Obituaries

Herman Feken

Herman Feken

Feb 16, 2009

Herman Arthur Feken, 97, of Perry, Oklahoma, was born December 11, 1911 at the family farm ten miles northwest of Perry, Oklahoma and died February 16, 2009. He was one of eight children, born to Folkert and Wilhemina Bose Feken. He is the last surviving child of eight children. He attended Happy Hill community public school, one mile south...

Carl Fulkerson

Carl Fulkerson

Feb 9, 2009

Carl O. Fulkerson, 72, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Arthur Boyd and Helen Francis Laurent Fulkerson. He was born January 24, 1937 in Michigan and died Monday, February 9, 2009 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Carl was a professional photographer. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Private family services will be held at...

Doris Jones

Doris Jones

Feb 6, 2009

Doris Jones, 86, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, formerly of Claremore and Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of James William and Della Blackwood Wix. She was born on November 26, 1922 in Claremore, Oklahoma and died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Westhaven Nursing Home in Stillwater. On June 26, 1942, Doris married Johnnie Jones in Claremore, Oklahoma. He preceded her in...

Eileen Jones

Eileen Jones

Feb 3, 2009

Eileen E. Jones, 92, of Orlando, Oklahoma was the daughter of Willis E. and Dora Kruse Rugh. She was born March 2, 1916 at Fairmont, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Perry Green Valley Nursing Home. Eileen was married to Orville Henry Jones who preceded her in death. She worked as cook at local restaurants prior to...

Glen Klingaman

Glen Klingaman

Feb 1, 2009

Glen Dean Klingaman, 64, of Mulhall, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Kenneth Karl and Mildred Maedene Ruck Klingaman. He was born December 5, 1944 at Orlando, Oklahoma and died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A life-long resident of Logan and Noble counties, Dean was a graduate of...

Susan Simmering

Susan Simmering

Jan 31, 2009

Susan Simmering, 56, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Charles LeRoy and Sudie Levern Morris Moore. She was born on December 19, 1952 in Lubbock, Texas and died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. On July 4, 1983, Susan married Mike Simmering in Dallas, Texas. Susan enjoyed making jewelry, taking care of her...

Beverly Haynes

Beverly Haynes

Jan 30, 2009

Beverly A. Haynes, 82, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Bill and Emilie R. Meier Hodges. She was born on July 20, 1926 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas and died January 30, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On November 25, 1951, Beverly married William F. Bill Haynes III in the First Lutheran Church in...

Gretchen Atkinson

Gretchen Atkinson

Jan 24, 2009

Gretchen Mae Mother Atkinson, 97, left this world peacefully Saturday, January 24, 2009. She was born Easter Sunday morning, April 16, 1911 to Daniel Gaines and Isabell Knight in Gene Autry, formerly known as Ran, Oklahoma. Mae moved to Perry with her parents when she was 17 years old, at which time she attended historic Blaine School. Mae resided...

Ethel Webber

Ethel Webber

Jan 23, 2009

Ethel Webber, 85, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Murice and Mertie Ralston League. She was born on March 28, 1923 in Beaver City, Oklahoma and died Friday, January 23, 2009 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry. On September 2, 1948, Ethel married Floyd Webber. He preceded her in death on September 6, 1983. Ethel worked for...

Florence Smith

Florence Smith

Jan 5, 2009

Florence M. Smith, 89, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Leslie Milbert and Edna Margaret Brewer Holcomb. She was born on July 3, 1919 in Shattuck, Oklahoma and died Monday, January 5, 2009 at her home. She attended school at IXL in Three Sands. Florence married Eugene Fredrick Smith in Kay County. He preceded her in death on...

Beatrice Murphy

Beatrice Murphy

Jan 5, 2009

Beatrice Bea Murphy, 97, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Luther and Hattie Wheeler Sullivan. She was born on August 26, 1911 in DeQueen, Arkansas and died Monday, January 5, 2009 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. Bea was a graduate of Vanoss High School and attended East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. On July 10,...

Francis Herde

Francis Herde

Jan 4, 2009

Francis Herde, 101, of Billings, Oklahoma was the son of August Ludwig and Susan George Herde. He was born January 28, 1907 at Soldier, Kansas and died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center at Enid, Oklahoma. Francis moved to Billings in 1923. On September 1, 1931, he and Ruth Morris were married at Howard, Kansas....

Charles Cooper

Charles Cooper

Jan 2, 2009

Charles Robert Chuck Cooper, 83, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of William Lee and Lorraine Bissel Cooper. He was born on March 9, 1925 in Red Rock, Oklahoma and died Friday, January 2, 2009 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. Chuck served his country as a member of the United States Navy from 1944 until 1946. On March 20,...

Carolyn Crawford

Carolyn Crawford

Jan 1, 2009

Carolyn J. Crawford, 68, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Hubert Riley and Georgie Violet Inman Todd. She was born on June 28, 1940 in Ingalls, Oklahoma and died Thursday, January 1, 2009 at her home. On February 14, 1991, Carolyn married Lee Ray Crawford in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on October 29, 1999....

Dennis Avery

Dennis Avery

Dec 31, 2008

Dennis A. Avery, 66, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Glenn and Edith I. Christman Avery. He was born March 24, 1942 in Covington, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Dennis was a 1960 graduate of Covington High School. On December 3, 1961, he and Judith Judy A. Stebbins were married at Covington,...

Lorene Mielke

Lorene Mielke

Dec 28, 2008

Lorene Mielke, 94, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Fred and Emma Schulz Rendla. She was born February 28, 1914 on a farm five miles northeast of Perry and died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At the age of one year, Lorene moved with her family to...

Betty Sadler

Betty Sadler

Dec 18, 2008

Betty Sadler, 82, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Leonard Albert and Louise A. West Shaffner. She was born July 12, 1926 at Hominy, Oklahoma and died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. After the death of her mother, Betty was raised by her father and step-mother, Thelma Slamans Shaffner. She attended St. Louis Indian School...

Lillie Stevens

Lillie Stevens

Dec 16, 2008

Lillie May Stevens, 79, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Edgar W. and Alice Beulah Christensen Tate. She was born September 5, 1929 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Perry. Lillie May was a life-long resident of Perry. On September 26, 1947, she and Raymond J....

Sarah Gates

Sarah Gates

Dec 5, 2008

Sarah Mae Hurst Gates, 80, beloved daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, was born in Orlando, Oklahoma on January 11, 1928 to John C. and Verna L. Peterson Hurst. She died Friday, December 5, 2008 at the MeadowBrook Specialty Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sarah married Charles T. Gates on February 2, 1946 in Winfield, Kansas. To this marriage two daughters...

Wanda Gilbreath

Wanda Gilbreath

Dec 2, 2008

Wanda J. Gilbreath, 76, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of William and Valerie Airington Miller. She was born October 27, 1932 at Gotebo, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry, Oklahoma. Wanda, as a member of the Gotebo High School softball team, pitched the first state championship softball tournament in Oklahoma....