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  Robert Duncan McLain, age 86, of Norman, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020.  He was born April 16, 1934, in Oklahoma City, to the late Raymond Stallings and Bertha Cunningham McLain.   Robert was a retired Major from the United States Army.   He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris F. McLain, on January 8, 2020.  Survivors include several nieces and nephews.   Private graveside services were held at Norman I.O.O.F....

  Gloria Jean Graham, age 77, of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020.  She was born August 5, 1943, in Norman, Oklahoma.    No funeral services will be held at this time.         

  Richard Gerald Cain, age 77, of Oklahoma City, passed away August 6, 2020.  He was born November 19, 1942, in Oklahoma City to the late Clarence Boyd Cain and Ruby May Clark.    Richard loved God with his whole heart. Richard genuinely loved people and always addressed others as ‘brother’ or ‘sister.’  He was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish in Norman. Richard could carry on a conversation with anyone and made everyone he...

  Jorge Olvera Arreola passed away on August 4, 2020, in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 57 years. Jorge Olvera Arreola was born on March 10, 1963, in Queretaro, Mexico, the son of Francisco Alejandro Olvera Maya and Aurora Arreola Soto.  He grew up in Queretaro, Mexico, attended public schools, until the age of fourteen when he moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and he began working for a packing plant.  Jorge met Jannet Morales Hernandez, and they married in...

  Elva “Jean” Burleson, passed away August 3, 2020 at the age of 89.  She was born October 27, 1930 to Earle R. Shoemaker and Willie L. (Lewis) Shoemaker in Weatherford, Oklahoma.  During the Depression Era, they lived in Taloga, Oklahoma and moved to California in 1935.  They returned to Weatherford and except for years during WWII, lived there.    She graduated Weatherford HS in 1948 and moved to Norman in 1949 where she met and married the love...

    Lavelle Adams, age 87, of Norman, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020.  She was born June 28, 1933, in Coalgate, Oklahoma, to the late Casey and Vivian Thomas.  Lavelle was a long-time member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norman, and she loved to witness to others and give Godly advice.  She enjoyed gardening, visiting craft and art shows and watching the rodeo.  She will be remembered as a very giving and loving woman who welcomed...

    Donald Eugene Mayes, 86, of Norman, Oklahoma passed from this Earth on August 1, 2020.   Don Mayes was born on December 9, 1933 in Enid, Oklahoma to Phoebe Lucille Paulk and Ralph Waldo Mayes. He attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was the Drum Major and Champion Baton Twirler.  His name and photograph are enshrined in The National Baton Twirling Hall of Fame in Jamesville, Wisconsin.   Don began his college career at the University...

James L. ‘Jim’ Verville, age 77, of Norman, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020.  He was born November 3, 1942, in Gooding, Idaho, to the late James Arthur and Maxine Allen Verville.  Jim was president of the student council in high school and lettered in four sports.  He obtained his undergraduate and master’s degree from OU, graduating with honors.  Jim was also a veteran of the Army National Guard.    He and his wife loved to travel...

Virgil Leroy Jones, a beloved brother, uncle, cousin and friend to many, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020, in the palliative care unit of Norman Regional Hospital.  Born at home on the Flying V stock farm in Roger Mills County, near Leedey, to Wilbur Charless Jones and Mildred Christensen Jones on May 24, 1936, Virgil was a loving child from the start, helping his mother with his special needs sister, who was two years older.  He was responsible at a very early age, helping his...

Jesse Hofmann, 93 of Norman, OK died on Friday, July 24, 2020.   He grew up in Lincoln, Plattsmouth, and Omaha Nebraska.   He was a World War II veteran serving in the Navy from 1945 to 1948.  He married Arlene, his high school sweetheart in 1948 and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1950.  He taught Junior High School in Wichita, KS for several years. In 1956, he joined the RAND Corporation to pursue a career in computers.  As a pioneer in the...