Obituaries

Kenneth Leon Williams

Kenneth Leon Williams was born November 29, 1932, and died March 12, 2022, in Stroud. He was 89 years old. Williams, who grew up in Stroud with his mother Edith and stepfather Woodrow W. Sosbee, married Peggy Sue Hicks of Davenport of August 20, 1954.
Richard Hobill

Richard Hobill

Richard Hobill

Richard “Rich” Hobill of Chandler, Okla., was born to Bob and Marie Hobill on January 5, 1948, in Downey, Calif. He passed away on March 9, 2022, at the age of 74. Rich is a veteran of the United States Army and worked in construction as a master carpenter for most of his life.
Minnie Lou Wade

Minnie Lou Wade

Minnie Lou Wade

Minnie Lou Wade, 81, was born September 15, 1940 in Lamar, Okla., to Dan and Ida Lee (Brown) Dickerson. She passed away March 12, 2022 in Wellston surrounded by her family. Minnie was a faithful member of The Way to Jerusalem Church in Wellston. She loved everyone and loved God.
Charles Harold Sharp

Charles Harold Sharp

Charles Harold Sharp

Charles “Charlie” Harold Sharp was born to Harold and Lola (Armstrong) Sharp on May 31, 1954. He died Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Edmond, Okla., at the age of 67 years. Charlie served in the United States Army and worked with the union operating heavy machinery until retirement.
Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup

Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup

Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup

Judith Ann (Malm) Friskup, age 81, of Muleshoe, Texas, died Wednesday, February 23, 2022 in Muleshoe. She was born August 15, 1940 to Roy and Louella Malm in New Ulm, Minn. She married her high school sweetheart, Kent Friskup, on October 10, 1959.

Marjorie May Webb

Marjorie May Webb of Riley, Kan., was born May 12, 1936, in Chandler. She died Thursday, February 17, 2022, in Clay Center, Kan., at the age of 85. Webb, the daughter of Perry C. and Orah L. (Melson) Myers, married Gordon L. Webb on December 8, 1958.
Jimmy Beaird

Jimmy Beaird

Jimmy Beaird

Jimmy Beaird was born to Curley and Gertrude (Hornbeak) Beaird on July 28, 1957, in Los Angeles, Calif. He died Monday, February 14, 2022, in Cushing, Okla., at the age of 64 years. Jimmy, a 1975 graduate of Stroud High School, built houses and cars and worked for TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif.
Carol Ann Small Gamel

Carol Ann Small Gamel

Carol Ann Small Gamel

Carol Ann Small Gamel of Depew, Okla., was born December 13, 1941, in Washington, Ind. She died Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. She was 80 years old. Gamel, the daughter of Robert Marion and Vivian Terry Small, married Ron Gamel on November 9, 1967, in Opa-locka, Fla.
Helen Louise Wiley

Helen Louise Wiley

Helen Louise Wiley

Helen Louise (Witt) Wiley was born July 9, 1938, in Oakland, Calif. She died Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in Lawton, Okla., at the age of 83. Wiley, the daughter of George Louis and Hazel Bell (Pettit) Witt, married Dewey A. Wiley on June 18, 1955, in Reno, Nev.
Linda (Clover) Neal

Linda (Clover) Neal

Linda (Clover) Neal

Linda (Clover) Neal, 71, of Mansfield, Texas and a former resident of Chandler, Okla., passed away Feb. 21, 2022, at Mansfield Methodist Hospital in Mansfield, Texas, of complications from lung cancer. Linda was born Sept. 9, 1950, in Stroud, Okla., to H.E. and Mary (Simpson) Clover.