Obituaries

George Schwandt

George Schwandt

Jun 28, 2013

George Allen Schwandt, 85, a longtime resident of Mulhall, Oklahoma was the son of Fred and Selma Grinniger Schwandt. He was born March 15, 1928 at Benedictine Hospital in Guthrie, Oklahoma and died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. He was baptized as an infant in the Orlando United Methodist Church formerly known...

Ruby Kirchner

Ruby Kirchner

Jun 25, 2013

Ruby Maxine Koch Kirchner, 90, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Harry Earl and Bertha Mae Cawood Koch. She was born October 10, 1922 in Potter Community in rural Garfield County, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, June 26, 2013 at Westhaven Nursing Home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Ruby attended Stanton School and Hayward High School. In...

Zelma Sullivan

Zelma Sullivan

Jun 18, 2013

Zelma Mae Sullivan went to her heavenly home on June 18, 2013 at the age of 92 in Perry, Oklahoma. She was born on February 11, 1921 in Hominy, Oklahoma to Leland and Mable Dowler Tuttle. Zelma was married to the late Robert Bob Sullivan on December 25, 1945. She has requested that there be no services. Arrangements are...

Gloria Powell

Gloria Powell

Jun 15, 2013

Gloria Powell, 69, of Garber, Oklahoma was the daughter of Leon and Vada Jane Wade Stanfill. She was born May 10, 1944 in Gainesville, Texas but was raised by H.H. Tobe Pruitt and his wife Vada. Gloria went to be with her heavenly father on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Integris Bass Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. She graduated from...

Richard Tessman

Richard Tessman

Jun 12, 2013

Richard Kenneth Tessmann, 75, of Perry, Oklahoma formerly of Stillwater, Oklahoma was the son of Seigfreid R. and Veda Claire Shrock Tessmann. He was born May 9, 1938 in Solomon, Kansas and died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Perry, Oklahoma. He graduated from Solomon High School in 1956 and went on to earn his BS,...

Zella Aigner

Zella Aigner

Jun 11, 2013

Zella Aigner, 100, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of George and Myrta Potts Loveless. She was born October 19, 1912 in Ness City, Kansas and died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. She came to Oklahoma in 1915 riding in a covered wagon at the age of three and grew up on...

Carolyn Weeks

Carolyn Weeks

May 27, 2013

Carolyn L. Graef Weeks, 70, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Nicholas and Edna Yarbough Graef. She was born on May 3, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died Monday, May 27, 2013 at Perry Memorial Hospital in Perry, Oklahoma. She loved cooking, crafts, friends, laughing, dancing, and listening to music. Carolyn enjoyed collecting items and was known...

Robert Swartz

Robert Swartz

May 27, 2013

Robert Wayne Swartz, 58, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of George Alvin and Arlene J. Jirous Swartz. He was born on June 9, 1954 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Monday, May 27, 2013 at his residence in Perry, Oklahoma. He loved spending time on EBay, the garage sale site, cooking, and cars, especially his El Camino which was...

Jean Koch

Jean Koch

May 18, 2013

Mary I. Jean Koch, 73, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of James E. and Lucile Keelin Flanigan. She was born May 28, 1939 in Success, Arkansas and died Sunday, May 18, 2013 in Perry, Oklahoma. She married her best friend and sweetheart, Clarence Koch on January 14, 1963. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January. Jean enjoyed...

Clara Williams

Clara Williams

May 12, 2013

Clara Edith Herrian Williams, 76, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of James Jim Russell and Ethel Mae Cutter Herrian. She was born October 19, 1936 in Lela, Oklahoma and died Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Perry, Oklahoma. She married her best friend and sweetheart, Raymond Ray Neal Williams on January 20, 1951 in Perry, Oklahoma. They were married...

Mary Baney

Mary Baney

May 12, 2013

Mary A. Baney, 65, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Emner S. and Luellen R. King Fox. She was born February 1, 1948 in Carnegie, Oklahoma and died Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She married her best friend on April 2, 1987 in Miami, Oklahoma. Gary preceded her in death July 7, 2000. Mary loved...

Jayna Gregg

Jayna Gregg

May 10, 2013

Jayna Lynn Gregg, 59, of Orlando, Oklahoma, was the daughter of C.O. Tiny and Dorothy Hutcherson Gregg. She was born on April 18, 1954 in California and died Friday, May 10, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. She enjoyed rock collecting, being outdoors, cats, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her daughter and visiting...

Glenna Davis

Glenna Davis

May 8, 2013

Glenna passed from this life and joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. She was born in Perry, OK in 1929 and moved to Albuquerque in 1957 with her beloved husband of 63 years, Marshall L. Davis, who preceded her in death in 2009. A talented loving Mother and business woman, Glenna owned Miracle...

Louis Blowers

Louis Blowers

Apr 17, 2013

Louis Lou Blowers, 59, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the son of Clifford Gerald, and Edna Mae Standiford Blowers. He was born on March 23, 1954 in Coldwater City, Michigan and died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Integris Bass Pavilion, in Enid, Oklahoma. Lou served his country in the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corp received...

Sharon Heath

Sharon Heath

Apr 17, 2013

Sharon Kay Heath, 67, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was the daughter of Bennie Louis and Ethel May Ricket Taylor. She was born December 20, 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at St. Anthonys Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married her best friend, Denzil Ray Heath on December 4, 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He...

Chris Pinkham

Chris Pinkham

Apr 17, 2013

Chris Pinkham, 53, of Perry, Oklahoma was born on March 9, 1960 in Greenville, Michigan and died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma He graduated from OSU in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. After a 50ft diving accident in July of 1974 at the age of 14, left him a...

Nastasha Johnson

Nastasha Johnson

Apr 14, 2013

Nastasha Renee Johnson, 34, of Louisville, Kentucky, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Marvin E. Johnson and Karen R. Hall Wilson. She was born July 31, 1978 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. She attended school in Perry, Oklahoma until moving to Kentucky when she was in the tenth grade. While...

Clyde Melton

Clyde Melton

Apr 3, 2013

Clyde Wayne Melton, 70, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Julian C. and Mandy Treece Melton. He was born on June 24, 1942 in Hominy, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his residence in Perry, Oklahoma. Clyde served his country in the United States Air Force and received an honorable discharge in 1963. He attended school...

Mary Cargile

Mary Cargile

Apr 2, 2013

Mary K. Kay Cargile, 86, formerly of Tulsa and Perry, Oklahoma a current resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico was the daughter of Benjamin Eugene and Sylvia Blanche Johnson Kearns. She was born March 7, 1927 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attended high school at Will Roger High School in...

Willard Gilbert

Willard Gilbert

Mar 30, 2013

Willard Lee Gilbert, 48, of Orlando, Oklahoma, was the son of Willard Benton and Jackie Lou Bigbey Gilbert. He was born on August 8, 1964 in Yale, Oklahoma and died Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Orlando, Oklahoma. He married his sweetheart Rachelle Lynn Wosika on September 10, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Willard worked for the City of Perry...