Obituaries

Julie Sue Marks Blackstone

Julie Sue Marks Blackstone passed away September 17, 2022, from glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. Julie Sue Marks Blackstone was born to Dr. John W. Marks and Leta Joyce (Rice) Marks on October 6, 1955, in Beaver, OK. She graduated from Blackwell High School and completed her B.A.

Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy

Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy passed away September 16, 2022. She was born December 20, 1944 to Robert Eugene and Beulah Mae (Bourland) Montgomery in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. She graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1963.

Warren Lewis Summers

Warren Lewis Summers passed away August 30, 2022. He was born on March 24, 1933 in Norman, OK to Tony and Nelly Mae Summers and graduated from Norman High School in 1951. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he was a member of the ROTC and OU rifle team.

Kathryn Sue (Speak) Gansz

Kathryn Sue (Speak) Gansz passed away January 3, 2022. Kathy was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on January 22, 1938 to Una Valerie Coker Cerba, then married to Anthony Brady Speak; Una later married George W. Artman, who was a kind and loving father to Kathy and her siblings until his death in 1960.

C. Brandt May

C. Brandt May, passed away Dec. 7, 2021. He was born March 12, 1937 In Shawnee, Oklahoma to Barton and Lois May. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Civil Engineering degree in 1959. He started his 32 year career with the Frisco and BNSF Railroads in 1960.

Eunice Marie Primeaux

Eunice Marie Primeaux passed away September 14, 2022. She was born April 17, 1960 to Albert Creek Sr. and Orphia Mae (Johnson) Creek in Lawton, OK. She worked as a nurse’s aide for many years for several nursing homes in the Shawnee and Tecumseh areas.

Dorceal Montgomery

Dorceal Montgomery passed away September 16, 2022. Cleda Dorceal Montgomery was born March 29, 1930 in Cedar Glades, AR to James R. Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth ( Herron) Hamilton. She married Warren Mize August 21, 1948. She later married Roy Montgomery in 1993.

Carey “Lee” Parson

Carey “Lee” Parson passed away September 15, 2022. Lee was born to Homer and Erma Parson on November 13, 1934 in a log cabin in AR. Lee graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1953. Lee worked for Viersen-Cochran Drilling Company his entire career. Lee married Arlene Rush on April 15, 1954.

Billy Gene Stubbs

Billy Gene Stubbs passed away September 15, 2022. Billy was born November 22, 1947 in Shawnee, OK to Charles and Margaret (Paris) Stubbs. He served in the United States Marine Corp. and later retired from Tinker Air Force Base where he was an equipment operator.

Colleen Stover

Colleen Stover passed away August 31st, 2022. She was born January 20th, 1936 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Lester Boone and Ruth Elizabeth Kieffer. She graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1953. In 1955 she married, Kieth Stover.