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  Gina Kay Walker passed from this Earth on November 6, 2020, after a ten year battle with colon cancer.  Gina was born on September 21, 1963, in Enid, Oklahoma.  Gina attended Enid Public Schools and graduated high school in 1981.  Gina attended the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1985.  After college, Gina worked many jobs from getting her license to sell securities to making donuts at the OU Student...

  Merilyn Ann Wilson passed from this Earth on April 5, 2021.  She was born on September 1, 1936, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  After graduating from Enid High School in 1954, Merilyn attended the University of Oklahoma.  She married Donald Wilson in 1960, and lived in Norman for her entire married life.   Merilyn volunteered for the Noman Public School System, worked at Westwood Veterinary Hospital, and worked as a school crossing guard for Norman Public...

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  Mary Jean Malaby, 89, of Norman, passed away with her family by her side on April 2, 2021.   She was born May 14, 1931, in Norman, to Ross and Cora (Fore) Waddell.  The youngest of five children, Mary Jean attended Norman Public Schools and graduated from Norman High School in 1948.  That same year, she married her husband of 72 years, Bill Malaby.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma College for Women in 1955.  She taught 7th and 8th grade...

  Themus Mose ‘Boe’ Woodruff, of Norman, OK, passed from this life on March 19, 2021.  Boe, son of Mose Crocker and Enda Pearl (Carmichael) Woodruff, was born January 15, 1927, in Lindsay, OK.  Boe attended Lindsay schools and then joined the Army.  He was married to Billie Rae Beverly for an incredible 75 years.  They were blessed with two sons, Terry Don and Danny Wade, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.  Billie and Boe lived in...

  O. Wayne Turner, 81, of Norman, passed away March 30, 2021.  He was born August 10, 1939, in Galveston, Texas, to the late Oscar Peter Turner and Anna Bell Robbins Trahan.  After graduating high school, Wayne served six years in the U.S. Army.  He was a sales supervisor and in operations in the oil fields for many years.  After retiring from oil and gas, he became an HVAC mechanical engineer.  Wayne was a Mason and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in...

  Robert Lee Witt, age 84, lifelong resident of Norman, passed away March 30, 2021.  He was born January 28, 1937, to the late Lee and Hattie Witt.  Robert served as a firefighter for the City of Norman for 21 years, retiring in December of 1978.  He also owned a grass nursey, raised cows and grew hay.  He enjoyed his time working on his farm.  Robert also built his home and had other construction projects.   He is survived by his wife of 41 years,...

  Jeanne Duncan Bacon, of Stillwater, passed away on March 28, 2021, at the age of 87.  She was born September 17, 1933 in Pawhuska Oklahoma to Daniel G. Duncan and Marium Duncan.    During Jeanne’s 6th year of school, her family relocated from Pawhuska to Bartlesville.  This was when she met her future husband, Charles ‘Charlie’ Bacon, and began dating him while in high school.     Jeanne began her college education at the University...

  Derek DeSelms, age 34, of Norman, passed away March 23, 2021.  He was born in Norman on January 23, 1987, to David and Saundra DeSelms.  Derek was employed at City Electric Supply in Norman and Moore.  He loved listening to all types of music.  His happy place was the Wichita Mountains where he spent many weekends hiking and enjoying the outdoors.  He also enjoyed working on antique cars and flying radio controlled airplanes with his father.  He devoted...

  Karen “Kay” Phillips Reese was a kind, gentle and generous soul who, even though she had just passed beyond her 80th St. Patrick’s Day, left us all too soon and wishing for more time. She was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the first of an eventual five siblings.  Growing up in Shawnee Oklahoma, she was involved in ballet, dance and music.  After High School, she attended the University of Oklahoma for two years before her marriage to George F Reese, III, in...