Obituaries

Sonja Heinrich

Sonja Heinrich

May 29, 2008

Sonja Sue Heinrich, 65, of Billings, Oklahoma was the daughter of Glen and Bessy Provaznik Ott. She was born April 1, 1943 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid after battling cancer for six years and two months. Sonja grew up on a farm southwest of Enid and graduated...

Betty Bieberdorf

Betty Bieberdorf

May 16, 2008

Betty June Bieberdorf, 76, of Perry Oklahoma was the daughter of John and Katie L. McGee Krisher. She was born May 15, 1932 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Friday, May 16, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Betty was a life-long resident of the Perry community. She and Robert O. Bob Bieberdorf were married on December 22, 1954 in Perry,...

Shirley Morton

Shirley Morton

May 15, 2008

Shirley Winifred VanBebber Morton, 90, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Bert Edward and Artie Gregory Wood. She was born on April 16, 1918 in Wichita, Kansas and died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at her home. Shirley attended the University of Denver. She moved to Perry from Wichita, Kansas in 1932. In 1937, Shirley married Glenn VanBebber. He...

Harold Carter

Harold Carter

May 14, 2008

Harold Neil Carter, 74, of Billings, Oklahoma was the son of Horace N. and Emilie M. Totusek Carter. He was born July 25, 1933 at Salt Fork, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, May14, 2008 at Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Harold graduated from Billings High School and served his country with the Oklahoma National Guard's 45th Division. On...

Jennifer Morehouse

Jennifer Morehouse

May 8, 2008

Jennifer Dawn J.D. Morehouse, 29, of Billings, Oklahoma was the daughter of Cliff and LaNell Jones and the late Ronald Lance Morehouse. She was born August 1, 1978 at Perry, Oklahoma and went to join her family in heaven on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. J.D. was a 1997 graduate of...

Frances Skidmore

Frances Skidmore

May 8, 2008

Frances Skidmore, 92, of Tulsa, Oklahoma was the daughter of Amos Elwood and Mary Jewel Bledsoe Peavler. She was born April 3, 1916 at Minco, Oklahoma and died Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Claremore Regional Hospital at Claremore, Oklahoma. Frances was a graduate of Garber High School. She and Robert Clifton Skidmore were married on November 27, 1940 in...

Wilber Finnell

Wilber Finnell

May 6, 2008

Wilber W. Finnell, 80, of Orlando, Oklahoma was the son of John and Clara Bertha Glockler Finnell. He was born December 17, 1927 at Orlando, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Stillwater Medical Center at Stillwater, Oklahoma. Wilber farmed and ranched in the Orlando community. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 9, 2008 at...

Fred Kime

Fred Kime

May 3, 2008

Fred Kime, 78, of Garber, Oklahoma, was the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Greenfield Kime. He was born on September 28, 1929 in Seminole, Oklahoma and died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at St. Mary's Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma. He was a 1947 graduate of Seminole High School, who served his country in the United States Navy from March...

Billie Bollinger

Billie Bollinger

Apr 24, 2008

Billie Bollinger, age 68, of Perry, Oklahoma entered the gates of heaven at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2008. Billie Faye Scott was born in Locksburg, Arkansas, on September 25, 1939. She was the only biological child of Velma Smith Scott and Roy Scott. Billie was blessed to be the daughter of two Christian parents who raised her...

Dorothea Williams

Dorothea Williams

Apr 19, 2008

Dorothea L. Williams, 84, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Ward and Lavenia Shipley Foote. She was born on September 25, 1923 in Orlando, Oklahoma and died Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry. On July 3, 1948, Dorothea married Clark A. Williams in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on...

Richard Witter

Richard Witter

Apr 16, 2008

Richard Emmet Witter, 87, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Floyd E. and Lillie Meads Witter. He was born March 25, 1921 at Perry, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at his home. Richard served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He and Mary Ann Enright were married on May 1, 1961...

Harold Kindschi

Harold Kindschi

Apr 16, 2008

Harold Henry Kindschi, 90, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Henry and Anna Kindschi. He was born May 11, 1917 at Orlando, Oklahoma and passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry. Nicknamed Bud, he spent all of his life in the Orlando area. He was a hard-working farmer and rancher and...

Kenneth Carmack

Kenneth Carmack

Apr 13, 2008

Kenneth L. Carmack, 90, Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Dolph and Marmbell Wilson Carmack. He was born on February 14, 1918 in Indianola, Oklahoma and died Sunday, April 13, 2008 in his home. On August 1, 1937, Kenneth married Jessie Mae Lau in Perry, Oklahoma. They were married in the Christian Church parsonage by Brother Veneable. Jessie preceded...

Robert Underside

Robert Underside

Apr 4, 2008

Robert Lee Underside, 80, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, formerly of Perry, Oklahoma, was the son of Roy C. and Hazel O. Dent Underside. He was born July 20, 1927 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Friday, April 4, 2008 at the Baptist Village of OKC Nursing Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Robert was a graduate of Perry High School. He...

Avelina Graham

Avelina Graham

Mar 28, 2008

Mrs. Avelina Cora Graham, 92, died Friday, March 28, 2008 at 12:10 a.m. in her home at 1240 W. 70th Avenue in Conway Springs, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at the Calvary Baptist Church in Perry, Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Roger Dunn will officiate. She will be laid to rest at Grace...

John Bristol

John Bristol

Mar 26, 2008

John Eldon Bristol, 72, of Enid, Oklahoma was the son of John Henry and Leola Finkbiener Bristol. He was born September 5, 1935 at Leigh, Nebraska and died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid. Eldon lived in the Sumner community as a child and was a 1954 graduate of Sumner High School. He...

Ann Wakeman

Ann Wakeman

Mar 24, 2008

Ann Evans Wakeman, 64, of Edmond, Oklahoma was the daughter of Dr. Alfred and Mrs. Alameda Gordon Evans. She was born June 10, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City from carcinoid cancer. Ann graduated from Perry High School in 1961 and attended Oklahoma State University. She spent...

Edna Simmering

Edna Simmering

Mar 23, 2008

Edna W. Simmering, 77, of Billings, Oklahoma was the daughter of Albert A. and Annie Elizabeth Warren Harms. She was born September 9, 1930 at Cordell, Oklahoma and died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center at Enid, Oklahoma. Edna was a graduate of Garber High School. She and John A. Simmering were married on July...

Nita Kempka

Nita Kempka

Mar 20, 2008

Nita J. Kempka, of Perry, Oklahoma, came to the area as a child and was raised and educated in Noble County. She died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. She was a graduate of Perry High School and earned an associate degree in fine arts at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Nita and Edward Eddie Kempka...

Doris Downs

Doris Downs

Mar 17, 2008

Doris Downs, 85, of Amarillo, Texas, was the daughter of William Bill and Beulah Dinah Martin Chaney. She was born on August 23, 1922 in Abilene, Texas and died at her home on Monday, March 17, 2008. On December 20, 1945, Doris married Reginald Bud Downs in Abilene, Texas. He preceded her in death on December 15, 1998. Funeral...