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Michael Pruitt

Michael Pruitt

Sep 28, 2019

Viewing will be 4-8 pm Wednesday and Thursday with family present to greet friends Thursday from 6-8 pm. A funeral mass will be held at St. James the Greater Catholic Church at 11 am Friday with burial to follow at Moore City Cemetery. On September 28, 2019, Michael Alan Pruitt, Jr., loving son, brother, uncle, grandson, friend and co-worker passed...

Debora Louise Laird

Debora Louise Laird

Sep 27, 2019

Services to celebrate her life will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, September 30, 2019 at Southern Hills Baptist Church (8601 South Penn.). In lieu of flowers friends may make donations to the ASPCA.

Debbie Louise Laird passed away in her sleep the morning of September 27, 2019.

Debbie was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma...

Mary Deplois

Mary Deplois

Sep 26, 2019

Mary Veronica Cook was born June 27, 1925 in Oklahoma City to James H. Cook and Beatrice (Givan) Cook. They lived in the near NE OKC area, and like much of society in those slower, less complicated times the immediate community was close-knit - almost everyone knew everyone else in the few square blocks that could easily be navigated on...

Betty Terrell Kennedy

Betty Terrell Kennedy

Sep 26, 2019

Services to celebrate her life will be 10 AM Saturday at the Vondel Smith South Colonial Chapel with burial to follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens. Betty Jean Terrell Kennedy was born on July 20, 1925, daughter of J.W. Wilson and Mamie (Church) Wilson, of Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She married Other L. Kennedy on July 16, 1940. Of this union, their...

Genevieve Schmidt

Genevieve Schmidt

Sep 22, 2019

Genevieve Cowan Schmidt, "Jennie", (age 99) of Oklahoma City, OK, passed away on September 22, 2019. She was born in Okemah, OK, on July 25, 1920 to Hattie E. Wilson and Leonard C. Cowan. Her paternal grandparents were Clara and John Luther Cowan of Okemah; her maternal grandparents were Sarah and Bailey Wilson. She lived her childhood years on her...

Johnny Pendley

Johnny Pendley

Sep 21, 2019

Visitation will be Tuesday and Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 PM with family to greet friends 6:00-8:00 PM Wednesday. Services will be 2:00 PM Thursday at Brookwood Baptist Church (8921 S. Walker Ave.) with burial to follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens. Johnny Pendley was born July 17, 1944 in Rush Springs, OK to Hiram and Lillie Pendley. He passed to his heavenly...

Lavernne "Burny" H Whitnah

Lavernne "Burny" H Whitnah

Sep 20, 2019

Nita LaVernne "Burny" Whitnah November 18, 1929 ~ September 20, 2019 Having lived the past 6 ½ years at Sommerset Assisted Living Facility and following a brief illness, Burny, aka 'Myne', 89, peacefully passed away Friday, September 20, 2019. She was born in Oklahoma City to Charles Y. Higdon and Winne Fern (Nichols) Higdon on November 18, 1929. She graduated...

Virginia "Lorene" New

Virginia "Lorene" New

Sep 20, 2019

Virginia "Lorene" Irene (Stafford) New October 9, 1925 – September 20, 2019 Virginia "Lorene" New was born October 9, 1925 in Trousdale, OK the daughter of Ira P and Margaret (Howard) Stafford. She entered heaven on Friday, September 20, 2019 at the age of 93. Lorene graduated from Wanette High School then went on to become a licensed beautician. Lorene...

William Hatchell

William Hatchell

Sep 19, 2019

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to St. James Catholic Church or Telephone Pioneers.

A memorial mass will be held 11:00 AM Monday, September 23rd at St. James the Greater Catholic Church 4201 S. McKinley Oklahoma City, OK.

There will be no viewing or visitation. Bill Hatchell, 83, passed away on Thursday at his home...

Gregory Stiles

Gregory Stiles

Sep 19, 2019

A visitation to celebrate Greg's life will be from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Sunday, September 22, 2019 at Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary, 6934 S. Western Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73139. Greg Stiles, a longtime resident of Oklahoma City, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Greg was born August 18, 1971 to William "Bill" Allen Stiles and...

Chrystal Rubin

Chrystal Rubin

Sep 19, 2019

Note: Service has been rescheduled for 2PM Wednesday Sept. 25, 2019 Chrystal DeAnn Rubin, of Oklahoma City, was called home by her Lord and Savior on September 19, 2019 in Oklahoma City at the age of 62. She was born on May 09, 1957 in Oklahoma City to Doyle and Marjorie Payne. Chrystal enjoyed her youth as a majorette for...

Wesley Emptage

Wesley Emptage

Sep 18, 2019

Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary 6934 S. Western Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Wesley Wayne "Wes" Emptage was born on Friday, August 15, 1941 in Cordell, Oklahoma to George Wesley and Jean Eleanor (Dart) Emptage. He died Wednesday, September 18, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wes was a devoted Christian and a Church of Christ Minister in his younger years....

Shirley Brown

Shirley Brown

Sep 16, 2019

Shirley Marie Brown, of Oklahoma City, joined her family in heaven on September 16, 2019. She was born in Oklahoma City, on October 2, 1930. She graduated from Classen High School in 1948 before attending the University of Oklahoma with the financial assistance of her brother, Jimmy. She continued her education at Central State University, graduating in 1972 with a...

Rachel Terranova

Rachel Terranova

Sep 16, 2019

Donations in Memory or Rachel can be made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness at www.namioklahoma.org Rachel Elizabeth Terranova passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 16, 2019 at the age of 27. She was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on January 21, 1992 to her parents, Peter and Clara Terranova. Rachel was a happy child with a smile on her...

Eileen May Putnam

Eileen May Putnam

Sep 15, 2019

Eileen May Putnam, 89, passed from this life Sunday September 15, 2019. She was born March 8, 1930 in Carthage, Missouri, the daughter of William Algernon and Rosa Lena Pearl (Winkler) Sutton. After graduating high school, Eileen went to Nurse Training School and worked as an LPN and was the 1st ER Nurse at Midwest City Hospital. She and Beryl...

Carol Everett

Carol Everett

Sep 15, 2019

Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary at South Lakes 4000 SW 119th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Carol Ann Everett was born November 2, 1935 to Bertha Hazel Bingham and Claud Pierce. She was the seventh born of nine siblings who all preceded her in death. Carol married Sherman Everett in 1950 and they stayed devoted to each other until Sherman passed...

John Patrick Connor

John Patrick Connor

Sep 14, 2019

John "Art" Connor was born on June 4, 1963, in

Kansas City, MO to Steve and Dorothy Connor, who

preceded him in death. His parents brought him and

his sisters to Oklahoma at a young age to Oklahoma

City, then on to Piedmont, OK where he attended

Junior and...

Lois Lookabaugh

Lois Lookabaugh

Sep 14, 2019

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org Lois J. Lookabaugh, "Mama," beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the age of 82. Lois was born on October 14, 1936 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Clarence and Frances Juanita (Pickett) Lehman. Lois graduated from Bartlesville College High in 1954. After...

Betty Mcdowell

Betty Mcdowell

Sep 14, 2019

Vondel Smith Mortuary - South Western Ave. Viewing will be held 6-8pm Friday, September 20th. Services to celebrate her life will be 11:00 am Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the funeral home (6934 S. Western Ave) with burial to follow. On September 14, 2019, Betty joined the love of her life, Raymond Leo McDowell, who preceded her in death by...

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