Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Perry & Stillwater, Oklahoma
Phyllis Mae Brown
Mar 2, 2021
Phyllis Mae Brown, 80, passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at her home in Stillwater. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 5, 2021 from 9:00am to 8:00pm at Dighton Marler Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 10:00am at Dighton Marler Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater. Interment will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery...
Richard Lee Hesser
Feb 24, 2021
Richard Lee Hesser, 62, died on February 24, 2021 in Oklahoma City OK. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Glencoe South Cemetery, Glencoe, OK. Dighton Marler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Richard was born on May 12, 1958 to Joy Roberson and her husband Max Hesser. Richard grew up in...
William "Bill" Bevins
Feb 22, 2021
William “Bill” Bevins, a longtime reside of Perry passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after a brief illness. He was 81. Cremation services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Perry. Bill was born August 16, 1939 in Blackburn, Oklahoma to Clifford and Bonnie (Callison) Bevins. He graduated from Blackburn High School...
Lee Martin Sanders
Feb 22, 2021
Lee Martin Sanders, 88, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at his home in Perry surrounded by family. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma on October 15, 1932 to Ray and Marjorie (Riddle) Sanders. He married Patricia McClure on June 1, 1952 in Red Rock, Ok. They were married 68 years. From this union were born 3 sons, Russell Lee,...
Gary Wayne Emmons
Feb 21, 2021
Gary Wayne Emmons, 83, of Perry, passed away February 21, 2021 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Gary was born to Wayne and Gladys (Collins) Emmons at Billings Oklahoma, February 25, 1937. He graduated from Perry High School in 1955. Gary worked in the oil field for several years, then went to cutting and selling firewood for many years, People said he had...
Eulene Melton
Feb 21, 2021
Eulene Melton passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was 80. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Perry. A Celebration of Eulene’s life will be held on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 11AM at the First Baptist Church in Perry with pastor Kim Hayes officiating. Interment will follow at Grace...
Albert Russell Linholm
Feb 19, 2021
Albert Russell Linholm, Jr. passed away on Friday, February 19, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was 83 years old. Russell was born in McPherson, Kansas on May 10, 1937. He was the son of Albert Russell Linholm, Sr. and Etta Mae Thomas-Linholm. Russell joined the Naval Reserves in 1954 while still in high school and remained active until 1964. He...
Tommie L. Presley
Feb 17, 2021
Tommie Lorane Davis Presley was born on July 23, 1946 to Leo Lorane Davis & Rosie Lillian Gwinup at the corner of 9th & Noble Streets, in Perry, OK. She passed from this earthly life into the sweet Loving Arms of Jesus Christ our Lord on Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 at the age of 74. She went to heaven peacefully,...
Kenneth Neil Brake
Feb 17, 2021
Kenneth Neil Brake went to his Heavenly home on Wednesday evening, February 17, 2021 at his family home in Stillwater. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater. Kenneth was born on October 24, 1935 in Ripley, Oklahoma to Thomas Edward and Minnie Ethlyn (Nugent) Brake. He graduated from Stillwater High School where he...
Virginia Lee Hentges
Feb 11, 2021
Virginia Lee (Passow) Hentges 1934-2021 On Thursday, February 11, 2021, Virginia Lee (Passow) Hentges passed away. She was 86 years old. A lifelong resident of Perry, she was well-loved and will be remembered for her beautiful smile and sweet, gentle spirit. She was born to Irvin and Edna (Hirschman) Passow on June 28, 1934. She attended White Rural School and...
Kazuko Gibo Pace
Feb 11, 2021
Kazuko “Kiyoko” Gibo Pace died peacefully at Stillwater Medical Center on February 11, 2021. Kiyoko was born October 27, 1935 in Tomigusuku Okinawa, Japan. She was the daughter of Kame and Kamato Gibo and was the sixth of eight children. When she was a child, the war came to her home island of Okinawa. The Battle of Okinawa, 1945, was...
Richard Erle Postelwait
Feb 8, 2021
Richard “Dick” Postelwait passed away on February 8, 2021, in Perry, OK. Private Family Services will be held. He was born on August 19, 1933, in Perry, Oklahoma to Charles and Hazel (Scott) Postelwait. After graduating from Perry High School, he attended Oklahoma A & M College School of Technical Training in Okmulgee to study printing. He and Phyllis Ann...
Franklin Romaine Pool
Feb 7, 2021
Franklin Romaine Pool, 59, died peacefully with his wife by his side in Tulsa on February 7, 2021. Memorial services will be held at Life Church in Stillwater on Friday, 2/19/21 at 2:00 pm. Dighton Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater is in charge of arrangements. Frank was born on November 18, 1961 in Wichita, KS to his parents, Frank and...
Almongolia Holba
Feb 7, 2021
Almongolia "Mandy" Holba passed away Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Stillwater Medical Center. She was 50. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater. Mandy was born December 5, 1970 in Clinton, Oklahoma to Jose’ and Erlinda (Rodriguez) Estraca. She grew up in the Sayre area and graduated from Sayre High School in 1990....
Ethel Joann Austell
Feb 4, 2021
Joann Austell was born May 1, 1931, to Harry and Susie Boyce. Memorial service will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:00am at Dighton Marler Funeral Home in Stillwater. Dighton Marler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Joann grew up on the family farm in the Stillwater area. She was her Dad’s best helper and had a...
Elnora Maxine Burk
Feb 4, 2021
Elnora Maxine Burk was born on November 22, 1930 in Morrison, Oklahoma. She passed away at her home and went home to Heaven on Thursday, February 4, 2021. She was 90 years old. Elnora was born in Morrison, OK to her parents, William McKinley Seba and Ella Adler Seba. She graduated from Morrison High School and attended Oklahoma A&M College...
James Alan Brunken
Feb 2, 2021
James Alan Brunken, 67, passed away in Geneva, Nebraska. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 7, 2021 from 1-6pm at Dighton Marler Funeral Home in Stillwater. Funeral service will be held on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 2:00pm at Dighton Marler Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Dighton Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater is...
Michael Paul Unsell
Jan 30, 2021
Eulogy of Michael Paul Unsell November 23, 1970 – January 30, 2021 Michael was one of Heaven's very special children when he was brought to this earth on November 23rd, 1970 here in Stillwater, OK. Upon birth, Michael was diagnosed with a very rare syndrome, which doctors knew very little about at the time. His parents were heartbroken to hear...
Opal Arlene Pritchett
Jan 25, 2021
Opal Arlene Pritchett September 29, 1952 - January 25, 2021 Opal Arlene Pritchett was born in Chandler, Oklahoma, on September 29, 1952 to William G. and Celia Mae Gaither Watts. She went to be with her Lord on January 25, 2021 peacefully, in her sleep, at her home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Dighton Marler Funeral Home of Stillwater has been entrusted...
Melba Krauleidis
Jan 25, 2021
Melba Lorraine Krauleidis was born December 20, 1922 in Cleveland, Oklahoma to James and Lula Freeze. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 25, 2021 at the age of 98 after complications from Covid-19. Arrangements have entrusted to Dighton Marler Funeral Home of Perry. Melba relocated to Perry with her family her senior year of high...