OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Edmond, OK
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aug 30, 2025
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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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...