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Dr. Henry R. Dvorak
Dr. Henry R. Dvorak, 80, of Norman,
died Saturday, February 15, 2003 in Norman,
OK. A memorial service for Henry will be
held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 17,
2003, at First Baptist Church, Norman with
Rev. Mike Bumgarner officiating.
Havenbrook Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
A native of Houston, Dr. Dvorak’s
parents were Frank and Frances Nemec
Dvorak. He graduated from the University of
Houston, and volunteered in the U. S. Army in 1942. While in the
service, he worked on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, TN. After
the war, he attended the University of Texas, Austin, where he earned
a M. S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics. In 1951, he and Polly Edwards,
also a student at the University, were married. In 1953, they moved
to Fort Worth, TX, where he was employed at General Dynamics as
an Engineer and in Management. In 1977, he took early retirement
from General Dynamics, and his family moved to Norman, where he
worked with Wesson Associates, an Oil-Field Safety Consulting
Company. He was also employed at Tinker Air Force Base for 8
years, retiring in 1991. He was a member of the American Physical
Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, and other professional societies.
Dr. Dvorak was an active member of the Broadway Baptist
Church in Fort Worth and First Baptist Church in Norman, where he
served as an ordained Deacon and taught an Adult Men’s Bible Class.
He was also a volunteer at the Family Life Center.
He is survived by his wife, Polly, and his children and their
families: Karen and her husband Jim Mareck, Henry and John James
of Austin, TX; David of Oklahoma City; Suzanne and her husband,
Jack Alston, Vivian and Annalee of Austin; John and his wife, Pam
of Boston, MA; Mark and his wife, Julie, Jacob, Catherine and Ethan
of Norman. He also leaves a sister, Elsie Kadera, and her husband,
George, of McKinney, TX, and many other relatives and friends. He
had a lifetime love for planes, trains and automobiles. His dry sense
of humor will be missed by all of us. He led by example, being a
kind and gentle man who cherished his family and church above all
else.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist
Church Habitat for Humanity Home Fund.
Clara Berniece Gardner
Clara Berniece Gardner, 83, of
Norman, Oklahoma, died February 27, 2003
in Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral Services
will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, March
3, 2003 at Havenbrook Funeral Home
Chapel in Norman, Oklahoma with Robert
Gardner officiating. Interment
will follow
at the Sunset Memorial Gardens in
Stillwater, Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be
Robert Gardner, Harry Gardner, Bradley
Gardner, Phil Torrance, Steve Schultz and
Marv Leyerle. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook
Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gardner was born August 12, 1919 in Burlington, Iowa,
to Dory Franklin and Cora Mabel Hudson Parsons. She married
Emery Elton Gardner on July 22, 1941 in Hannibal, Missouri and
they lived for thirty five years in LaGrange, Illinois before moving to
Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1985. She moved to Norman in 1994 from
Stillwater. Mrs. Gardner loved playing bingo and spending time with
her grandchildren. She was a member of McFarlin Memorial United
Methodist Church in Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband; two sisters, Lucille Lohmann and Thelma Thompson; and
two brothers, Roy and Harry Parsons. Survivors include two sons,
Harry Franklin Gardner and wife, Carolyn of Averill Park, NY and
Robert Keith Gardner and wife, Melody of Colorado Springs, CO;
one daughters, Sandra Louise Torrance and husband, Phil of Norman,
Oklahoma; nephew, Frank Lohmann and wife, Pam of Illinois; and
ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Earl Horner
Kenneth Earl Horner, 86, of Norman, Oklahoma died
Saturday, February 22, 2003 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Funeral
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at the
First Free Will Baptist Church of Norman with Reverend Joe Grizzle
officiating. Interment will follow at the IOOF Cemetery in Norman,
Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be Dalin Horner, Chandler Gillespie,
Byron Horner, Bryan Horner, Bradford Gillespie, Brett Horner,
David Jones & Matt Davison. Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman.
Kenneth was born in May, Oklahoma on November 14, 1916,
to Byron Earl and Vernila May Horner. He met his future wife, Hazel
Alton, in 1934 while he was playing for community dances at the
K.P. Hall. They were married Christmas Eve, 1935.
Kenneth was a U.S. Army veteran and served in post World
War II Philippine Islands in the reconstruction effort. Following his
military service he had a life-long career of heavy equipment
operation and maintenance with local companies of Harris
Construction and Chapman Construction. He retired in 1979 and
lived in Norman until his death. Kenneth was preceded in death by
his wife, Hazel, two sons, Byron Kay and Norman Eugene “Chip”.
He is survived by three sons, Jerry Horner and his wife, Norma of
Tahlequah, OK, Ken Horner and his wife, Roxanne of Norman, and
Richard and his wife, Nancy of Stillwater; two daughters, Elaine and
her husband, Chandler Gillespie of Raleigh, N.C. and Sherry
Hutcheman of Bartlesville, OK; eleven grandchildren and eight great-granchildren
and several wonderful, caring friends.
Kenneth accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his saviour almost
four years ago. Though he was almost blind in this life, he can now
see his beloved wife whom he has joined.
Ruth Beatrice Mahan
Ruth Beatrice Mahan, 93, of Norman, Oklahoma, died
Sunday, February 2, 2003 in Warr Acres, Oklahoma. Funeral Services
will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 5, 2003 at
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Brian Dowd
officiating. Interment will follow at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in
Norman, Oklahoma. Pallbearers are Clint Andis, Keith Andis, Bill
Mahan, Eugene Mahan, Brandon Mahan, Duane Johnson, Steve
Lightfoot. Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral
Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Mahan was born October 26, 1909 in Mound Valley,
Kansas. She was the third of four children born to L.W. and
Josephine Johnson. She married her childhood sweetheart, Oren
Mahan on August 4, 1925. There were two children born to this
union, Eldon and Norman. She worked for J.J. Newberrys in
Parsons, Kansas for more than twenty years. After her retirement, she
and her husband moved to Norman, Oklahoma where she spent the
next several years babysitting. Mrs. Mahan was preceded in
death by her husband, parents and all her siblings. Survivors include
her children, Eldon and wife, Debbie of Piedmont, and Norma and
husband, Jim Andis of Norman, OK; eight grandchildren and
nineteen great-grandchildren. Also many other friends and relatives.
Mary Brook McDaniel
Mary Brook McDaniel, 22, of
Norman died February 15, in Oklahoma
City. A service to celebrate her life will be
held Tuesday Feb. 18th at the Havenbrook
Memorial Chapel at 7:00 pm in Norman.
Funeral service will be held at the Mallory
Funeral Home Chapel in Stigler at 2:00
pm Wednesday February 19th with Rev.
A. J. Robinson officiating.
Burial will be at the Garland Cemetery Stigler, Oklahoma
under the direction of Mallory Funeral Home. Pallbearers in
Norman will be Tom Fightmaster, Robert Fightmaster, Randy
Prince, Ron Bahner, Gerald Franklin, and Dick Watts. Pallbearers
in Stigler will be Ray Jordan, Ronnie Brigance, Henry Kates,
Kimberly Kates, Walter Kates, Marion Kates, Glenn Kates, and
Jerry Kates.
Mary Brook was born August 11, 1980 in Norman to Bud
and Lora (Kates) McDaniel. She was a 2002 graduate of Norman
North High School. Mary Brook was a very enthusiastic student
with a zest for living. She was active in Special Olympics and was
recognized as Boomer Sooner Athlete of the Year while at Norman
North High School. Mary Brook was considered a fighter to the
end. She lived for 22 years facing major obstacles due to Down's
Syndrome and Cystic Fibrosis.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Elvin and
Frieda McDaniel and Papa Charlie Kates. Survivors included
her parents of the home, Bud and Lora McDaniel; one brother,
Robert Brandon and wife, Dana of Norman; one grandmother,
Helen Kates of Stigler; aunts and uncles, Donna Kates and
husband, Robert Bonner of Oklahoma City, Nancy and Steve Self
of Sapulpa, Gary and Pat Kates of Stigler, Gay and David Sellers
of Oklahoma City, Kenneth and Gerry McDaniel of Maud, Bill
and Kay McDaniel of Flint, Texas, & Diane and Tom Fightmaster
of Houston, Texas. She is survived by two nieces, Hailey and
Brooke McDaniel and one nephew Kyle McDaniel. Also, a host
of cousins, Edie, Justin, Cathy, Caroline, Christine, Cindy, Kelly,
Ken, Lisa, Mark, Dana, Robert, Stephanie, Jamy, Kristy and Larry.
She also had numerous second cousins and very special friends.
Memorial Donations can be made to: Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation P.O. Box 96305 Washington D.C. 20090-6305 or to
the Oklahoma Special Olympics P.O. Box 2815 Tulsa, OK 74101-
2815.
