Obituaries

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...

Cassie Taylor

Cassie Taylor

Mar 11, 2008

Cassie Mae Taylor, 65, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Leroy and Anna Mae Scott Copeland. She was born on March 22, 1942 in Perry, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. In April 1993, Cassie married Donald Taylor in Perry, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Mt. Olive AME Church. Cassie...

Johnnie Hartz

Johnnie Hartz

Mar 11, 2008

Johnnie Hartz, 90, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the son of Valentin and Clara Peter Hartz. He was born on March 29, 1917 in Enid, Oklahoma and died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in Enid, Oklahoma. Johnnie served his country as a member of the United...

Katherine Ward

Katherine Ward

Mar 8, 2008

Katherine L. Ward, 89, of Billings, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Roy Samuel and Edith Clark Mitchell. She was born on September 19, 1918 in Lamont, Oklahoma and died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Ponca City Medical Center in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Katherine graduated from Lamont High School. On September 26, 1936, she married Earl G. Ward in...

Peggy Beadles

Peggy Beadles

Mar 3, 2008

Peggy W. Beadles, 73, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Richard Nelson and Ocie Pearl Woods Palmer. She was born January 4, 1935 in Caney, Kansas and died Monday, March 3, 2008 at her home. On August 19, 1953, she and Mac E. Beadles were married in Fredonia, Kansas. Mac preceded her in death on September 1, 2002....

Arthur Rupp

Arthur Rupp

Feb 27, 2008

Arthur Charles Rupp, 81, of Perry, Oklahoma was the son of Lee and Emillie Wierzba Rupp. He was born December 13, 1926 in Sumner, Oklahoma and died Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Perry Memorial Hospital. Art was a 1944 graduate of Sumner High School. He and Charlotte Bay were married on November 10, 1946 at Sumner, Oklahoma. He farmed,...