OBITUARIES

William “Bill” Joseph Dowling

Nov 29, 2013

William "Bill" Dowling 1925-2013 William "Bill" Joseph Dowling, 88, of Edmond, Okla., passed away peacefully November 29, 2013 in his home in Edmond, Okla. He was born August 23, 1925 in Walnut, KS to Michael and Ellen Dowling. He was preceded in death by his three sisters and four brothers. Bill was a long time parishioner of Saint John the...

Marsha Lewis

Nov 28, 2013

Marsha Lee (Miller) Lewis 1948-2013 Marsha Lee (Miller) Lewis went home to Jesus on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013. She was born in OKC, OK on February 3, 1948 to Johnson & Edna Miller. Marsha graduated from Edmond High School class of 1966 and had attended the First Baptist Church. She was retired from General Motors/OKC Local 1999. Survivors include...

Kaye Moss

Nov 27, 2013

Kaye Moss 1942-2013 Kaye was born in Wynnewood, Ok and spent her childhood in the area.  She moved with her family to Edmond in 1964  and worked as a waitress at the Corner Restaurant where she later met Jim.  She was an ambitious small town girl who never met a stranger.  Kaye began a career as a secretary for Urban...

Drew Cochran

Nov 26, 2013

Andrew "Drew" Nicholas Cochran 1990-2013 Drew Cochran, age 23 of Edmond, passed away November 26, 2013 and is now at peace in heaven. He was born April 21, 1990 in Oklahoma City to Randy and Stacy Cochran. Drew graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in 2008. Drew was known by his family and many friends for his witty sense of...

Carrol Gene Jantzen

Nov 20, 2013

Carrol Gene Jantzen 1940-2013 Gene Jantzen passed into the waiting arms of the Lord on November 20, 2013. He was born on October 28, 1940 to Orville and Esther Jantzen in Leedey, Oklahoma. He was their first wedding anniversary present. He went to school in Jones for first grade and then Edmond for second thru 11 th grade. He moved...

Lillian Patience Ivey

Nov 20, 2013

Lillian Patience Ivey

May 5, 1916 – November 20, 2013

Lillian Patience Ivey Lillian Patience Ivey died peacefully November 20, 2013 at the age of 97. Lillian was born in Grainola, Oklahoma May 5, 1916 to B.H. and Lillian Mears. The family moved to Edmond in 1929. Lillian received her Bachelor's Degree from Central State Teachers...

Bobby H. H. Njoo

Nov 20, 2013

Bobby H.H. Njoo 1944-2013 Bobby Njoo, age 69 of Edmond, OK, passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Matthews Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be held at a later date at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Oklahoma City.

Virgil M. Whitesell

Nov 20, 2013

Virgil M. Whitesell 1922-2013 Virgil Marion (V.M.) Whitesell, Jr. was born October 31, 1922 in Lewisburg, TN and was the youngest child of Virgil and Bonnie Whitesell. He died on November 20, 2013 at the age of 91 in Edmond, Oklahoma. V.M. attended a nearby grade school through the fourth grade. Starting in the fifth grade through junior college, he...

Mildred Tasker Tallant

Nov 19, 2013

Mildred Tasker Tallant 1918-2013 Mildred Tasker Tallant, 95, of Edmond, OK passed away peacefully on November 19, 2013 in Oklahoma City. She was born October 17, 1918 in Bixby, OK to Edwin L. and Lida (Anderson) Tasker. Mildred graduated from OSU with a degree in business administration and later worked as an assistant for Dresser Industries in Oklahoma City. She...

Doyle Hayes Gregg

Nov 17, 2013

Doyle Hayes Gregg 1921-2013 Doyle Hayes Gregg left this world peacefully to enter into his heavenly reward November 17, 2013 at the age of 92. Doyle was born June 26, 1921 to John Hiram and Ila Collier Gregg in Rockford, Illinois. The family moved to Edmond, Oklahoma when Hiram was discharged from the Army, then moved on to Dallas, Texas...

Larry P. Yurich

Nov 17, 2013

Larry P. Yurich 1937-2013 Lawrence "Larry" Yurich passed away on November 17, 2013 with his family by his side. He was born to Michael and Elizabeth Yurich on August 21, 1937. He was a carpenter for DJ Kranz until he retired. He was preceded in death by his daughter Collette, his mother, father, and brother. He is survived by his...

Gary Dale Seaton

Nov 13, 2013

Gary Dale Seaton October 5, 1936 – November 13, 2013 Gary Dale Seaton went to be with his Lord and Savior at 10:43 pm on November 13, 2013. He was born October 5, 1936 in Peavine, OK to W.R. and Opha (Spiva) Seaton. He is survived by his wife, Reta Beth of the home, Lloyd & Charity Seaton, Roger &...

Roy T. Burns

Nov 11, 2013

Roy T. Burns

June 10, 1942 – November 11, 2013

Roy T. Burns, age 71, of Oklahoma City passed away on November 11, 2013. Roy was born in Madera, California on June 10, 1942 to Roy T. and Addie (Thompson) Burns. He was a welder among other things by trade. He is survived by his wife...

Jaime Lee Dibrell

Nov 10, 2013

Jaime Dibrell 1979-2013 Jaime Lee Dibrell, 34, of Edmond, OK passed away November 10, 2013 in Edmond. Jaime was born May 28, 1979 in Englewood, CO to D. Rolfe & Cynthia (Neie) Skipworth. She worked as a patient liaison for The Brace Place in Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, June Lee Neie; and 2 uncles,...

J.L. Price

Nov 6, 2013

J.L. Price 1925-2013 J.L. Price, 88 of Edmond, OK, passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013. J.L. was born in Ardmore, OK. on February 11, 1925 to Major Siviles Price and Lee Hedrick Price. He graduated from Ardmore High School in 1945 and married Billie Jeanne Propps on Oct. 19, 1947. He was employed in the retail business for J.C....

Cleola Beardsley

Nov 5, 2013

Cleolo Beardsley June 16, 1921 – November 5, 2013 Cleola Mullins Beardsley went to her heavenly reward after a long and productive life on November 5, 2013. Born on June 16, 1921 in Rocky, Oklahoma to Claude and Ethel Mullins and raised on a farm in Burns Flat, Oklahoma, she was the surviving member of a family of five children....

Robert William Pansze

Nov 4, 2013

Robert William Pansze March 23, 1942 – November 4, 2013 On Monday November 4 th , 2013, God unexpectedly called into his loving arms his faithful follower William Robert Pansze, known to those close to him as Bob Pansze. Bob has left behind his loving Wife of 15 years, Barbara, 3 children: Reed and Ryan Pansze and Lisa Crafton, 2...

Deborah Anne Dillberg

Nov 1, 2013

Deborah Anne Dillberg 1953-2013 To those I Love and Those Who Love Me When I am gone, release me, let me go. I have so many things to see and do. You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears, be happy that we had these years. I gave you my love, you can only guess how much you have to...

Olive Fink

Nov 1, 2013

Olive Fink 1941-2013 Olive Feller Fink, 90, of Edmond, OK, and formerly of Findlay, OH; Centralia, MO; and West Chester, OH, went home to be with her Lord, Friday, November 1, 2013. She was born June 12, 1923, in Findlay to Irvin A. and Evelyn (Lape) Feller. She married Miller H. Fink on December 24, 1941, and he preceded her...

Irene Morris

Oct 31, 2013

Irene Morris 1925-2013 Irene A. Morris, most recently of Edmond, OK, and previous long-term resident of Ulysses, KS, died Thursday, October 31, 2013, in Edmond. Her home-going was peaceful, and her family rejoices in knowing that she has exchanged her temporary earthly residence for her eternal heavenly one and is now with the Savior she loves. Irene was born near...