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Michael Beach
November 30, 2015
Michael "Marble Mike" Ray Beach, 59, of Cordell passed away on Monday, November 30, 2015, in his home. He was born on August 29, 1956, in Fidelity, Illinois. Michael graduated from Southwestern High School in 1974, in Piasa, IL. He married the love his life, Rita Castleberry on November 8, 1974, in Carlinville, IL. In 1978, they moved to Cordell,...
Daphene Irene Tyler
November 28, 2015
Daphene Irene (Adkisson) Tyler, 90, passed away on November 28, 2015 in Corn, OK. She was born March 8, 1925 to Elbert Charles and Lottie Lee (Rozzell) Adkisson in Gracemont, OK. Later, her family moved south of Carnegie to Dirty Shame, OK. She attended school at Lone Star and Alden. She married Loyal Tyler (twice). They were married October 4,...
Nawana Parks
November 26, 2015
Nawana Kareen Starks-Parks, age 87 of Hobart, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015. She was born November 19, 1928, at Lake Creek, Oklahoma. She was one of nine children born to Robert and Regina Starks. She married Joseph Antoine Lanig, and they had three boys: Joe, Roger, and Danny. She worked in the cafes and B & K Nursing home....
Celeste Jolene Bronaugh
November 26, 2015
Celeste Jolene "Cissy" Bronaugh, 57, made her journey home on November 26, 2015. She was born August 22, 1958 in Lawton, OK to Gene and Carol Jean (Cody) Bronaugh. After high school, she attended the University of Oklahoma where she met Vince "Chic" Downing, father of Mia. Celeste was excited about the upcoming birth of her grandson and loved her...
Carron M. Polk
November 25, 2015
Carron Molly Polk, 72, of Dill City, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at her home. She was born in Rocky, Oklahoma to Earl and Jewel Griffith on November 21, 1943. Carron grew up in the Rocky/ Hobart area and moved to Dill City in 1974. Carron married Johnny Polk on September 13, 1976, in Elk City, Oklahoma....
Jimmie Pennel
November 22, 2015
Jimmie Dwain Pennel, Sr, 68 of Cement passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born on November 8, 1947, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Johnny Addison Pennel Jr. and Ruby Viola (White) Pennel. Jimmie was a police officer in the Anadarko and Verden area for many years. He was also a Firearm Instructor. Jimmie married...
Mary Ruth Ogaz-Cano
November 17, 2015
Mary Ruth "Misty" (Turtle) Ogaz-Cano, 60, passed away November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on May 15th, 1955, to Bill Murray Turtle and Alice Crye. She began her life out at Saddle Mountain, but she spent a majority of her life in Oklahoma City. She later became the proud mother of Salomon and Pablo. She is survived...
Violet Ida Scanlon
November 17, 2015
Violet Ida Scanlon, 98, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Hobart, Oklahoma. She was born on December 28, 1916, in Moundsville, West Virginia to Homer and Bammie (Longwell) Williamson. Violet moved to Pittsburgh, PA to pack ammunition for WWII, where she met Raymond Scanlon. She married Raymond Scanlon on September 27, 1946, preceding her in death on July...
Mary Ruth Ogaz-Cano
November 17, 2015
Mary Ruth "Misty" (Turtle) Ogaz-Cano, 60, passed away November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on May 15th, 1955, to Bill Murray Turtle and Alice Crye. She began her life out at Saddle Mountain, but she spent a majority of her life in Oklahoma City. She later became the proud mother of Salomon and Pablo. She is survived...
Violet Ida Scanlon
November 17, 2015
Violet Ida Scanlon, 98, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Hobart, Oklahoma. She was born on December 28, 1916, in Moundsville, West Virginia to Homer and Bammie (Longwell) Williamson. Violet moved to Pittsburgh, PA to pack ammunition for WWII, where she met Raymond Scanlon. She married Raymond Scanlon on September 27, 1946, preceding her in death on July...
Norma Washa
November 17, 2015
Norma Washa, 65, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, passed away on November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on October 10, 1950, to Arthur and Inez (Elk River) Kauley. Norma was an unexpected twin, so she had never been given a proper middle name. That being the case, Jimmy would always call her "Norma Kay". Norma married Jimmy Washa on...
Norma Carlisle
November 16, 2015
Norma Geanne Carlisle, 88, former Hobart resident passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015, in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was born on August 12, 1927, in Anadarko, Oklahoma to M.B. and Laverne (Coleman) Fanning. She married John Carlisle in 1944 in Hobart, OK. Norma raised her two children before going to West Texas State University to receive her Master's In...
Dorothy Irene Hopkins
November 14, 2015
Dorothy Irene (Young) Hopkins, 90, of Sentinel, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 in Corn, OK. Irene was born January 10, 1925 in Elk City, OK to Alonzo and Dora (Ramsey) Young. She was the youngest of 6 children. She grew up and attended school in Elk City. Irene and her sister, Mildred, were extremely close and even married...
Paul Berndsen
November 13, 2015
Paul Berndsen went to his final resting place Friday, November 13, 2015. Paul was born at home on August 30, 1932 to Leo and Gladys (Orrell) Berndsen. He attended Fort Cobb and Washita schools, graduating in 1950 from Washita. Paul was a pillar of the community of Fort Cobb, never living more than 5 miles from the home where he...
William Dunford
November 7, 2015
William (Bill) Wayne Dunford, 78, of Norman, OK, passed away on November 7, 2015, in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born on November 20, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Virgil William and Leta Mae (Armstrong) Dunford. Bill was raised in Norman, Oklahoma. He married Constance Laile Church on June 1, 1961 in Norman, Oklahoma, and she preceded him in death...
Nancy Sue Riffe
November 6, 2015
Funeral service for Nancy Sue Riffe, 74 of Hobart, Oklahoma is pending with Ray & Martha's Funeral Home. She died on Friday, November 6, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Pedro Maldonado
November 3, 2015
Deacon Pedro Villarrial Maldonado. 83, of Hobart, Oklahoma, passed away November 3rd, 2015. He was born in Tivoli, Texas, on January 18th, 1932 to Ciprian and Innocencia (Villarreal) Maldonado. He was united in marriage to Carmen Maldonado on August 28, 1950 in Robstown, Texas. To this union ten children were born. Pedro worked as a carpenter for a majority of...
Cecil Baker
November 2, 2015
Cecil Camak Baker, Jr. M.D. died Monday, November 2, 2015 at Three Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois at age 85. He was born in Elk City, Oklahoma on November 24, 1929, the youngest of three children of Cecil Camak Baker and Flora Blackwell Baker and the only surviving sibling following the death of his brother, William Leonard Baker in WWII...
Melissa Dawn Poolaw
November 2, 2015
Melissa "Missy" Dawn Poolaw-Swift, 28, of Anadarko, Oklahoma, crossed the veil on November 2nd at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.She came into this world on February 10, 1987. Melissa was the beloved daughter of Diana Woodard and Gerald Poolaw Jr. A direct descendent of Chief Santanta (set'tainte) through daughter San-tope-ay-doh and White Buffalo. She is also a decendent of...
Louis Bedoka
November 1, 2015
Louis "Buddy" Bedoka, 83 of Anadarko passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born on December 1, 1931, in Anadarko, Oklahoma to Maurice and Pearl (Guy) Bedoka. Buddy was raised in Anadarko all his life, graduating Anadarko High School in 1950. Buddy went to USAO in Chickasha and received a Bachelor of Arts. Buddy...
Michael Beach
November 30, 2015
Michael "Marble Mike" Ray Beach, 59, of Cordell passed away on Monday, November 30, 2015, in his home. He was born on August 29, 1956, in Fidelity, Illinois. Michael graduated from Southwestern High School in 1974, in Piasa, IL. He married the love his life, Rita Castleberry on November 8, 1974, in Carlinville, IL. In 1978, they moved to Cordell,...
Daphene Irene Tyler
November 28, 2015
Daphene Irene (Adkisson) Tyler, 90, passed away on November 28, 2015 in Corn, OK. She was born March 8, 1925 to Elbert Charles and Lottie Lee (Rozzell) Adkisson in Gracemont, OK. Later, her family moved south of Carnegie to Dirty Shame, OK. She attended school at Lone Star and Alden. She married Loyal Tyler (twice). They were married October 4,...
Nawana Parks
November 26, 2015
Nawana Kareen Starks-Parks, age 87 of Hobart, passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015. She was born November 19, 1928, at Lake Creek, Oklahoma. She was one of nine children born to Robert and Regina Starks. She married Joseph Antoine Lanig, and they had three boys: Joe, Roger, and Danny. She worked in the cafes and B & K Nursing home....
Celeste Jolene Bronaugh
November 26, 2015
Celeste Jolene "Cissy" Bronaugh, 57, made her journey home on November 26, 2015. She was born August 22, 1958 in Lawton, OK to Gene and Carol Jean (Cody) Bronaugh. After high school, she attended the University of Oklahoma where she met Vince "Chic" Downing, father of Mia. Celeste was excited about the upcoming birth of her grandson and loved her...
Carron M. Polk
November 25, 2015
Carron Molly Polk, 72, of Dill City, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at her home. She was born in Rocky, Oklahoma to Earl and Jewel Griffith on November 21, 1943. Carron grew up in the Rocky/ Hobart area and moved to Dill City in 1974. Carron married Johnny Polk on September 13, 1976, in Elk City, Oklahoma....
Jimmie Pennel
November 22, 2015
Jimmie Dwain Pennel, Sr, 68 of Cement passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born on November 8, 1947, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Johnny Addison Pennel Jr. and Ruby Viola (White) Pennel. Jimmie was a police officer in the Anadarko and Verden area for many years. He was also a Firearm Instructor. Jimmie married...
Mary Ruth Ogaz-Cano
November 17, 2015
Mary Ruth "Misty" (Turtle) Ogaz-Cano, 60, passed away November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on May 15th, 1955, to Bill Murray Turtle and Alice Crye. She began her life out at Saddle Mountain, but she spent a majority of her life in Oklahoma City. She later became the proud mother of Salomon and Pablo. She is survived...
Violet Ida Scanlon
November 17, 2015
Violet Ida Scanlon, 98, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Hobart, Oklahoma. She was born on December 28, 1916, in Moundsville, West Virginia to Homer and Bammie (Longwell) Williamson. Violet moved to Pittsburgh, PA to pack ammunition for WWII, where she met Raymond Scanlon. She married Raymond Scanlon on September 27, 1946, preceding her in death on July...
Mary Ruth Ogaz-Cano
November 17, 2015
Mary Ruth "Misty" (Turtle) Ogaz-Cano, 60, passed away November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on May 15th, 1955, to Bill Murray Turtle and Alice Crye. She began her life out at Saddle Mountain, but she spent a majority of her life in Oklahoma City. She later became the proud mother of Salomon and Pablo. She is survived...
Violet Ida Scanlon
November 17, 2015
Violet Ida Scanlon, 98, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, in Hobart, Oklahoma. She was born on December 28, 1916, in Moundsville, West Virginia to Homer and Bammie (Longwell) Williamson. Violet moved to Pittsburgh, PA to pack ammunition for WWII, where she met Raymond Scanlon. She married Raymond Scanlon on September 27, 1946, preceding her in death on July...
Norma Washa
November 17, 2015
Norma Washa, 65, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, passed away on November 17th, 2015. She was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, on October 10, 1950, to Arthur and Inez (Elk River) Kauley. Norma was an unexpected twin, so she had never been given a proper middle name. That being the case, Jimmy would always call her "Norma Kay". Norma married Jimmy Washa on...
Norma Carlisle
November 16, 2015
Norma Geanne Carlisle, 88, former Hobart resident passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015, in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was born on August 12, 1927, in Anadarko, Oklahoma to M.B. and Laverne (Coleman) Fanning. She married John Carlisle in 1944 in Hobart, OK. Norma raised her two children before going to West Texas State University to receive her Master's In...
Dorothy Irene Hopkins
November 14, 2015
Dorothy Irene (Young) Hopkins, 90, of Sentinel, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 in Corn, OK. Irene was born January 10, 1925 in Elk City, OK to Alonzo and Dora (Ramsey) Young. She was the youngest of 6 children. She grew up and attended school in Elk City. Irene and her sister, Mildred, were extremely close and even married...
Paul Berndsen
November 13, 2015
Paul Berndsen went to his final resting place Friday, November 13, 2015. Paul was born at home on August 30, 1932 to Leo and Gladys (Orrell) Berndsen. He attended Fort Cobb and Washita schools, graduating in 1950 from Washita. Paul was a pillar of the community of Fort Cobb, never living more than 5 miles from the home where he...
William Dunford
November 7, 2015
William (Bill) Wayne Dunford, 78, of Norman, OK, passed away on November 7, 2015, in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born on November 20, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Virgil William and Leta Mae (Armstrong) Dunford. Bill was raised in Norman, Oklahoma. He married Constance Laile Church on June 1, 1961 in Norman, Oklahoma, and she preceded him in death...
Nancy Sue Riffe
November 6, 2015
Funeral service for Nancy Sue Riffe, 74 of Hobart, Oklahoma is pending with Ray & Martha's Funeral Home. She died on Friday, November 6, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Pedro Maldonado
November 3, 2015
Deacon Pedro Villarrial Maldonado. 83, of Hobart, Oklahoma, passed away November 3rd, 2015. He was born in Tivoli, Texas, on January 18th, 1932 to Ciprian and Innocencia (Villarreal) Maldonado. He was united in marriage to Carmen Maldonado on August 28, 1950 in Robstown, Texas. To this union ten children were born. Pedro worked as a carpenter for a majority of...
Cecil Baker
November 2, 2015
Cecil Camak Baker, Jr. M.D. died Monday, November 2, 2015 at Three Crowns Park in Evanston, Illinois at age 85. He was born in Elk City, Oklahoma on November 24, 1929, the youngest of three children of Cecil Camak Baker and Flora Blackwell Baker and the only surviving sibling following the death of his brother, William Leonard Baker in WWII...
Melissa Dawn Poolaw
November 2, 2015
Melissa "Missy" Dawn Poolaw-Swift, 28, of Anadarko, Oklahoma, crossed the veil on November 2nd at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.She came into this world on February 10, 1987. Melissa was the beloved daughter of Diana Woodard and Gerald Poolaw Jr. A direct descendent of Chief Santanta (set'tainte) through daughter San-tope-ay-doh and White Buffalo. She is also a decendent of...
Louis Bedoka
November 1, 2015
Louis "Buddy" Bedoka, 83 of Anadarko passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born on December 1, 1931, in Anadarko, Oklahoma to Maurice and Pearl (Guy) Bedoka. Buddy was raised in Anadarko all his life, graduating Anadarko High School in 1950. Buddy went to USAO in Chickasha and received a Bachelor of Arts. Buddy...
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