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Harvey Leon Danner
Tecumseh resident Harvey Leon Danner, 70, died Monday, March 21, in Midwest City.
He was born Jan. 6, 1935, in Lincolnton, Ga., to Harvey and Lillie (Wells) Danner.
He was reared in Lincolnton, Ga. After joining the U.S. Air Force, he lived in Amarillo, Texas.
Following his military service, he moved to Midwest City. He worked in the shipping department at Wonder Bread Bakery in Oklahoma City. He worked there for 27 years before retiring in 1986.
He was a member of Pink Baptist Church and the American Association of Retired Persons.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mary Scott; and two brothers, Bobby and Billy Joe Danner.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Jean Danner of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Sondra Danner of Guthrie; one daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Steve Erwin of Midwest City; three stepsons and their spouses, Johnny and Sherry Reid of Shawnee, Steven and Sharon Reid of Blanchard and Danny and Tisha Reid of Oklahoma City; one sister, Anita Martin of Lincolnton, Ga.; one brother, Alton Danner of Lincolnton, Ga.; seven grandchildren, Misty, Valerie and Danny Danner, Bethany Ritter, Kayleigh and Kyle Mercer and Stephanie Erwin; eight stepgrandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; and many relatives and friends.
Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Pink Baptist Church with the Rev. Shane Lester officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the funeral home 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to the Pink Baptist Church Building Fund, 30269 SH 9, Tecumseh, OK 74873.
Sherry L. Burns
Tecumseh resident Sherry L. Burns, 42, died Saturday, March 12, in Missouri.
She was born Feb. 7, 1963, in Anaheim, Calif., to Richard K. and Jeanette J. (Hutchison) Greene.
On June 13, 1981, she married Ray Burns in Orange County, Calif. They lived in Orange County, Calif., until after the birth of their first child in 1982 when they moved to Tecumseh.
She was a registered nurse and was currently working at Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Tecumseh.
She was an active member of the Pentecostal Church of God in Tecumseh, where she worked with the Flight Ministries.
She was preceded in death by her mother; her grandmother, Helen Harryman; and her father-in-law, John Burns.
Survivors include her husband, Ray Burns of the home; one daughter and her fiancee, Crystal Burns of Tecumseh and Nick Hess of Poteau; one son and daughter-in-law, Johnny and Sarah Burns of Tecumseh; father, Richard K. Greene of Orange, Calif.; one sister and brother-in-law, Pam and Mark Sederoff of Orange, Calif.; one brother, Richard K. Greene II of Kansas City, Kansas; mother-in-law, Millie Burns of Tecumseh; brother-in-law, Bill Burns of Tecumseh; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Chapel, Tecumseh, with the Rev. Fred Owens officiating. Burial will follow at Old Moral Cemetery.
Cooper Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
Eva L. Roberts Ice
In memory of Eva L. Roberts Ice, beloved wife of John Michael, daughter of Clarence (Pepper) and Ruby Forston Roberts, sister of Harold Ray and Thelma Roberts; aunt of Pam and Ken Morrison, and Barbara and Charles Rogers; great aunt to Amanda and Travis Cumbey, Scott and Heather Morrison; and several great, great nieces and nephews.
She made better the lives of us and of all her friends, co-workers, and old friends, classmates from Shawnee, Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Michigan, as well as people she met in business locally and throughout the United States. Those who will not know she has passed will still from time to time recall her memory. Someone in Heaven called her home, on a good day, Good Friday, 2005.
Funeral Services will be Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Resthaven Funeral Home in Oklahoma City. Interment
will follow in Resthaven Memory Gardens in OKC.
Resthaven Funeral Home
500 S.W. 104th
OKC, OK 73139
Emma Louise Wilkins-Winkler
Longtime McLoud resident Emma Louise Wilkins-Winkler, 79, died Saturday, March 26, in Tecumseh.
Service will be 2 p.m. today at Cooper Funeral Chapel of Tecumseh with the Rev. Leroy Kerbo officiating. Burial will be at Dale Cemetery.
She was born March 10, 1926, in Clarksville, Texas, to John L. and Dottie Mae (Carr) Mauldin. She attended school in Dale.
She married Thomas E. Wilkins Dec. 5, 1942. She later married Edward J. Winkler on April 17, 1993. He preceded her in death in 1997.
She retired from the U.S. Post Office in 1988 after 31 years of service.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Vernon, Cecil and John-Chock Mauldin; three sisters, Linnie Mauldin, Lorene Black and Jewell Garner; and one great-grandchild, Kassidy Wilkins.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Edward and Joyce Ann Wilkins of Shawnee and Larry and Beverly Wilkins of McLoud; two brothers and three sisters-in-law, Travis and Christine Mauldin of McLoud, Joe and Joyce Mauldin of Shawnee and Leta Mae Hendershott; grandchildren and their spouses, Edward and Shelly Wilkins of Cummings, Ga.; Russ and Karen Wilkins of Alpharetta, Ga.; Andrew and Sandra Wilkins of Meeker; Kimberly Wilkins of McLoud; Kathy and Mark Koch of Bethel; Shandra Wilkins of McLoud, and three great-grandchildren.
Velda Mae Ogburn
Former Konawa resident Velda Mae Ogburn, 83, died Monday, March 28, in Duncan.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Konawa Cemetery with the Rev. Winston Curtis officiating.
Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa is directing arrangements.
Virginia Lee Eddings
Shawnee resident Virginia Lee Eddings, 78, died Friday, March 25, in Shawnee.
She was born April 26, 1926, in Asher to Warren and Jennie (Decker) Sullivan.
She attended Cloverdale School and graduated in 1944 from Saint Louis High School. A longtime resident of Pottawatomie County, she lived in Shawnee for 57 years. She was the owner/operator of the Snowboy Snowcone Stand on South Beard for 40 years. Prior to that, she had worked at Sylvania and also briefly at Douglas Aircraft at the end of World War II.
She married her high school sweetheart, Dorsey Dohn Crouse, Sept. 9, 1944, in Saint Louis. They made their home in Monahans, Texas, until Dorsey's death in 1948.
She married George W. Eddings Jr., in Seminole on Jan. 15, 1949, and made their home in Shawnee. They divorced in 1970.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; her brother, Douglas Eugene Sullivan, and her daughter, Grace Charlene Kemper.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Karen Smith-McCullar and Olan McCullar of Seminole; daughter, Jana Blalock of Shawnee; grandchildren, LaDonna and Rusty McAlvain, Brandon Smith, Brent and Lesa Johnson, Danielle Hastings, and Jennifer Blalock; seven great-grandchildren; her brother, Don Sullivan of Shawnee, and brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Ellie Sullivan of Taft, Calif.
Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Walker Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Leroy Kerbo officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Pottawatomie County.
Keith H. Moydell
Prague resident Keith H. Moydell, 80, died Sunday, March 27, in Prague.
He was born Nov. 22, 1924, in Prague to Charles and Lulu (Sedlacek) Moydell. He graduated from Centerview High School and served overseas during World War II with the U.S. Navy.
He married Inez Orlene Green June 15, 1949, in Davis. She preceded him in death on Oct., 10, 1990.
He owned and operated the NAPA Auto Supply Store in Talihina from 1960 until his retirement in 1990 when he returned to Prague.
Moydell was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Prague and a member of the American Legion.
He also was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, four sisters and one nephew, Rondell Bradley.
Survivors include nieces and nephews, Delores Bradley of Prague, David and Nita Moydell of Chickasha, Mike and Joyce Moydell of Newalla, Linda and Warren Strickler of Prague, Rod and Charlotte Goodwin of Prague, Tom and Mary Ellen Turner of Prague, Cathy and Jack Branstetter of Enid, Mary Keith and Tommy Eaton of Newalla; his companion, Juanita Kelton; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Delmar and Wanda Green of Tulsa; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Alene and Jerry Williams of Prague, Elizabeth Moydell of Shawnee, Rae Moydell of Oklahoma City, and many other relatives.
Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague with Dr. Warren Danskin officiating. Burial will follow at the Prague Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 397, Prague OK 74864.
Margaret Yarnell Pyle Boynton
Margaret Yarnell Pyle Boynton, 93, died Sunday, March 27, in Shawnee.
She was born Sept. 25, 1911, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, to Mattie Bell and E.C. Pyle where E.C. was homesteading. The family moved to Pauls Valley while she was a baby.
She graduated from Pauls Valley High School and spent her college freshman year at Lindenwood College in Missouri. She transferred to the University of Oklahoma where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority, graduating with a B.S. degree in chemistry.
She was married July 9, 1939, to James F. "Jimmie" Boynton. They celebrated their 60th anniversary before Jimmie's death in 1999.
They moved to Shawnee in 1948 and joined the First Presbyterian Church where she was active in women's circle and other church activities, teaching Sunday school for 42 years. She also taught elementary school for many years in the 1960s and '70s.
The Boynton's first son, James Field Boynton Jr., was born in Abilene, Texas, in September 1943 and died one week later.
She is survived by her daughter, Martha Boynton of Columbia, SC; son and daughter-in-law, John and Myra Boynton of Dallas, Texas; niece, Eleanor Hicks of Moore; sister, Mary Irene Howell of Norman; five grandchildren, Kathryn Elizabeth Narron, Gregory Cannon Doyel, John Mark Boynton, James Kent Boynton and Peter Andrew Boynton, and two great-grandsons.
Viewing will be at Walker Funeral Service until 8 p.m. today. The casket will not be opened at the service at 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Presbyterian Church, 330 N. Beard. The Rev. Sue Trei-Conrad will officiate. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Lawrence D. Wornom
Former Chandler resident Lawrence D. Wornom of Stillwater, 87, died Tuesday, March 22, in Stillwater.
He was born Feb. 4, 1918, in Argonia, Kan., to James D. and Edith (Larrance) Wornom.
Wornom graduated from high school in Woodward in 1935. He then graduated from Oklahoma A&M (OSU) in 1940 and attended graduate school at Harvard University.
On Aug. 21, 1942, he married Mary Love in Chandler.
He entered the U.S. Navy in 1941 as an ensign. He served in the Pacific during World War II. He served until 1953. After his dischange, he returned to Chandler and went to work for First National Bank. He retired from the bank after serving as president and chairman of the board for many years.
Wornom was a member of the First Christian Church in Chandler, where he served as trustee and choir member. He also was a member of the Rotary Club, American Legion and served on the Chandler City Council, Chandler City Planning Commission, the Industrial Authority and the Lincoln County Trust Authority. He was involved with the local 4-H Conservation Fair and the Boy Scouts of America. He helped with the development of the Will Rogers Camp in Cleveland and served as a member of the Lincoln County Conservation District Board starting in 1964 and was appointed by then Gov. David Boren to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and served as its chairman.
Wornom received the Oklahoma Association District President's award in 1980 and received the Oklahoma Conservation Water Pioneer award in 1993. He was instrumental in the building of Lake Arcadia and saw a 30-year dream come true with the building of Bell Cow Lake in Chandler. He helped establish the Chandler Baseball Camp, Chandler Diener Mills and the Chandler Airport. He was named Most Valuable Citizen of Chandler in 1963.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.
Survivors include his daughter, Katy Greenfield of Chandler; son and daughter-in-law, John L. and Beverly Wornom of Perry; grandchildren, Suzanne Greenfield of Norman, Nicholas Greenfield of Akron, Ohio, Jason Wornom of Luther, Sarah (Wornom) Holben and husband Matt of Arcadia; one brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Marita Wornom of Oklahoma City; two sisters and brother-in-law, Kathryn Bridge of Russell, Kan., and Joyce and Carl Wright of Tulsa; and many relatives.
Service will be 3 p.m. today at First Christian Church of Chandler with the Rev. Fred Rider and the Rev. Paul Stewart officiating. Parks Brothers Funeral Service of Chandler is directing arrangements.
