OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Edmond, OK
Debra K. Royster
May 22, 2022
Debra K. Royster
1953-2022
Debra Kay (Henley) Royster, resident of Edmond, Oklahoma died on May 22, 2022, after an 8 month battle with cancer. She was born to Orval and Mary Henley on November 18, 1953, in Oklahoma City.
Debra lived a life full of passion, generosity, and loyalty. She was an active...
Carroll L. Brewer
May 22, 2022
1935 – 2022
Carroll L. Brewer, 87, passed away on May 22, 2022, following a brief illness. Born in Friendly, W.Va. on Jan. 19, 1935, he was the son of the late Buhl "Sparky" Brewer and Opal Brewer. Carroll attended Sistersville High School in West Virginia where he became student body president and met Mary M. Hickman,...
Cecelia Leona Mcwhorter
May 21, 2022
Cecelia Leona McWhorter
October 3, 1950 – May 21, 2022
Cecelia (Cec) Leona (Edwards) McWhorter, 71, went to be with her Heavenly Father on May 21, 2022, in Oklahoma City. She was born October 3, 1950, in Oklahoma City to Earl and Josephine Edwards.
At a young age she was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre...
Jesse Dean Wehrenberg
May 20, 2022
Jesse Dean Wehrenberg
October 28, 1991 – May 20, 2022
Jesse Dean Wehrenberg of Edmond Oklahoma passed away on Friday, May 20 th , after a hard fight against leukemia. Jesse was a friend to all he met, lighting up a room with his huge smile and his goofy personality. He was well known for...
Leroy Dean Mastell
May 20, 2022
Leroy Dean Mastell
November 11, 1930 – May 20, 2022
Leroy Dean Mastell, 91, passed away May 20, 2022, in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born on November 11, 1930, in Harvey, Illinois, to Dorothy and Frank Mastell. Growing up, Lee enjoyed ice skating, fishing, hunting, golfing, ballroom dancing and working on cars. Lee graduated from...
Don Brown
May 16, 2022
Don Tremayne Brown
1943 – 2022
Don passed away peacefully at the age of 78 on Monday, May 16, 2022, at Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City.
He was born on June 1, 1943, in Kenton, Tennessee to Abner and Minnie Ann (Weatherly) Brown. He grew up in Choctaw Oklahoma. He graduated from Central...
Verna Dell Black
May 14, 2022
1944-2022
Verna Dell (Edwards) Black age 77, was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on September 6, 1944, and passed away on May 14, 2022 in Edmond Oklahoma. She lived a very faithful and compassionate Christian life and was a member of the North Texas Church of Christ, in Northlake, Texas at the time of her death....
Loris Jane Meadors
May 12, 2022
Loris Jane Meadors
1931-2022
Loris Jane Meadors, born as Loris Jane Cook to John Cook and Thelma Cook in Traverse City, Michigan on March 5 th , 1931, passed away on May 12 th , 2022. Loris is preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Loris graduated high school in Traverse City, Michigan....
Joshua David Bradley
May 12, 2022
Joshua David Bradley
1995 – 2022
Joshua David Bradley, 26, of Edmond, OK passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Joshua was born on November 26, 1995, in Oklahoma City, OK. He attended Norman North High School and enlisted in the Oklahoma Air National Guard in 2019 as a Radar, Airfield, and Weather...
Timothy John O’Keefe
May 11, 2022
Timothy John O'Keefe
Feb 27, 1928, to May 11, 2022
Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather
Timothy John O'Keefe was born to an Irish father and Italian mother. He grew up on South Broadway in St. Louis, a tough part of the city where police officer's would only patrol in pairs. Tim was a...
Rosetta Pomeroy
May 11, 2022
Rosetta Pomeroy
1949-2022
Rosetta Pomeroy, 72, passed away on May 11, 2022. She was born on October 6, 1949 in Tipton, OK. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Matthews Funeral Home Chapel Edmond, OK.
Shirley Patrick Mankin
May 9, 2022
Shirley Patrick Mankin
1935-2022
Shirley Patrick Mankin passed away while surrounded by her loving family on May 9 th , 2022 at the age of 86. She was born September 21 st , 1935 to Travern and Lorene Cosby in Asher, Oklahoma. Shirley was raised in Oklahoma City, and graduated from Capitol Hill High School...
Arwanna Jeanne Shotts
May 4, 2022
Arwanna Jeanne Shotts
October 30, 1937 – May 4, 2022
Arwanna Jeanne (Weiss) Shotts was born on October 30, 1937, to Paul and Flora Weiss. She was the oldest of their two daughters. Her younger sister, Barbara, was born 5 years later. Arwanna was born and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma.
She met the...
Jo Elaine Royse
May 4, 2022
Jo Elaine Royse
July 26, 1938 – May 4, 2022
Jo Elaine Royse was born in Oklahoma City on July 26, 1938. She went to be with the Lord on May 4, 2022, in El Reno, Oklahoma. Jo graduated from Guthrie High School in 1956 and attended Central State College, where she graduated in 1960...
Engel E. Grow
May 3, 2022
1929 – 2022
Engel E Grow was born December 1, 1929, in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Dr. H. Russell Grow and Dorah Engel Grow. Engel spent his childhood in Jenks, Oklahoma where most of his mother's family resided.
At Jenks high school Engel excelled in football and track as well as in the classroom. The combination...
Joann N. Adams
May 2, 2022
JoAnn N. Adams
April 20, 1933 – May 2, 2022
Dr. JoAnn Nelms Adams, Professor Emeritus
Who was JoAnn Nelms Adams? Describing herself as being involved in numerous visual art career activities, she believed her most exceptional accomplishment ever was that of Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. Her children are Scott and wife...
Maxine Marie Morris
Apr 30, 2022
Maxine Marie Morris
1927-2022
Maxine Marie Gennette was born in Aurora, Kansas on April 5, 1927. The only daughter of Omer and Emma (Monty) Gennette. Her family settled in Coffeyville, Kansas when she was quite young, and she attended Holy Name School and then Field Kinley High School in Coffeyville. After graduation from High School,...
Carol Ann Diangi
Apr 29, 2022
Carol Ann DiAngi
1941 – 2022
Carol A. DiAngi, 81, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2022. Carol was born on January 15, 1941, to the late Frank Giordano and Rose Russo Giordano in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Carol grew up in Chicago Ridge and raised a family in Oak Forest and Palos...
Philip H. Gottschalk, Jr.
Apr 29, 2022
Philip Herbert Gottschalk, Jr.
1936 – 2022
Philip H. Gottschalk, Jr. of Edmond, OK passed away peacefully on April 29, 2022, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Phil was born on November 23, 1936, in Hays, Kansas to Philip H., Sr. and Lidwina (Werth) Gottschalk. Phil was a devout Catholic, loving husband and devoted father. He had enormous...
Steven Gerald Johnson
Apr 28, 2022
Steven Gerald Johnson
1946-2022
Steven Gerald Johnson passed without pain and surrounded by loved ones on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at the age of 75. Born July 5, 1946, in Lubbock, Texas. Steve ventured back and forth between Texas and Oklahoma, moving from church to church as his father was a Baptist preacher and his...

