Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Perry & Stillwater, Oklahoma
Velma Jean Collier
Dec 28, 2011
Velma Jean Snyder Collier, 84 died at her home in Frisco, Texas on Wednesday, December 28 , 2011. She was born on June 5, 1927 in Billings, Oklahoma and lived in Oklahoma and Texas before settling in Frisco, Texas. Velma was the manager of the Perry Chamber of Commerce from July 1, 1990 until 1993. After moving back to Texas...
Edwin E. Dodrill
Dec 25, 2011
Edwin E. Dodrill, 81, passed from this life on December 25, 2011 at his home in Ripley, Oklahoma. Services have been entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Perkins (304 N. Main) and will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Funeral Home with Reverend Randy Dyer presiding. Visitation will be from 2-8 on Tuesday,...
Nat Massey Taylor Jr.
Dec 25, 2011
Nat Massey Taylor, Jr. died December 25, 2011 at the age of 87. He died in the same way that he lived- with courage. As always, he was under the watchful eye of his wife, Betty Jo, the love of his life. He was born July 23, 1924 in Weatherford, Oklahoma to Nat and Lena Taylor. His family rejoiced for...
Jean Reed
Dec 21, 2011
Formerly residing at Golden Oaks Village of Stillwater, Esther Jean Iris Thompson Reed, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at Stillwater Medical Center. Services will be for immediate family only on Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Palmer-Marler Carberry Funeral Home, which is handling cremation arrangements. The family requests donations to the Stillwater Medical Center Foundation at http://smc-foundation.org/...
Patricia Carol Freeman
Dec 14, 2011
Patricia Carol Freeman, 65, of Perkins, went to be with her Lord on December 14, 2011 with her family by her side. Services have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Perkins and will be held 10:00 Monday, December 19th at Immanuel Baptist Church in Perkins. Burial will follow at 3:00pm at Memory Gardens Cemetery in...
Helen Louise Matoy
Dec 14, 2011
Helen Louise Springer Matoy died Dec. 14, 2011, at the age of 90. Born in a tent in the oil fields near Eliasville, Texas, she was the youngest of five children of Levan and Ruby Springer. On April 16, 1942, she married Ray Roland Matoy, who survives her. They had four children: Raymond Monroe, who died an infant; Robert Levan...
Nina Marie Emmons-Turner
Dec 13, 2011
Nina Marie Emmons, 80, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, went to be with the lord on December 13, 2011. She passed into heaven peacefully, surrounded by her family and Carter Hospice at the Sterling House assisted living home in Stillwater, Oklahoma after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Nina Marie Emmons was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma on June 20, 1931, to...

Kenneth Ray Goforth
Dec 13, 2011
Kenneth Ray Goforth, 56, passed away on December 13, 2011 in Stillwater. Palmer Marler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Virginia Albright
Dec 7, 2011
Virginia Albright, 83, of Perkins, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City. Services have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Perkins and will be held at 1:00pm Saturday, December 9, 2011 at the Eden Chapel Church in Perkins. Interment will follow at the Perkins Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...
Dara Payton
Dec 4, 2011
Dara Diane Payton, a longtime Perkins resident, entered into her eternal life on Sunday, December 4, 2011 in Perkins, OK at the age of 60 years. Graveside services have been entrusted to the care of the Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Perkins and will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 10, 2011 in the Wellston Cemetery, Wellston, OK. The...

Mark Emery Jepson
Dec 4, 2011
Mark Emery Jepson, 57, was born October 2, 1954 and passed away December 4, 2011 at Integris Baptist, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to the Perry Funeral Home.
Saundra Kay Delk
Dec 1, 2011
Saundra Kay (Smith) Delk, 60, of Stillwater, journeyed into the arms of her Lord on December 1, 2011. Services have been entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home and will be held at 2:00 on Friday December 9, 2011 at the Palmer Marler Funeral Chapel (5106 N. Washington) with Pastor John Billingsea presiding. Burial will follow at Fairlawn Cemetery. Visitation will...
Otis Darrell Keen
Nov 29, 2011
Otis Darrell Keen, 74, of Perkins, passed from this life on November 29, 2011 in Stillwater. Private services have been entrusted to Palmer Marler Funeral Home of Perkins. Darrell was born to Otis Lawrence and Oleta Melinda (McCammond) Keen on May 9, 1937 in Trousdale, Kansas. He grew up in the Macksville, KS area where he graduated high school. On...
Dhillion Mcconnell Massey
Nov 29, 2011
Dhillion McConnell Massey, 18, of Perkins, passed from this life on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, as a result of a tragic motorcycle accident. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home and will be held at 2:00pm on Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater. Public visitation will be...
Betty Lee Edgar
Nov 27, 2011
Betty Lee Edgar, 87 of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Lee and Nelle (Sesline) Jerome of Perry. She was born on October 18, 1924 in Perry, Oklahoma and died of pneumonia on November 27, 2011 at the Perry Memorial Hospital. She graduated from Orlando High School and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Perry. She was...

Doris Arlene Green
Nov 24, 2011
Doris "Arlene" Green, 80, of Perry, Oklahoma was the daughter of Samuel Sanford and Minnie Emma (Keyser) Harrah. She was born July 26, 1931 five miles north of Perry in Noble County Oklahoma and passed away Thursday, November 24, 2011 at the Perry Green Valley Nursing Home. Arlene worked as a secretary for the Methodist Church and the OSU Extension...
Irving W North
Nov 21, 2011
Irving William North, 94, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully with his family November 21, 2011. He was born in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on July 31, 1917. He was one of two children born to the late Henrietta and Alfred North. He is survived by his spouse of 45 years Carol North (formerly Carol Haag), also originally from...