Memories of a special woman, and of family

A woman I haven’t spoken much about in this space is my mother who reared me from shortly after I turned six years old. As many of you are aware, my birth mother passed away when I was 3½ years old. She died of acute leukemia.

Stroud Arts

This is the Seventy-Nineth article in a semipermanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community.

Horse attacked

A Chandler area girl’s horse is recovering after it was attacked recently, possibly by a mountain lion, or wild dogs. Kenzie Cowden, 17-year-old daughter of Kristie and Charles Cowden and a Chandler High School senior, said she went out to feed the four horses as she usually does around 8 or 9 a.m.

Pottawatomie County

Marriages James Vernon Boise, Tecumseh, and Kimberly Dale Peterman, Moore. Katelyn Haley Creech and Candace Michelle Deer, both of McLoud. Anthony Allen Digregorio and Alyssa Rae Williams, both of Yukon. Tyler Shane Edwards and Kelsie Lynn Williams both of Blanchard.

Janice Rush

Janice Rush of Davenport was born January 11, 1937, in New York, N.Y., and died Wednesday, July 14, 2021. She was 84 years old. Rush, daughter of John R. Coots and Barbara Bicknell Coots, married Marvin Rush in Feb. 1955.

Carol Louise Nicholson

Carol Louise Nicholson was born February 1, 1938, in Adrian, Mich., and died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Houston, Mo. She was 83 years old. The daughter of Earl and Lucille (Hiftline) Ries, she married Jerry Borton in 1959.

Gwendolyn Whitecotton

Gwendolyn Whitecotton was born January 2, 1939, in Escanaba, Mich. She died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at the age of 82 years. Whitecotton, the daughter of Samuel S. Stepp and Frances M. (Posenke) Stepp, married Raymon Whitecotton on September 14, 1957, in Henryetta, Okla.

Marshall “Cajun” Lee Hamlet

Marshall “Cajun” Lee Hamlet was born July 11, 1941, in Farris, Okla. He died July 17, 2021, in Stroud, Okla., at the age of 80 years. Cajun was the son of Virgil M. Hamlet and Lanora Gibson. Cajun was a longtime resident of Stroud.