OBITUARIES

Oct 17, 2022

Betty R. Schmid

October 23, 1930 – October 17, 2022

Elizabeth Ruth (Betty) Schmid, 91, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022, peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. Betty was born on October 23, 1930, to the late Paul and Charlotte Mohr Coyner. Betty was a devoted elementary teacher for...

Oct 16, 2022

Willis Ray Bottger

1932 – 2022

Willis Ray Bottger of Oklahoma City was called home on October 16, 2022.

Willis was born on February 23, 1932, to Earle and Edith Bottger in Oklahoma City, OK. He graduated from Central High School and Oklahoma City University with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Arts.

Oct 15, 2022

Michael Ray Simmons

1947 – 2022

Michael Ray Simmons, 75, of Norman, OK, passed away on October 15, 2022, at his home at the Norman Veterans Center with his daughter by his side. He lived with Multiple Sclerosis for over 30 years. Mike was born on July 18, 1947, to Ray and Betty Simmons in...

Oct 12, 2022

Helen M. Freeman

Helen M. Freeman passed away on the morning of October 12, 2022. Helen was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Thomas R. and Anna Straub Hamilton. She is survived by her children, Lester and Marlena Freeman, Tom and Teresa Freeman, Salle Mullennax, Joe Freeman and Michael Pone. As well as her grandchildren and great...

Oct 11, 2022

Harold G. "Shorty" Keck

September 27, 1941 – October 11, 2022

Harold G. "Shorty" Keck, age 81, a resident of Edmond, Oklahoma since 1999, slipped peacefully from this life the evening of October 11, 2022.

Shorty is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Mary (Massengale) Keck; son H. Dean Keck of...

Oct 7, 2022

Vickie Lee Nichols

1949 – 2022

Vickie Lee Nichols joined Jesus and her beloved Pat in Heaven on October 7, 2022.

Born on January 8, 1949 in Salina, Kansas to parents L'Roy Johnson and Eulala Faye Johnson, Vickie grew up an Air Force brat and lived in Kansas, California, Washington, Texas, Japan, New...

Oct 7, 2022

Naudine Claire Greenawalt

1932 – 2022

Naudine was born in Evanston, Il, on June 14, 1932, to Herbert and Jean Nelson. Her family relocated to Corning Ca when Naudine was midway through the 11 th grade, and she graduated from Corning High School in 1950. After graduation, she moved to Sacramento where she met the...

Oct 6, 2022

Kelley Renee Bailey

September 14, 1968 – October 6, 2022

Kelley Renee Bailey, 54, of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, while surrounded by family. Kelley was born on September 14, 1968, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Kelley was a very loving and caring person with a servant's heart.

Kelley loved animals...

Oct 5, 2022

Jerald Graham Orendorff

1943 – 2022

Jerald (Jerry) Graham Orendorff was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on July 30, 1943, to DeLoss and Mary Audrene Orendorff and raised in Tulsa.  He passed away October 5, 2022, surrounded by family members.  He graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa in 1961 and from NSU in Tahlequah...

Sep 30, 2022

LaVerne Southerland

1928 – 2022

LaVerne Southerland, 94, of Edmond, OK died September 30, 2022. Laverne was the daughter of Oscar and Kate Mullins born in 1928 in Nash, TX. Sometime after finishing her schooling in Waxahachie, TX, she moved to Oklahoma City to live near her sisters. She met George Southerland on a blind...

Sep 28, 2022

James "Jay" Ryan Jones

1976 – 2022

On September 28, 2022, James (Jay) Ryan Jones was carried to heaven by angels. What a glorious site it must have been to see Jay run into the arms of Jesus and his daddy, whom he had missed for 11 years.

Jay was born on April...

Sep 28, 2022

Robert Donald "Don" Hurst

1936 – 2022

Robert Donald ("Don") Hurst passed away after a long illness on September 28, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. Don was born in Dallas Texas on July 11, 1936, to Louis and Ethel Hurst. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.B.A. in business. Don built...

Sep 27, 2022

Jarvis Lee Collins

1932 – 2022

Jarvis Collins was born in Enterprise, West Virginia on August 1, 1932. He passed away in his sleep the morning of September 27 in Edmond, Oklahoma.

After graduating high school Jarvis enlisted in the Navy and traveled the world on the USS Wasp aircraft carrier. After the...

Sep 26, 2022

John W. Reese

1945-2022

John William Reese, known to family and friends as "Bill," age 76, of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday September 26, 2022. He was born on November 18, 1945, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the son of Jim and Sarah Reese. He married his high school sweetheart, Linda Williams, on June 15,...

Sep 25, 2022

Nolan Wayne Butler

1958-2022

Nolan Wayne Butler (aka Big Papa) gained his wings on September 25, 2022, at the young age of 64.

Nolan comes from a large family, he was the youngest BOY of 5 children born to Harry Lee and Berdina Jane Butler, on April 12, 1958, in Edmond, Oklahoma. He...

Sep 23, 2022

1948 – 2022

Patricia Ann Minard, most-loved wife, Mother, and Mimi, went in peace on September 23, 2022 at the age of 74.

Patricia was born on January 22, 1948 to Edwin "Earl" and Jennie Zoenell "Nell" Henderson in Amarillo, Texas. She considered Edmond, Oklahoma home where she lovingly raised her son and daughter and...

Sep 23, 2022

William Bailey Thompson

1951 – 2022

William "Bill" Bailey Thompson walked on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at home with family in Edmond, Oklahoma, after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). The son of Kathryn Sue Bailey and William Howard Thompson, Bill was born March 4, 1951, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Bill was...

Sep 22, 2022

Steven (Steve) Douglas Walker passed away peacefully with his children by his side on the afternoon of September 22, 2022, at the age of 71.

Steve was from a large family.  He was the oldest of six children born to Douglas C. Walker and Ann Dressel Walker on March 31, 1951, in Utica, New York.  Steve was...

Sep 22, 2022

Johanna Lou Johannsen-Gormley

1937 – 2022

Johanna Lou Johannsen-Gormley, was born September 26th, 1937, in Newcastle, Wyoming and passed away peacefully at the age of 84 on September 22nd, 2022, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, surrounded by her family.

She spent her life caring for others –she followed in the footsteps of her mother...

Sep 20, 2022

Juanita Nadine Pearce

1933-2022

Juanita Nadine (Acton) Pearce, passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospital with her daughter Debbie and granddaughter Rebecca at her side on the morning of September 20, 2022, at the age of 89.

Juanita comes from a large family. She was the youngest of ten children born to Curtis Clay...