All Tributes

  John Alden Vaughan, 100, passed away on August 18, 2021, in Norman, Oklahoma.  Born in Providence, RI, March 27, 1921, he attended school there graduating from Pawtucket High School in 1939.  He obtained a position of orderly and laboratory assistant at Butler Hospital in Providence.  There he met Arvilla Humez, a student nurse, at the Yale School of Nursing.   Early in 1942, he joined the United States Army in the Medical Service.  He was sent to Walter...

  Ruth Eddleman Loeffler of Norman, Oklahoma passed away September 20, 2021.   She was born in Oklahoma City on January 13, 1937, to Morgan W. Eddleman and Gladys Guillot Eddleman.  She graduated from Norman High School in 1954.  She completed her B.A. in 1958, M.A. in 1962, and Ph.D in 1982, all from the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.   Dr. Loeffler spent the majority of her career teaching at Norman High School....

  Jimmy Dale Shaw, age 74, of Norman, passed away September 17, 2021. He was born May 8, 1947, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to the late G.C. and  Clara Jean Shaw of Norman.  Jim  married the love of his life, Linda Margaret Drummer of Severn, Maryland on March 28, 1970.   Jim was a 1965 Norman High School graduate and attended the University of Oklahoma for a short time before joining the Army NSA. He was a Spec 5.C.  in the 101st Airborne Division serving 2 terms...

  Mark Kent Massay passed away in his home September 14, 2021.  Mark was born to Bob and Glenda Massay on July 24, 1963.   Mark was a loving husband, an avid Sooner fan and sportsman.  Mark attended Seminole Junior College where he earned a Certification in Petroleum Engineering and went on to study Business Management at OCCC.  He earned a Bachelor’s in Law Enforcement Administration from The University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Adult Education and...

  Obituary forthcoming...   A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.      

  Cleveland Fain "CF" Moore, Jr. passed away peacefully on July 6, 2021, nine days after his One-Hundredth birthday, in Norman, Oklahoma. On June 27, 1921, CF was born to Cleveland and Covella Pinkston Moore in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He went to high school in Drumright, Oklahoma, where he graduated in 1939. CF enrolled in college at Oklahoma Agriculture and Mechanical University, now known as Oklahoma State University, where he joined the ROTC as part of a newly established...

  Irene Barbosa, 73, of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away on September 11, 2021.  She was born to parents, Clemente Gallegos and Margarita Rodriguez, on February 29, 1948, in Lorenzo, Texas. She adored being a “leap year” baby.              Irene graduated from Garden City High School in 1965.  She had many jobs, including mother, but also worked as a Caregiver for more than 15 years.  She left the...

  Richard Hilbert, 97, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2021, at his home in Norman.             Hilbert was born December 19, 1923, in Reading, Pennsylvania to Dorothy Heber Hilbert and Arthur Hilbert.  He graduated from the Reading High School in 1941.  The next two years were spent working as a jazz musician, mostly in combos on the East Coast, except for a period of about six months when he organized and fronted a big...

  Mary Alpha Warden Hartsock was born September 22, 1920, in Oklahoma City, to Irving Carlisle Warden and Bessie Samantha Eoff Warden. She passed away at her home in Norman on September 1, 2021, three weeks short of her 101 birthday.  She was surrounded by the love and support of her family and friends.    Mary attended elementary school in Newcastle, OK, where her parents owned a farm and her father worked at International Harvester in Oklahoma City.  When Mary...

  Rodney Wayne Brown, age 56, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, passed away after a hard-fought battle with Covid-19 on September 4, 2021.  He was born August 14, 1965, in Pampa, Texas,  the only child of  Elmer and Lavona Brown (McCall).   Rodney grew up in Purcell, Oklahoma, and was a 1983 graduate of Purcell High School.  In 1988, he began working for Petroleum Marketers where he was a loyal employee for 33 years.  He was a service technician and later a service...