OBITUARIES

Jon Michael Hyatt

Aug 21, 2015

Jon Michael Hyatt

March 26, 1954 – August 21, 2015

When Jon wasn't working or sick he was fishing at Roaring River state park. He loved his family and his two dogs; Cory and Rosie. He is survived by his wife Marcia Hyatt of the home; two daughters, Tanya McCloud of Kansas City Missouri and...

Lanell Coppedge

Aug 20, 2015

LaNell Coppedge

1942-2015

On August 20, 2015 at 8:20 p.m. LaNell Coppedge, a life–long follower of Jesus Christ was called home to her eternal reward. LaNell was born on August 12, 1942 in New Mexico. The family later moved to Hattiesburg, MS, where her parents, William Van and Elizabeth Murry raised all three of their girls. LaNell and...

John L. Harris

Aug 20, 2015

John L. Harris

John L. Harris, 86, of Edmond, Oklahoma was born August 30, 1928 in Mustang, Okla. to Robert Dewey and Della Nave Harris. He grew up in Deer Creek and graduated from Deer Creek High School. John married Mary Ruth Cornforth in 1965. John retired from Macklanburg-Duncan shipping dept.. He enjoyed family get-togethers, traveling and...

Elnora Jaqueline Zachary

Aug 19, 2015

Elnora Jaqueline Zachary

November 28, 1933 – August 19, 2015

Elnora Jaqueline Zachary, 81, passed away on August 19,2015 in Jamestown, NC. She was born on November 28, 1933 in Okfuskee, OK to Drew and Ruby Goodman. She was a teacher by profession. She was preceded in death by her son Tom Zachary and daughter...

Viola Mae Espinosa

Aug 18, 2015

Viola Mae Espinosa 1929-2015 Viola Mae (Cramer) Sparadeo, Espinosa, 86 years old, born January 19, 1929 in Oklahoma City, died August 18, 2015 at Willow Creek Nursing Center in Guthrie, OK. At the young age of 17, she married a young sailor from Providence, Rhode Island who was stationed at the naval base in Norman, OK. After serving time overseas,...

Loren Erie Evans

Aug 17, 2015

In memory of Loren Erie Evans February 13, 1927 – August 17, 2015 Loren Erie Evans passed away August 17 th in Oklahoma City after moving recently from Kansas where he had been a lifetime resident. He was born on February 13, 1927 in Harper, Kansas to the parents of Ernest and Ima Evans. Loren graduated from Harper High School...

Nancy G. Tally

Aug 13, 2015

Nancy G. Tally 1949-2015 Nancy G. Tally was born on Mar. 14, 1949 in Oklahoma City, OK to Elmer & Galena Roberts. Nancy passed away on Aug. 13, 2015 in OKC. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Thomas and Jeffery; two sisters, one brother, two son-in-laws and two great granddaughters. She is survived by her husband...

Orval Lee Goodson

Aug 11, 2015

Orval Lee Goodson 1935-2015 Orval Lee Goodson passed away at the age of 80, on August 11, 2015 in Edmond, Oklahoma with his family at his side. He was born on June 28, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri to Estel and Aleeane Goodson. Orval started his incredible work ethic at a young age, by working in a bowling alley setting...

Lena Mae Hopkins

Aug 10, 2015

Lena Mae Hopkins 1928-2015 Lena Mae Coffee Hopkins, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, peacefully passed away on the evening of Monday, August 10, 2015. She was 87. Born in 1928 in Indianola, Oklahoma, Lena grew up with her mother and five siblings. She was very close with her younger sister, Doris, and as the two grew older they...

Alice Kaye Steele

Aug 9, 2015

Alice Kaye Steele

November 16, 1942 – August 9, 2015

Alice Kaye Steele, 72, passed away on August 9, 2015 in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born to Clarence and Edna Sasser in Arcadia, OK. Alice graduated from Edmond Memorial High School and worked for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company until 1978. Alice was...

Lawrence Lee “Bud” Zielny

Aug 9, 2015

Lawrence Lee "Bud" Zielny March 5, 1926 – August 9, 2015 Bud Zielny was born in Britton, OK, to Mike and Margaret (Lewandowski) Zielny and raised on the Zielny Dairy Farm.  He graduated from John Carroll Catholic High School in 1944.  From 1944 to 1945 he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII and later earned his pilot's...

Lola Fern Jewell Blake

Aug 6, 2015

Lola Fern Jewell Blake

January 3, 1929 – August 6, 2015

Lola Blake was born in Randall, KS on January 3, 1929 to John and Mildred (Newton) Jewell, the second of six children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris, parents, two sisters, and two brothers. She passed away on August 6 with...

Mack Lyon

Aug 5, 2015

Joseph Mack Lyon 1921-2015 Joseph Mack Lyon was born November 19, 1921 to Earl C. Lyon and Inez Weatherby Lyon in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  He departed this life August 5, 2015 at the age of 93 at home. He was a graduate of Coalgate, Oklahoma High School. He attended Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, TN and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree...

Alvin Lamar Cleveland

Aug 4, 2015

January 6, 1925 – August 4, 2015 Alvin Lamar Cleveland, 90, of Midwest City passed away on Tuesday, August 04, 2015.  He was a member of the church of Christ and had served as a deacon for many years.  He was born at Caney, Oklahoma, the son of Grover and Bessie Cleveland.  He married Jewell Marcell Northcutt May 16, 1944....

Mary Ann Fent

Aug 4, 2015

Mary Ann Fent

July 16, 1926 – August 4, 2015

Mary Ann Fent, age 89, was born on July 16, 1926, in Luther, OK, to John and Ida Boydston. She went to be with loved ones on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. She worked 30 years in the banking industry and retired as Assistant Vice President at...

Cecil L. Cruce

Jul 31, 2015

Cecil L. Cruce

1927-2015

Cecil Lee Cruce passed away on July 31 st , 2015. He was born to Charlie & Jane Cruce on June 3, 1927 in Okemah, OK. He was preceded in death by several step-brothers and his beloved sisters, Pauline Thomas and Willa Lawrence. He is survived by several loving nieces and...

Chelyne Anne Barney

Jul 29, 2015

Chelyne Anne Barney 1949 – 2015 A memorial service for Chelyne Anne Barney, 66, will be held in the chapel of Edmond's Matthews Funeral Home at 10:00 a.m. on August 3rd, 2015. Her cremains will be interred in the Barney family plot at Edmond's Gracelawn Cemetery immediately following the memorial service. She was born July 19, 1949, and died on...

Richard Carl Muno

Jul 28, 2015

Richard Carl Muno passed away at the age of 76 on July 28, 2015, following a long, brave battle with Alzheimer's. Rich was born July 2, 1939, in Arapaho, OK, to Randolph and Julie Muno. He was the fourth of five children. Beginning early in his life, Rich showed a talent for art. From the age of nine, he loved...

Robert Richard Covell

Jul 25, 2015

Bob Covell 1938 – 2015 My best friend and the man that stole my heart pasted from this life as a result of auto immune hepatitis. Robert Richard Covell was born in Detroit, MI; the youngest of 3 children born to Bruce Wayne Covell Sr. and Ruby Amethyst Thorne Covell. He grew up in Detroit graduating from Redford High School...

Jill René Helms

Jul 25, 2015

Jill René Helms, 51, resident of Edmond, passed away July 25, 2015, surrounded by her family. Jill was born to Jim and Donna Graham in Midwest City, OK. Jill obtained her LPN license as a teenager and then her RN license from Rose State College. She loved nursing but had to leave her work because of health reasons. She is...