Obituaries

Jun 16, 2009

Sarah Lou Dolezal, 79, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Charles B. and Moreta Parkin Gibson. She was born on December 2, 1929 in Slick, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Stillwater Medical Center. On August 13, 1946, Sarah Lou married James R. Jim Dolezal in Wellington, Kansas. She was a 1947 graduate of Perry...

Jun 11, 2009

Jun 10, 2009

Grace E. Miller, 95, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Ray Davis and Maude Edith Wadlow Bowker. She was born on March 28, 1914 in Valley, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at the Green Valley Nursing Home. On June 11, 1933, Grace married Francis L. Miller in Pawnee County. He preceded her in death on October...

Jun 9, 2009

Charles Samuel Sam Cooper III, 64, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was the son of Charles Samuel Cooper II and Rosa Hageman Cooper. He was born February 19, 1945 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at his home. Sam earned the rank of Eagle Scout before graduating from Perry High School in 1963. On May 4, 1968,...

Jun 4, 2009

Eva Marjorie Shelton, 84, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was the daughter of Ernest and Holly Dougherty. She was born July 4, 1924 in Abilene, Texas and died Thursday, June 4, 2009. Eva married Rev. John B. Shelton on August 1, 1944 in Glendale, Arizona and they were blessed with 61 years of marriage. She was a wonderful partner in...

May 30, 2009

Ethel Levina Kirk, 91, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Emil and Carrie Garrett Lau. She was born October 5, 1917 at Orlando, Oklahoma and died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Broken Arrow Nursing Home. Ethel was a 1935 graduate of Perry High School. On January 1, 1956, she and Marion E....

May 26, 2009

James A. Megenity, 80, passed from this life on earth to be with his Lord and Savior on May 26, 2009. Born on July 28, 1928 to Jack and Ethel Megenity in Perry, OK, J.A. was modestly raised on the McCormick farm claimed by his grandfather J.S. McCormick in the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. The farm his...

May 22, 2009

Hazel Marie Cutsinger, 93, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Robert J. and Eva May Bay Parrick. She was born April 26, 1916 in Drumright, Oklahoma and went to be with her heavenly father, Friday, May 22, 2009 at Perry Memorial Hospital. In 1932, she and Frank A. Cutsinger were married in Perry, Oklahoma. They are renewing their...

May 17, 2009

Ryder Steele McWilliams, two-month-old infant son of James Newton Jr. and Jill Marie Rieman McWilliams, of Morrison, Oklahoma was born March 16, 2009 at Ponca City, Oklahoma and went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Zion Lutheran Church, east...

May 16, 2009

Kenneth Lee Stanley, 78, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Lester Lee and Fern Edna Sanders Stanley. He was born on January 16, 1931 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. Kenneth was raised by his father and step-mother, Vivian Stanley. He enjoyed spending time drinking coffee and visiting with his...

May 15, 2009

Wilma Sota Hasenfratz, 85, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Clyde W. and Minnie Sota Sprouls Winsworth. She was born on July 21, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and died Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. On August 30, 1942, Wilma married Carl C. Hasenfratz in the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Perry, Oklahoma....

May 13, 2009

Mabel A. Miller, 83, long-time resident of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Phil and Inez Plano. The second of four children, she was born May 17, 1925 in Renton, Washington and died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at her home. Mabel married James A. Miller and the couple moved to Oklahoma, eventually settling in Perry, where they raised three...

May 7, 2009

Ramona Lou Finley, 62, of Billings, Oklahoma was the daughter of Jess W. and Betty Lou Myers Finley. She was born November 20, 1946 in Groom, Texas and died Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Billings Fairchild Center. Graveside services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in the Alanreed Cemetery at Alanreed, Texas. Thacker Haynes will...

May 6, 2009

Evelyn Ferol Mornhinweg, 88, of Perry, Oklahoma, passed away at home and gained eternal peace on May 6, 2009. She was born on August 8, 1920, at Red Rock, Oklahoma, to Ernest and Rachel Osborne Tobias. She was a student at Red Rock area schools and graduated from Billings High School in 1936 and attended Northern Oklahoma Jr. College...

May 3, 2009

Opal McNeal Karcher, 90, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Leslie Johnson and Iva McIntyre Johnson. She was born on September 24, 1918 in Orlando, Oklahoma and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Perry Memorial Hospital. On May 27, 1936, Opal married Lester Shanty McNeal at Lucien, Oklahoma. Lester preceded...

Apr 27, 2009

Doyle Virgil Meyer, 76, of Marshall, Oklahoma was the son of Anthony Franklin and Anna Berger Meyer. He was born September 11, 1932 at Orlando, Oklahoma and died Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Doyle served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. On July 4, 1953, he...

Apr 21, 2009

Rufus J. Rutherford, 89, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of George W. and Nora O. Churchwell Rutherford. He was born on the family farm, northwest of Perry, on December 27, 1919 and died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry. Rufus received his education, grades one through eight, at the country school 4-D District...

Apr 20, 2009

Apr 20, 2009

Lois Ann Sandy Morrow, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma, the daughter of Loren M. Groom and Agnes Mathis Cook went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 20, 2009 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Born July 20, 1936 in Lucien, Oklahoma, Lois Ann lived her early years in Covington, Oklahoma and Hosington, Kansas. Lois Ann earned the nickname...

Apr 17, 2009

Willa Jean Thomas, 83, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of William Spaulding and Manilla Lorene Johnson Adams. She was born September 16, 1925 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Friday, April 17, 2009 at Inverness Assisted Living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On April 22, 1944, she and William Harcourt Thomas were married in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma....