Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Katherine Curtis
Nov 26, 2008
Katherine Curtis, 71, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the oldest of twelve children, born to Kurt and Dorothy Whittam Wyant. She was born on May 16, 1937 in Eden, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On July 16, 1952, Katherine married Woodrow L. Woody Curtis in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Katherine worked at...
Norma Rolling
Nov 25, 2008
Norma Jean Rolling, 70, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Denzil Edward and Martha Opal Harris Ross. She was born November 27, 1937 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at Stillwater Medical Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Norma attended Perry Public Schools. On April 4, 1959, she and Clarence Domenick Rolling were married at the St....
Rose Kemnitz
Nov 17, 2008
Rose Marie Kemnitz, 73, of Orlando, Oklahoma was the daughter of Ernest John and Hilda Dorithia Carolina Bulholtz Kemnitz. She was born August 13, 1935 in Big Springs, Texas and died Monday, November 17, 2008 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rose grew up in the Perry area. She married Darrell Thedford in 1955 and enjoyed a...
Robert Neely
Nov 17, 2008
Robert Bob Dale Neely 67, formerly of Perry, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bob was born in a farmhouse in Glencoe, Oklahoma on July 30, 1941 to Dale and Marie Neely. He was reared in Ponca City where in high school he met his partner in life Janice Franklin. They were married...
Jean Bolay
Nov 15, 2008
Jean Bolay, 76, of Edmond, Oklahoma was the daughter of Floyd and Lois McKnabb Yager. She was born September 6, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma and died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at her home. Jean was a 1951 graduate of Perry High School. She and Clovis E. Bolay were married on December 29, 1951 and together raised two children in...



