Obituaries

Jerry Ross Peters

Jerry Ross Peters

Jerry Ross Peters

Jerry Ross Peters of Prague was born January 8, 1941, in Calvin, Okla. He died Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Prague, at the age of 81 years. Peters, the son of Vernon V. and Virginia (Moore) Peters, married Anna Mae (Holik) Peters on April 25, 1962.

Joel Dewayne Wakefield

Joel Dewayne Wakefield, 70, long-time resident of Chandler, died Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Oklahoma City. Funeral services will be 3 p.m., Friday, May 27, 2022 in the chapel of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Chandler, which handled the final arrangements.
Sharon Marie Murray

Sharon Marie Murray

Sharon Marie Murray

Sharon Marie Murray was born May 25, 1948 to Thad “Andy” Hightower and Zelta Marie (White) Hightower. She passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, at home in Davenport surrounded by her loved ones. She was 73 years old.
Margaret “Linda” Jo Quinn

Margaret “Linda” Jo Quinn

Margaret “Linda” Jo Quinn

Margaret “Linda” Jo (Grammer) Quinn was born on January 29, 1947 in Sparks, Okla., and departed this life on Sunday, May 8, 2022 in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 75. Linda Jo (Grammer) Quinn was born to William B. Grammer and Elsie M. (Speer) Grammer. She was a resident of Stroud most of her life.
Katherine Foster

Katherine Foster

Katherine Foster

Funeral service for Katherine A. (McFarland) Foster, age 77, is to be held at 2 pm on Friday, May 13, 2022 at the Baptist Church of Depew, Okla. with Reverend Doyle Seeley officiating. Burial to follow at Oakdale Cemetery, Depew, Okla. Condolences may be offered online at www. parksbrothers.net.
Dorothy Cole

Dorothy Cole

Dorothy Cole

Dorothy Jean Cole was born Jan. 31, 1943 in Eldorado, Okla. to Elmer and Ruth Roberson. She passed away May 3, 2022 in Wellston at the age of 79. Dorothy grew up in Atoka and Lane Okla. where she met the love of her life and married Merl Cole. She was a homemaker raising their two children.
Ira Mae Willeford Wright

Ira Mae Willeford Wright

Ira Mae Willeford Wright

Ira Mae Willeford Wright was born Nov. 17, 1945 in Pauls Valley, Okla. to Ernest Ira and Betty Mae (McGregor) Willeford. She died Friday, May 6, 2022 at her rural home near Wellston at the age of 76. She wed Bill McKee in 1960. She later married Calvin O’Neal in 1964.
Betty Jo Bowen

Betty Jo Bowen

Betty Jo Bowen

Betty Jo Bowen, a longtime resident of Chandler, Okla., died May 3, 2022, in Chandler, at the age of 83. Betty Jo was born in Davenport, Okla., Nov. 4, 1938, to Carl Jerome and Lois Opal (Tunnell) Anderson.
Gerald Leon Cooper

Gerald Leon Cooper

Gerald Leon Cooper

Gerald Leon Cooper was born September 22, 1942, in Reno, Nev., and died Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Meeker. He was 79 years old. Cooper worked in the oilfield as a tool pusher.
Kevin Dewayne Elias

Kevin Dewayne Elias

Kevin Dewayne Elias

Kevin Dewayne Elias, 63, died May 2, 2022, at his home in Tulsa, Okla. Kevin was born at Bristow Memorial Hospital, Bristow, Okla., Feb. 22, 1959, to Tyrone James Elias and Norma Rose (Hurst) Elias. He was the middle son of three boys. Kevin graduated from Chandler High School, Chandler, Okla.