Kerry Sue Dallen

Kerry Sue Dallen went to be with her Lord and Savior September 10, 2025, surrounded by her family in Perry, Oklahoma.

Kerry was born February 11, 1949, in Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Clifford Eugene Burger and Doris Irene (Gaston) Burger. On June 20, 1969, she married Eli Francis Dallen at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina, Kansas. Together they shared 56 years of marriage and built a loving family. Kerry was the proud mother of one daughter, Rebecca Ann Dallen, and grandmother to two granddaughters, Caroline Rose Malget and Mary Elizabeth Malget, both of Stillwater.

Kerry graduated in 1967, from Salina High School in Salina, Kansas. She began her career with American Maplan Corporation in McPherson, Kansas, where she worked in accounts receivable and accounts payable from 1981 until her retirement in 2008. She then joined Oklahoma State University, serving as an accounting specialist until 2018. While at OSU, she generously volunteered in the office of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, sharing her accounting skills and lending a helping hand wherever needed. Following her retirement from OSU, Kerry continued to serve the community as the financial secretary for the Cherokee Strip Historical Society until 2023.

Kerry loved her family deeply and found joy in making a home filled with warmth and good food. She was an excellent cook, often creating delicious meals from her imagination. For many years, she enjoyed ceramics before discovering a passion for scrapbooking, where she preserved countless family memories. She was also well known in the family for being an excellent hairstylist.

Kerry is survived by her husband, Eli Dallen; daughter, Rebecca Dallen, and significant other, William Little, of Oklahoma City; two granddaughters, Caroline Malget (and fiancé Corbin Roy) and Mary Malget (and significant other, Tristan Stefanopoulos), Stillwater; the girls’ father, Ray Malget, Perry; and her siblings, Lonnie Burger, and wife Christine, Deadwood, South Dakota, and Deena Maxwell, and husband James, Warsaw, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents.

A public viewing will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2025, at Dighton-Marler Funeral Home Chapel, 203 East Fir Avenue, Perry, Oklahoma. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Perry, followed by a graveside service and a reception in the Parish Hall. A rosary will be said in her honor at 1:30 p.m., immediately before the Mass.

For those who would like to make a memorial donation can do so to the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in c/o Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, P.O. Box 189, Perry, Ok., 73077.

Condolences may be shared with the family via an online guestbook at www.dightonmarler.com.