OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Edmond, OK
Ingeberg Smith
Feb 23, 2025
1937 – 2025
Ingeberg Smith passed on February 23, 2025, at Bradford Village in Edmond, Oklahoma where she had lived for the last 6 years.
Ingeberg was born February 17th, 1937, in Trier, Germany to Josef and Christine Leyendecker.
She grew up in the middle of WWII seeing many atrocities. She met Coy...
Oscar Sanchez
Feb 20, 2025
Oscar Sanchez
1977 – 2025
Oscar was born on November 14, 1977, in Merced, California to Refugio Martin Sanchez and Felicitas Sanchez de Sanchez. Oscar came from a very large family, three brothers and four sisters, so there was never a dull moment in their household and with all those moments they built a family...
Richard Larry Shepheard
Feb 19, 2025
Richard Larry Shepheard
1935 – 2025
Larry was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma on December 30, 1935. He grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Received his B.S. degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma in June 1958. He was a registered professional engineer and a registered land surveyor. He worked for the Oklahoma Department...
Lawrence “Larry” Rankin
Feb 18, 2025
Lawrence "Larry" Rankin, a loving father and grandfather passed away on February 18th, 2025 at the age of 86. Larry was born to Guy Rankin and Mae Rankin on January 27th, 1939 in Oklahoma City, OK. Larry was raised in Edmond. After graduating from high school, he pursued his college education at Central State College. Larry served his country...
Susan Jenkins Hanson
Feb 18, 2025
Susan Jenkins Hanson, aged 80, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2025, in Edmond Oklahoma. She was born on January 1, 1945, in Higgins, Texas, to Lora Louise (Hurn) Jenkins of Higgins, Texas and Warren Charles Jenkins of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She was a proud resident of Higgins and was the 1962 valedictorian of her senior class. She attended Texas...
Shahab Ghassemi
Feb 18, 2025
Shahab Ghassemi
1956 – 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Shahab Ghassemi, of Edmond Oklahoma. He passed away at the age of 68 on February 18th, surrounded by loved ones.
Born August 25th, 1956, to Khan Baba Ghassemi and Malouss Goudarzi in MIS Iran, Shahab was raised...
Walter Vaughn Perry, III
Feb 14, 2025
Walter "Tre" Perry III passed away on February 14, 2025, at home in Oklahoma City.
Tre was born on March 11, 1963 in Topeka, KS. He spent his early years in Blue Springs, Missouri on Lake Tapawingo. When he was a teenager, he went to live with his mom and stepdad in Aviano, Italy. He had many...
John Hames, Sr.
Feb 13, 2025
John Hames, Sr.
1939 – 2025
Any man would love to be remembered as honest, charitable, kind, thoughtful, and loving. John Clyde Hames Sr. embodied all of these attributes and many more.
John Clyde Hames, passed from this life to Heaven on February 13, 2025.
Born to Clyde Hames and Vera...
William Gerald “Gerry” Boydstun
Feb 12, 2025
William Gerald "Gerry" Boydstun was born May 27,1962 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Bill and LaQuitta Boydstun. He died February 12,2025 in Edmond, Oklahoma. As a kid Gerry and his family lived in various states before landing in Edmond during his freshman year of high school. Lucky for him, that is where he met the love of his life...
Jerry Dennis Adams
Feb 11, 2025
Jerry Dennis Adams was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on October 5, 1967. His parents were Jack and Mary Alice (Daniels) Adams. He left us at the age of fifty-seven on February 11, 2025.
Jerry was born in Colorado, but his dad, Jack, moved the family to Oklahoma as soon as he could, settling in Marietta, close...
Rosaland Katherine Manhalter
Feb 11, 2025
Rosaland Katherine (Sundling) Manhalter
1942 – 2025
Rosaland Katherine Sundling Manhalter, born November 21, 1942, in Akron, Colorado, passed away on February 11, 2025 from complications from multiple sclerosis. Rosaland was one of nine children born to Katherine and Harold Sundling. Rosaland graduated from Akron High School in 1961.
Rosaland married Wayne Manhalter...
Joanne Noel Johnson
Feb 11, 2025
Joanne Noel Johnson, 94, of Edmond, passed from this earthly presence on February 11, 2025, surrounded by family. She is now celebrating her heavenly life, busy dancing on the streets of gold, free of a walker and sharp of mind!
She entered her life of 94 years on September 23,1930 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the child of...
John Wallace Cherry
Feb 10, 2025
John Wallace Cherry, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2025, in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was 77 years old.
Born June 29, 1947, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Fred and Virginia Cherry, John moved to Edmond in 1950, where he remained a lifelong resident. He attended Edmond schools and built a...

