in her family. Her brothers were Ted Miller, Everett Miller and...

Winifred Vculek

Winifred Vculek

Nov 9, 2008

Winifred Lee Vculek, 82, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Fred C. and Catherine Bamberger Lovekamp. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at the Westhaven Nursing Home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Winifred was a 1944 graduate of Perry High School. She attended Oklahoma A M College. On July 5,...

Carolyn Briegge

Carolyn Briegge

Nov 8, 2008

Carolyn Janiece Briegge, 63, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Gene Charles and Dorothy Jean Hull Wood. She was born on September 21, 1945 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Carolyn was a 1963 graduate of Perry High School. On December 4, 1992, Carolyn married Clayton Gene Briegge in Arlington, Texas....

Charles Bezdicek

Charles Bezdicek

Nov 8, 2008

Charles J. Charlie Bezdicek, 84, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Joseph and Mary Holba Bezdicek. He was born on June 12, 1924 on a farm South of Perry, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Charlie was a graduate of Perry High School. He served his country in the Army Air Corp in...

Lester Williams

Lester Williams

Nov 5, 2008

Lester Frank Williams, 92, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Albert Boyd and Jessie Crabtree Williams. He was born October 2, 1916 at Yale, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at Westhaven Nursing Home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He served his country with the United States Army during World War II. On August 20,...

Margaret Goodhart

Margaret Goodhart

Nov 5, 2008

Margaret Lucile Jackson Goodhart was called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at her home in Billings, Oklahoma after a brief and courageous battle with lung cancer. She was 88. Margaret Jackson, the daughter of Ralph and Laura Manor Jackson, was born on July 18, 1920 at Midian, Kansas. She was one...