Obituaries

Dec 8, 2011

Clyde Beckner Jr., 76, of Lucien, Oklahoma was the son of Clyde Holcomb and Magdalena Schultz Beckner. He was born September 2, 1935 in Billings, Oklahoma and died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Perry Memorial Hospital. He started as an electrician at the age of 13. He worked hard and became the owner and operator of Beckner Electric and...

Dec 8, 2011

Carolyn Sue Gorath, 71, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Carl Fredrick and Cathryn Irene Thomas Tiemann. She was born April 28, 1940 in Blackwell, Oklahoma and died Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended rural Kay County schools, Lost Creek and Prairie Chapel and later attended Blackwell Jr. and Sr....

Dec 7, 2011

Karla Sue Rhoades, 60, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Clinton Robert and Mercedes Fay Taylor Miller. She was born March 15, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at her residence in Perry. She met her husband and best friend John Arthur Rhoades and they were married on March 25, 1998 in Oklahoma...

Dec 4, 2011

Lee LaVaun Thorp joined his Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 4th, 2011in Enid, Oklahoma after a brief illness. He was born near Garber, Oklahoma on August 2nd, 1932, to LaVaun Elgin Thorp and Amy Jo Bryant Thorp. He attended Oklahoma AM University now Oklahoma State University and graduated in the spring of 1954. While there he met and...

Nov 30, 2011

Russell Dean Olmstead, 43, of Austin, Texas was the son of Buell Russell and Martha Mae Casteel Olmstead. He was born February 28, 1968 in Lubbock, Texas and died Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in Austin, Texas. He had a love for music that led him into a career of video graphing various live bands in Austin, Texas. Russell had...

Nov 25, 2011

Hugo W. Friedemann, 78, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Hugo William and Agnes Clare Bamberger Friedemann. He was born on July 25, 1933 in Noble County, Oklahoma and died Friday, November 25, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was a 1951 graduate of Sumner High School. On May 28, 1955, Hugo married Rosa L. Swart...

Nov 20, 2011

Kathy I. Kukuk, 54, of Enid, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Woodrow Lewyn and Kathrine Wyant Curtis. She was born on May 20, 1957 in Pawnee, Oklahoma and died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at St. Marys Hospital, Enid, Oklahoma. Kathy graduated from high school and married Harold Dean Kukuk on April 12, 1991 in Wheeler,...

Nov 19, 2011

Ernest D. Ernie Moore, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Ernest D. Moore and Mary L. Perkins MooreEdmondson. He was born on April 19, 1939 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at his home. On September 13, 1963, Ernie married Mary Lois Stanley in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She preceded him in death on May 6,...

Nov 11, 2011

Sonny Karcher, 67, of Morrison, Oklahoma, was the son of Fred and Rosella Alfrida Pagel Karcher. He was born on May 22, 1944 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Friday, November 11, 2011 at his residence in Morrison, Oklahoma. Sonny joined the US Army on March 10, 1963 and was honorably discharged on January 9, 1969. He married his best...

Nov 9, 2011

Wanda Lou Varner, 83, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Martin Ervin and Jewel Bernice Boggs King. She was born on March 23, 1928 in Little, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Select Specialty Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wanda graduated from high school and married her first husband Earl Stanton Adams. Earl preceded Wanda in death....

Nov 7, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Malzahn, 90, of Perry was the daughter of David and Lottie Cooper Corneil. She was born on February 6, 1921 in Nardin, Oklahoma and died Monday November 7, 2011 in Perry Memorial Hospital. She attended a oneroom school in Nardin but moved to Blackwell to complete high school, attended Oklahoma College for Women, and then Oklahoma AM....

Nov 5, 2011

Joy McGehee, 82, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Alfred Wesley and Patsy Elaine Cook Burt. She was born on June 26, 1929 in rural Seminole County, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at St. Marys Medical Center, Enid, Oklahoma. She was a graduate of Prairie Valley High School. Joy married her best friend and husband, Joseph...

Nov 4, 2011

Nov 1, 2011

John Dean Nida, 86, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of E.V. and Anna Louise Zeller Nida. He was born on June 26, 1925 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Perry Memorial Hospital. He graduated from Orlando High School in 1944 and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served his country during World War...

Oct 30, 2011

Erma Leona Maxwell Zook, 83, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Warren C. and Ona Wells Maxwell. She was born on June 1, 1928 in Fredonia, Kansas and died Sunday, October 30, 2011 in Enid, Oklahoma. She moved with her family to Oklahoma the next year. Erma Lee attended Woods County Schools. On October 4, 1945, Erma Lee...

Oct 27, 2011

Ione Lorraine Combrink, 91, of Enid, Oklahoma, died Thursday, October 27, 2011 in Enid, Oklahoma. She was born on June 10, 1920 at Garber, Oklahoma to Albert Henry and Ida Augusta Grother Johnson. She lived in the Garber area until she was married in 1940 and moved to the farm in Billings. In 1984 she moved to Enid until...

Oct 21, 2011

Harold Edward Hodge, 96, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Edward Stanton and Ollie Wood Hodge. He was born on December 9, 1914 in Guymon, Oklahoma and died Friday, October 21, 2011 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Perry, Oklahoma. On August 28, 1936 Harold married his best friend and the love of his life...

Oct 20, 2011

Dorothy Ewy, 95, a long time resident of Perry, Oklahoma, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on February 29, 1916 at Carmen, Oklahoma to Clark Braden and Anna Elizabeth Christensen Chenoweth. She was a lifelong residence of Perry. Dorothy met and fell in love with Paul Ewy and on September 10,...

Oct 15, 2011

Oct 9, 2011

Nichlos Nick DeWayne Johnson, 25, was born on December 5, 1985 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Larry and Kristal Clark Johnson. He died on Sunday, October 9, 2011at OU Medical Center Presbyterian Tower in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma due to internal injuries received in a tragic traffic accident on Saturday on Hwy 64. He was a graduate of Perry High School...