OBITUARIES

Irma Wood-Lee

Jan 7, 2015

Irma Wood-Lee December 31, 1930 – January 7, 2015 Irma Wood-Lee was born December 31, 1930, the eldest of five children, to Clyde and Ella Hunter Treece. She married Ray Wood, Jr. of Luther in 1946. One daughter, Linda Rae Wood, was born August 3, 1947. Ray, Irma, and Linda were members of the Britton Road Church of Christ, where...

Hope Shockley

Jan 4, 2015

Hope E. Shockley 1925-2015 Hope Shockley passed away on January 4, 2015 at the age of 89.  She was born on January 24,1925 in Burchard, Nebraska to Roy and Alice Morehead.  Hope was retired from Lucent Technologies. She is survived by her 3 daughters and their families, Constance and John Cline, Cheryl Shockley, and Linda and Steve Gorman.  She had...

Ida Newcomb

Jan 3, 2015

Ida Newcomb 1940-2015 Ida Newcomb, loving wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Mercy Hospital. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 10 at 2pm at Matthews Funeral Home at 601 S. Kelly, Edmond, OK 73003. She is the daughter of the late William H. Frame and Juanita G. Frame. Ida was born July 22,...

Morris C. Blake

Dec 30, 2014

Morris C. Blake

July 16, 1923 – December 30, 2014

Morris Blake was born in Eram, Oklahoma, on July 16, 1923, to Mark and Harriet (Lenox) Blake, the youngest of four children. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one sister. He passed away peacefully on December 30, with his family...

Gregory Lynn Dean

Dec 28, 2014

Greg L. Dean November 22, 1956 – December 28, 2014 Gregory Lynn Dean of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed from our lives on Dec. 28, 2014. Greg was born on Nov. 22, 1956, in Duncan, Oklahoma, to Leonard Dean and Lois Jaunell Graves. He graduated from Duncan High School in 1975. He then went on to work in the oil industry. He...

Robert L. Dowell

Dec 28, 2014

Robert L. Dowell 1936-2014 Robert Dowell, age 78, from Edmond, Oklahoma passed from this life December 28, 2014, after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was a man of God and has gone to claim his beautiful reward to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Robert was born May 15, 1936, in Byron, Oklahoma to his parents Charles...

Janet Miller

Dec 28, 2014

Janet Miller

1959-2014

Janet "Jan" Elaine Miller was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, on August 1, 1959, to Charles V. Miller and Rosalea Miller. Jan resided in Cushing, Oklahoma. Jan passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014, in Edmond, Oklahoma, at the age of 55. Jan is preceded in death by her father, Charles V. Miller,...

Robert “Goose” Tatum

Dec 26, 2014

Robert "Goose" Tatum 1933-2014 Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. at the Kathy Purcell Community Center, Grandfield, Oklahoma on Friday, December 26, 2014. Full obituary to be posted at a later date.

Betty Mae Brooks

Dec 24, 2014

Betty Mae Brooks

November 27, 1919 – December 24, 2014

Born to Grover and Maggie Coles in Chicago, Illinois, on November 27, 1919.  Betty's father Grover passed away when she was two years old and Betty was raised by her mother, Maggie.  She was the youngest of five children; siblings Kate, Dutch, Bose and Jane...

Leatha Joyce (Treece) Steele

Dec 24, 2014

Leatha Joyce (Treece) Steele

April 29,1936 – Dec. 24,2014

Leatha Steele was the youngest daughter of Ella (Hunter) Treece and Clyde Edward Treece. She is preceded in death by both parents, and by her brothers, Denzel Treece of Edmond, Gordon Treece of Hillham, TN, and by sister, Delores Cooley of Edmond. She is survived by...

Gabe E. Lee

Dec 23, 2014

Gabe E. Lee 1955-2014 Gabe Eric Lee was born May 27, 1955, in Denver, Colorado, to Roy Lee and June Hanna Lee. He passed away on December 23, 2014. He was born and raised in Denver where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1973. He moved to Enid, Oklahoma, in 1990. Gabe later moved to Covington, Oklahoma, and worked...

Marie L. Butler

Dec 20, 2014

Marie L. Butler 1919-2014 Lula Marie Butler (Thornton) passed from this earthly home to be reunited with her Lord and Savior and also James E., her husband and best friend of 69 years. Marie passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014 in Edmond, OK. Marie was born in Loveland, OK (Tillman CO) on September 24, 1919. She and James E....

Joann Mclaughlin

Dec 19, 2014

JoAnn McLaughlin 1919-2014 JoAnn Doris McLaughlin, 85, passed away on December 19, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. JoAnn was born on August 26, 1929 in Roxana , Oklahoma to Alex Obe Ring and Gwendolyn Ann Jones. She married William Howard McLaughlin on June 15, 1947. JoAnn was a US Postal Clerk from 1960 to 1964. She worked as a cook...

Dennis G. Hixon

Dec 18, 2014

Dennis G. Hixon

1945-2014

Dennis G. Hixon was born in Cushing, Oklahoma on October 16, 1945, the son of Dennis T. Hixon and Mary Virginia (Moss) Hixon. He passed away on December 18, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dennis was a barber in Edmond for 50 years, and was married to his high-school sweetheart, Patricia Hixon,...

Gwen Quarnstrom

Dec 16, 2014

Gwen Quarnstrom

April 6, 1920 – December 16, 2014

Gwendolyn Reidenbaugh Quarnstrom entered this world at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 1920 and died on December 16, 2014. She was the youngest of five children born to Joseph Allen Ferguson and Dora Elizabeth White of Turner, Arkansas.

Her mother was her guiding...

Joann Petree

Dec 16, 2014

JoAnn Petree 1937-2014 JoAnn "Crabby" Gayle Petree passed away on Tuesday December 16, 2014 after two courageous battles with breast cancer. She touched the lives of many with her amazing attitude and her loving spirit. JoAnn was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and graduated from Putnam City High School in 1955. Her family moved to Amarillo, Texas where she started...

Rocio Lazaro

Dec 12, 2014

Rocio Lazaro

July 21, 1973 – December 12, 2014

Graveside services are 2:00 p.m. Monday December 15, 2015 at Waterloo Cemetery, Edmond, Oklahoma

Bill D. Amend

Dec 11, 2014

Bill D. Amend

1931-2014

A loving Father chose a special soul from inventory on 09/23/1931 and placed it in a baby boy born to Clayton and Hazel (Elder) Amend in Tulsa, OK, where the child was baptized in the Presbyterian Church and given the name Billie Don Amend. On December 11, 2014, the Lord called out that name...

Dexter S. Clenney

Dec 9, 2014

Dexter Sanford Clenney was born in Wetumka, Oklahoma on February 27, 1920, the son of James Woodward and Ollie Bell Eason Clenney. He grew up in the Wetumka area and was a member of the greatest generation, During WWII he was a member of the 80 th division under General George Patton. He was a proud WWII veteran. When he...

Robert Ken Wampler

Dec 3, 2014

Robert Ken Wampler

April 9, 1950 – December 3, 2014

Memorial services are 10:30 a.m. Monday December 8, 2014 at the First Christian Church, Edmond