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Local obituaries in Edmond, OK

Glen Wayne Smith

Glen Wayne Smith

Sep 8, 2025

In Loving Memory of Glen Wayne Smith

Glen Wayne Smith passed away peacefully on September 8, 2025, surrounded by his loving family, after a brave battle with cancer. Born on October 14, 1948, in Prague, Oklahoma, to Glenn and Dorothy Smith, Glen grew up on the family farm with his sisters, Lynda and Karen. The Smith family farm, now in its...

Freddie Jean Gibson

Freddie Jean Gibson

Sep 7, 2025

Freddie Jean (Calame) Gibson passed away early in the morning on September 7, 2025. Freddie will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, sister, and grandma Teddy.

Freddie was born to Robert (Ben) and Pearl Calame in Techucana, Texas on January 31, 1931. She was the baby of ten. Freddie worked her way through East Texas State Teachers College and graduated...

Wayman Eugene Varvil

Wayman Eugene Varvil

Sep 6, 2025

In conclusion to a long, rich, and beautiful life, Wayman Varvil died peacefully at his home of 62 years on September 6, 2025, at the age of 93. His family loved him fiercely, and anyone fortunate enough to know him knew him to be kind, generous, and just plain delightful. He was playful and always ready with a joke, a...

Walker Edwards

Walker Edwards

Sep 3, 2025

Walker Edwards left this world on September 3, 2025, a few weeks shy of his 75th birthday. He was born on September 26, 1950 to Don and Donna Edwards and he carried their lessons of kindness and resilience throughout his life.

He grew up in Oklahoma City, graduating from Putnam City High School in 1968. His love of music led him...

Charles L. "Chuck" Nordean

Charles L. "Chuck" Nordean

Sep 1, 2025

With hearts full of love and gratitude for a life well-lived, a family well-loved, and a God well-served, Charles “Chuck” Nordean was welcomed into the loving arms of a God he served so faithfully on the evening of Sept. 1, 2025. He was welcomed home with a sunset of that brightest orange he so loved.

Charles Linton Nordean was born November...

Rose Hendricks Scott

Rose Hendricks Scott

Aug 31, 2025

Rose Hendricks Scott, 79, of Jones, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2025.

Born on September 26, 1945, in Wisconsin, Rose was the beloved daughter of William and Lillie Mae Hendricks. She was a devoted wife to Jerry Scott for over 30 years and a loving mother to their three sons, Kenny, Eddie, and B.J..

A longtime member of the Luther...

Karen Sue Harmon

Karen Sue Harmon

Aug 31, 2025

Karen Sue (Taylor) Harmon was born in Bluejacket, Oklahoma on June 10, 1941, to Ross and Grace (Walker) Taylor. She would call the nearby community of Timber Hill her home for many of her childhood years. It was at Timber Hill where she attended a one-room schoolhouse, played with numerous cousins, and was baptized into Jesus Christ in a muddy...

Linda Jo McElvany

Linda Jo McElvany

Aug 30, 2025

Full obituary to come.

Services are pending at this time, please check back for updates. 

Hazel Darlene Alsup

Hazel Darlene Alsup

Aug 28, 2025

Hazel ”Darlene” Alsup of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at her home on August 28, 2025.

Darlene was born on January 3, 1941, to Aaron and Hazel Willeford in Milfay, Oklahoma. Later in her childhood, the family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma, where she graduated from high school in 1959. That same year on November 28, she married Tommy Alsup whom was...

Deborah Kay Randolph

Deborah Kay Randolph

Aug 28, 2025

Full obit to come.

No services scheduled at this time.

Elizabeth Anne Puffinbarger

Elizabeth Anne Puffinbarger

Aug 27, 2025

It is with great sadness that the family of Anne Puffinbarger announces her passing on August 27, 2025. She was 89 years old. Elizabeth Anne Puffinbarger was born October 1, 1935, in Ada, Oklahoma to parents, Elizabeth and Rev. Leonard Cronin. She was the only child of Leonard and Elizabeth, who were Methodist clergy team and as such, lived and...

Larry Donnell Thompson

Larry Donnell Thompson

Aug 23, 2025

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Funeral Services are pending at this time. 

Gayle Cleary

Gayle Cleary

Aug 23, 2025

Gayle Cleary has touched so very many lives and has been an anchor of happiness and support for many. No one is perfect, but Gayle was always the perfect person in the moment for anyone and everyone. She always had a way with words and would give us not just what we wanted to hear but what we needed to...

Janita Guffey Ruth

Janita Guffey Ruth

Aug 22, 2025

Janita Guffey Ruth, 81, passed away Friday, August 22, 2025, in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born on October 10, 1943, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Vernon E. and Vernie B. Guffey. Janita attended Harding High School and the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority and received a BA degree in English in 1965....

Bobby Edward Baker

Bobby Edward Baker

Aug 21, 2025

Bobby Edward Baker, 74, of Arcadia, Oklahoma died on August 21, 2025.

He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Bobby Roy Baker and Bette Jo Witt-Baker on July 31, 1951. Bobby graduated from U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City in 1969. He served 4 years in the United States Air Force before beginning his lifelong career with Southwestern Bell...

Sara Eileen Wright

Sara Eileen Wright

Aug 21, 2025

Sara Eileen Wright, known affectionately as Sally, passed away on August 21, 2025, at the age of 85 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Born on August 20, 1940, at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas, she was a daughter to the late Regina Lauer Fann and James Delton Fann. Sally was preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her...

Wanda Lou Harris

Wanda Lou Harris

Aug 20, 2025

Wanda Lou Harris of Edmond, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, August 20, 2025. She was born on May 5, 1934, in Manitou, Oklahoma, to Earl and Maxine Degan Arnold.

She married the love of her life, Robert C. Harris, on July 7, 1951. They were married 65 years at his death.

Wanda was preceded in death...

Thomas Glen Ferguson, Jr.

Thomas Glen Ferguson, Jr.

Aug 16, 2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tom Ferguson on Saturday, August 16th, unexpectedly at his home with his wife by his side.

Tom was born on May 12, 1948, in Spokane, WA to Thomas G. Ferguson, a career Army officer, and Mary Jean Eckert Ferguson. Tom had an idyllic childhood and although he and his brother...

Jeanne Armstead Bogan Rhody

Jeanne Armstead Bogan Rhody

Aug 16, 2025

Jeanne Armstead Bogan Rhody, 97, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away on August 16th, 2025. She was born on October 13th, 1927, in Hartford City, Indiana.

In 1945, she married Donnell Rhody in Knox, Indiana. They were married 65 years at the time of his passing. She attended Knox High School, DePaul University, and the University of Indiana.

Don and Jeanne had four...

Singleton DeWayne McMullan

Singleton DeWayne McMullan

Aug 15, 2025

Dr. Singleton Dewayne “Wayne” McMullan passed away on August 15, 2025, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was born in Union, Miss. to Singleton and Mary Lou (Hollingsworth) McMullan, the third of four children, on September 13, 1943.

His early years were spent in Decatur, MS, on the family’s small cotton and peanut farm. He graduated from Miss...

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