OBITUARIES

Leon Walton

Feb 19, 2015

Leon Walton 1938-2015 Leon Walton, was born March 14, 1938 to Bill and Ethel Walton of Sasakwa, OK.  Leon led an interesting life as a bowling pin setter, bowling ball driller, and retiring from the US Postal Service after being a mail carrier in the Village for many years.  He enjoyed bowling, golfing, fishing, and metal detecting.  He married Jean...

Donavan Leroy Gant

Feb 18, 2015

Donavan LeRoy Gant 1935-2015 Donavan LeRoy Gant, 79, of Edmond, Oklahoma was born April 22, 1935 in Edmond, Oklahoma to Alfred LeRoy and Margaret Adeline (Smith) Gant. Raised the Guthrie area, Donavan attended Navina School through the 8th grade, and graduated from Guthrie High School in 1953. He then began classes at Oklahoma State A& M. Donavan and Janice Loree...

Joann Hail

Feb 18, 2015

JoAnn Hail 1931-2015 JoAnn went to be with her Lord on Feb.18, 2015. Born on July 29, 1931 in Blackwell, OK to Joe and Lorna Patton, JoAnn was one of four children (older brother and sister deceased) and her youngest brother, Loran Patton, resides in Tahlequah, OK today. She graduated High School in Billings, OK at age seventeen and was...

Dorothy L. Scheidt

Feb 18, 2015

Dorothy L. Scheidt

1937 – 2015

Dorothy L. Scheidt, 78, daughter of David & Daisy F (Hawkins) Wallace, born 1/16/37 in Watonga, OK went to her heavenly home 02/18/15.

A graduate of Central High School in OKC, Dorothy earned a BS from Oklahoma College for Women (now USAO) in 1959, married Noel L...

Jesse R. Mills

Feb 17, 2015

Jesse R. Mills

1954 – 2015

JESSE ROBERT "Rob" MILLS (60) of Edmond

Jesse Robert Mills traded his earthly existence for a better life on Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Born March 14th, 1954, in Edmond, he was preceded in death by his father Harold Dempsey Mills; grandparents Henry Washington and Mary Elizabeth Johnson;...

Jerry D. Burnstein

Feb 17, 2015

Jerry D. Burnstein 1933-2015 Long-time Edmond, Oklahoma, resident, Jerry Burnstein Sr., 81, died on February 17, 2015. Jerry Donald Burnstein Sr. was born in Jefferson City, MO, to Al and Bess (Strauss) Burnstein on July 24, 1933. He was raised in Claycomo, MO, until joining the Army in the 50s. He met and later married Betty Jo Holliday on July...

Elgin Murel Starling

Feb 16, 2015

Elgin Murel Starling 1927-2015 Elgin was born May 3, 1927 on a farm South of Perkins, OK to William Thomas Starling and Susie Elizabeth Wells Starling. Elgin attended school in Perkins, OK, Carney, OK, and Oak Grove in Lincoln County, OK. He had 3 brothers, Lawson Starling, Roma Starling, and Noel Starling, and 6 sisters, Bessie Davis, Tressie Flanigan, Lura...

T.A. “Pete” Peterson

Feb 14, 2015

T.A. "Pete" Peterson 1927-2015 T.A. "Pete" Peterson passed from this life on February 14, 2015. Pete was the third son of David A. Peterson and Addie (Edwards) Peterson Staten and was born July 12, 1927. He spent his early childhood in the Coweta area and moved to the Oklahoma City area as a teenager. He began working at Tinker Field...

Beverly Wynn Whiddon

Feb 13, 2015

February 11, 1935 – February 13, 2015

Beverly Wynn Whiddon passed away just two days after her 80 th birthday. She was an active member of the Edmond Church of Christ for the past 40 years. She spent 23 years as a department secretary at Oklahoma Christian University. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dwight Gage...

Jerry Michael Wall Sr.

Feb 12, 2015

Jerry Michael Wall Sr.

June 6, 1953 – February 12, 2015

Jerry Michael Wall, Sr. was a warm, charismatic man who loved his family and church. He was a longtime resident of Edmond and a former member of City Council, helping develop the master plan of Edmond, including the creation of Lake Arcadia and revitalizing...

Wilbur ‘Will’ Harris

Feb 9, 2015

Wilbur 'Will' Harris

1935-2015

Wilbur N. (Will) Harris was born July 12, 1935 in Bell, California, to Wilbur G. and Irma (Ellis) Harris and went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Feb. 9 th , 2015. At the age of 6, his family moved back to Edmond, OK where he lived until...

Tom Truscott Rogers

Feb 9, 2015

Tom Truscott Rogers

June 10, 1936 – February 9, 2015

Tom Truscott Rogers was born on Wednesday, June 10, 1936. He was reunited in death with Norma, his wife of 54 years, on February 9, 2015. He shared his joy of living with the lives of many for 78 years. Growing up, Tom was an...

Charles Buford Broyles

Feb 7, 2015

Charles B. Broyles 1933-2015 Charles Buford Broyles, age 82 of Edmond, went to be with the Lord Saturday, February 7, 2015 at The Fountains at Canterbury Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma City, after a brief illness.  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and brother. He was born January 2, 1933 to Cecil and Anna Broyles in Fayetteville, Arkansas. ...

Virginia H. Craig

Feb 7, 2015

Virginia H. Craig 1923-2015 Virginia Higgins Craig, 92, died peacefully on February 7, 2015, having suffered with Alzheimers for several years. She was born on January 22, 1923, to Andrew Jervie Higgins and Frances Beverly Higgins in Platte City, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 50 years, L. E. "Ed" Craig, brothers David Beverly Higgins,...

James Edward (Edd) Jennings

Feb 7, 2015

James Edward Jennings 1920-2015 James Edward (Edd) Jennings, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on February 7, 2015. He was born Nov. 20, 1920, in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to Edward Allen and Jean (Weaver) Jennings. Edd spent most of his childhood in Ponca City and graduated from Ponca City High School. When World War II broke out, he...

Virginia Boydston

Feb 6, 2015

Virginia Boydston

May 29, 1922 – February 6, 2015

Virginia Boydston departed this earth on February 6, 2015 in Edmond. Virginia was born in Oklahoma City on May 29, 1922. Her parents, Samuel Edward and Mary Katherine Boydston preceded her in death. Her growing up days were in Edmond, OK where she was an Edmond High...

Phebe Dorothy Gould O’Shea

Feb 5, 2015

Phebe Gould O'Shea 1918-2015 Phebe Dorothy Gould O'Shea was born on September 26, 1918 in Buffalo, NY to Charles F. Gould and Lucy Wood Gould. She died peacefully on February 5, 2015. Always having a flair for the dramatic, she delighted her younger sisters by playing tooth fairy at night, acted in high school plays and majored in drama at...

Helen Christine Elliott

Feb 4, 2015

Helen Christine Elliott 1921-2015 Helen Christine Lee Elliott, of Edmond, peacefully left her home on earth to begin a new journey with her Lord, on Wed., Feb. 4, 2015 at Bradford Village where she was recovering from pneumonia. She was born on Easter Sunday, April 3, 1921 in Oklahoma City at home which was 210 W. Noble next door to...

John Jack Barta

Feb 4, 2015

John J. Barta 1922-2015 Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, John J. (Jack) Barta, 92, went home to the Lord on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, due to age-related illnesses. Born in Wynona, Oklahoma, Jack was the youngest of four children of John and Myrtle Barta. His family spent the Depression years in Wynona where, he once wrote, he learned to...

Jacquelin Susan Wendler

Feb 4, 2015

Jacquelin Susan Wendler 1955-2015 Jacquelin Susan Wendler was born July 5, 1955. Susan was a remarkable person with an indomitable spirit and a love for life. She struggled with her physical handicap but was always aware of what was going on around her. She was quick to report any wrong doing or any mistreatment of others. Susan loved to carefully...