Margaret E. Cozad-Wilson
Margaret Ellen Cozad-Wilson, 44, of
Norman, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, February 10,
2004 in Norman, Oklahoma following an extended
illness. Funeral services will be held at 2.00 P.M.,
Friday, February 13, 2004 at McFarlin Memorial
United Methodist Church, 419 S. University Blvd in
Norman, Oklahoma with the Rev. Cal Brannon
officiating. Interment
will follow at the I.O.O.F.
Cemetery in Norman, Oklahoma. Services are
under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Margaret Cozad-Wilson was born March 31, 1959 in Norman,
Oklahoma, to George C. Cozad Ph.D. and Sarah L. Hill Cozad. While she
was growing up, she attended schools in Norman, graduating from Norman
High in 1977. She attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated
with a degree in nursing in 1981. On March 15, 1986, she married Walter
W. Wilson in Norman, Oklahoma. Mrs. Cozad-Wilson was an assistant
head nurse on the pulmonary floor at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma
City. In addition, she was on the code blue and IV teams at that hospital.
She was a loving wife, mother, and sister who adored all animals. She
touched the lives of many people and will be missed by all who knew her.
Mrs. Cozad-Wilson was preceded in death by her parents George
and Sarah Cozad. Survivors include her husband, Walter; two sons, Wesley
W. Wilson and Zachary Z. Wilson; daughter, Sarah E. Wilson, all of the
home; sister, S. Denise Millar and her husband Bill of Norman, OK; and
two brothers, George Craig Cozad and his wife Sheryl of Norman and Chris
T. Cozad and his wife Marcie of Stillwater, OK. In addition, she is
survived by eight nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be her brothers George Craig Cozad and Chris T. Cozad,
nephew Will Millar, Allen Hall, Gordon Mohon, and Steve Dutnell.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lupus Association, the ALS
Foundation or the Wilson Children’s Education Fund at the Arvest Bank
in Norman, Attn: Bill Millar.
Lenard Warren Defibaugh
Lenard Warren Defibaugh, 83, of
Granbury, Texas, formerly of Norman, died
Thursday, February 12, 2004 in Granbury, Texas.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.,
Monday, February 16, 2004 at Havenbrook
Funeral Home Chapel with David and Claudia
Southern of Granbury, Texas, officiating.
Interment
will follow at the IOOF Cemetary in
Norman, OK. Pallbearers are Howard
Defibaugh, Bob Gowens, Leroy K. Krohmer,
Harold Wayne Defibaugh, Jay Lowery, and Ray Brendle. Services
are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, OK.
Mr. Defibaugh was born November 21, 1920 in Tuttle,
Oklahoma, to Lenie Herbert and Etta Mae Defibaugh. Mr. Defibaugh
had 14 brothers & sisters. He married Mildred Hodge in 1940 and
they had one son, Howard. Mildred died in 1970. He married Bonnie
Sue Newby in 1971. He went to work for Oklahoma Electrical
Coop. in 1949 and worked for them for 33 years, retiring in 1981.
He lived in Norman from 1950 until 2002, when he moved to Texas
because of his health. He had been a sharecropper in the Tuttle area.
After he moved to Norman, he had a small ranch on which he raised
cattle. He was a horseman and general cowboy and enjoyed going to
roping events. He would often win prizes at these events. After
retirement he and Bonnie enjoyed traveling and seeing the USA in a
motor home and travel trailer. They also traveled to Hawaii and New
Zealand.
Mr.Defibaugh was preceded in death by his parents, two
wives, and twelve brohters and sisters. Survivors include a son,
Howard Defibaugh and wife Diana, of Granbury, Texas; one sister,
Mildred Weeks, of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Ed Defibaugh, of
Norman, and Max Defibaugh, of Tuttle, OK; three grandchildren,
Kris Albertson, of Noble, Brandi Defibaugh, of Oklahoma City, and
Jessica Lange and husband Joe, of Norman; four great-grandchildren,
Kirsten Albertson, of Noble, Charleston Sailors, of Oklahoma City,
Brandon Defibaugh, of Oklahoma City, and Joseph Dale Lange, of
Norman. Also survived by many friends, family, nieces, and
nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the OEC Foundation, P.O.
Box 721105, Norman, OK 73072.
Benjamin Allen Cuccio Foster
Benjamin Allen Cuccio Foster, infant son of Joan Fay
Cuccio and Morris Foster, passed away February 2, 2004 at Norman
Regional Hospital. No services are scheduled at this time.
Arrangements are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home
in Norman.
Benjamin was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother,
Sue Cuccio and paternal grandfather Wade Foster. He is survived by
his parents of the home; sister, Emma Grace Cuccio Foster, of the
home; maternal grandparents, Allen "B. J." & Lou Cuccio of
Norman; paternal grandmother, Mary Alice Foster of Stillwater;
Aunt, Anne Cuccio of Norman and Uncle, Clay Foster of Olympia,
Washington.
Neil McPherson
Neil McPherson, 85, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Monday, February 2, 2004, in
Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral Services will be
held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, February 5, 2004
at Immanuel Baptist Church, 210 S. Cockrel in
Norman with Reverend Ken Huddleston
officiating. Interment
will follow at the Hillside
Cemetery in Purcell, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mr. McPherson was born December 3, 1918 in Wayne,
Oklahoma, to L.F. and Evie (Sanderson) McPherson. He graduated
from Washington High School. He worked for American Iron for
twenty-three years and then with the Federal Aviation Administration
in Oklahoma City until 1984. Mr. McPherson was a veteran of
World War II serving with the U.S. Army Air Corp Mr. McPherson
was preceded in death by his parents, L.F. and Evie McPherson; two
brothers, Ray of Paris, Arkansas, and Lynn of Wolforth, Texas; and
two sisters, Merlene Waggoner of Blanchard and Mae Staggs of
Washington, Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife, Nona of the
home; two daughters, Jan Evanoff of Phoenix, Arizona and Nora
Emery of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two brothers, Gene McPherson
of Goldsby, Oklahoma and Leon McPherson of Norman; five
grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and a number of nephews,
nieces and many friends.
Billie Adell Riddell
Billie Adell Riddell, 70, of Noble,
Oklahoma, died Sunday, February 15,
2004 in Noble, Oklahoma. Funeral
Services will be held at 2:00 P.M.,
Thursday, February 19, 2004 at
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with
WHO officiating. Interment
will follow
at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in
Norman, Oklahoma. Pallbearers are
James Johnson, Lionel Mullins, Randall
Johnson, Padrick Johnson, Kyle Turner and Ryan Thomas. Services
are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman,
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Riddell was born January 2, 1934 in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, to Sidney and Odessa Lankford. She married James
Riddell on March 13, 1964 in Huntington Beach, California. Mrs
Riddell was self-employed as a bookkeeper for a number of years.
She was a member of the Moose Lodge in Norman and served
previously on the Board of Trustees for the City of Noble. M r s .
Riddell was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter
and son, and brother. Survivors include two sons, Farriel Thomas Jr.
of Noble, OK and Randall Scott Thomas of New Mexico; three
daughters, Billie Frances Popso and husband, Joseph of Florence,
NJ., Jane Ann Hall and husband, Gary of Stuttgart, AR; and Shannon
Johnson of Ft. Worth, TX; sister, Dorothy Day of California; three
brothers, Doyle Day of Moore, OK; Tommy Day and Danny Day; and
fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Richard E. "Dick" Smethers
Richard E. "Dick" Smethers, 84,
Passed away peacefully at home in Norman
after a long illness on February 12, 2004.
Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M.,
Monday, February 16, 2004 at Havenbrook
Funeral Home with Reverend George
Gardner officiating. Interment
will follow
at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Norman,
Oklahoma. Services are under the
direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman, Oklahoma.
Dick was born in Ponca City to Jess
and Mrytle Smethers on March 1, 1919. His boyhood in Ponca was
filled with farm work, his brothers and sisters, and wrestling, until his
senior year when the high school re-started a track team. Immediately
he was successful at distance running, taking third place in the 1937
Oklahoma High School Track Championships in the Mile Run. After
a year at Oklahoma Junior College at Tonkawa, he became a walk-on
in Track at the University of Oklahoma.
At Oklahoma Dick lettered in cross country, indoor track, and
outdoor track 1939-1942. In both his junior and senior year, he was
the Big 6 Indoor and Outdoor 2-mile conference champion and set
new conference records. He had additional victories at the Texas,
Kansas, and Drake Relays. His best friend and roommate in college
was Bill Lyda, national 880 yard champion in 1942 (a Marine pilot
killed in WWII). During his years at OU, he was heavily influenced
by two legendary Oklahoma University sports men. John "Jake"
Jacobs, OU’s Track Coach, gave him his humorous way with
nicknames and simple common sense advice to complicated problems
("We’ll have you run around the top of the football stadium to get in
some altitude training before the Colorado meet"). Jake also liked the
fact that some of the cross country two mile races were run at the
stadium during football half-time. He loved to say 40,000 fans came
to see his boys run. The other important man became his lifetime
friend and mentor, Harold "Grantland" Keith, OU’s Sports
Information Director. Harold guided him in life - from being the first
man Dick met at OU to attending OU sporting events together 60
years later. The rest of his life Dick was a proud Sooner track
letterman.
In 1942 after graduation in Business Administration, he entered the
Navy’s Midshipman Officer Program. He wanted to see the ocean and
joining the Navy solved that problem. But he was disappointed that
in the final Physical Test of multiple events, out of 450 in the class,
he took second to a gymnast from UCLA . His war years were spent
in the Pacific. He served aboard the Destroyer USS Black Douglas,
YMS 328, and in March 1945 was selected to serve as Commanding
Officer of the Minesweeper YMS 286.
After the war he returned to Yukon, Oklahoma and began a career
with Prudential Insurance Company as a Farm and Ranch Loan
Appraiser. He served in the Navy again during the Korean War as
Commanding Officer of a YMS. In 1956 he moved to Wichita,
Kansas with Prudential and continued to make farm and ranch loans
until completion of a 35 year career. He was known as " the Loan
Man" and was well respected throughout the rural areas of both states
for his knowledge of land, for helping farmers realize their dreams,
and for his integrity. During these years he frequently served in the
Methodist Church as a Lay Speaker or Sunday School Teacher, and
credited Dr Ronald Meredith and Dr George Gardner as being great
influences on his life.
Dick was also a farmer himself from 1967 to 1992 in Belle Plaine,
Kansas. He raised wheat and Santa Gertrudis cattle, as well as an
assortment of small animals and garden vegetables. He loved working
the soil, watching things grow, and being involved in the world of
farmers and farming.
In 1992, he and his wife ‘Skeet’ decided to return to Norman. He
could be seen for years afterward on his daily 4 mile walk, always
timing himself to see if he could go faster.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, the former
Theda B. Halford, in 2002 They are survived by five children -
Sharon, Susan, Tommy, Rick, and Judi, as well as ten grandchildren
and twelve great-grandchildren. He also is survived by two brothers
and a sister.
The family would like to extend it’s appreciation to the hospice
employees of Loving Care for their year of devotion and affection to
Dick.
Roy L. Bugher, Sr.
Roy L. Bugher, Sr. of Noble, Oklahoma
died February 27, 2004, in Norman, Oklahoma.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at the First Baptist
Church in Noble, Oklahoma with Chaplin Paul
Bettis and Sheriff Dewayne Beggs. officiating.
Interment
will follow at the Noble IOOF
Cemetery in Noble. Bearers will be Gerald
Moody, Lynn Thomason, Ray Peterson, Paul
Bugher, Hart Brown and David Mobley.
Honorary Bearers will be the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department,
Delayne Woodrow, Jack Stringer, Gordon Conklin, Gene Waggoner,
Darel Moring, Junior McKiddy Mike Holt and Tom Brackett.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman.
Mr. Bugher was born May 1, 1939, in Noble, Oklahoma to
Theodore F. and Emma Videll Brown Bugher. He married Suzan
Bugher on July 20, 1959, in Norman. He received a Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Bugher retired after
37 years as a Police Officer, serving 20 years with the Norman Police
Department and serving as the Police Chief of the Del City Police
Department, U.S. Marshal Service and as Under Sheriff for Cleveland
County. He was a member of the Sheriff and Peace Officers
Association, Oklahoma Police Chiefs Association, Oklahoma Sheriff
Association, National Sheriff Association and American Correctional
Association.
Mr. Bugher was preceded in death by his parents and sister,
Doris. He is survived by his wife, Suzan, of the home; son, Roy L.
Bugher, Jr. and wife, Renee, of Lexington, OK; daughters, Kathy
Stapp and Cindy Bridges and husband, Randal, both of Noble, OK;
brothers, Ted Bugher and wife, Jo, of Lexington, OK, Lewis Bugher
and wife, Vondel and Delaney Bugher and wife, Bobbi, both of
Noble, OK; sisters, Jean Depuis, of Lebanon, Ohio and Betty Hellen
Cox of Noble, OK; nine grandchildren, Tonya Stapp, Melanie
Bridges, Kayla Taylor and husband, Dustin, Randal, Jr. and Rebecca
Bridges, all of Noble, OK and Michael, Mark, Matthew and Ashley
Bugher, all of Lexington, OK and one great-grandchild, Kyle Taylor
of Noble, OK.
Colonel William Robert (Bob) Clark
Colonel William Robert (Bob) Clark, 91, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Tuesday, February 3, 2004 in Norman, Oklahoma.
A memorial service is pending at First Presbyterian Church.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman, Oklahoma.
Bob Clark was born on February 5, 1912 in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. He was the third child of Arthur Benjamin and Ruth
Isabelle Clark. The family moved to Tuttle and then, after Arthur
Clark died in 1919, to Norman where Ruth Clark worked for many
years as a teacher. Bob graduated from Norman High School in 1929
and received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University
of Oklahoma in 1933. While in high school, he served as a class
officer, was elected Boys Mayor of Norman, made the State and
National Honor societies, and was senior editor of the yearbook.
While at the University of Oklahoma, Bob joined Beta Theta Pi
fraternity and covered Sooner athletics for the Daily Oklahoman.
After receiving his degree from the University of Oklahoma, he spent
several years working for the Chickasha Milling Company. He had
been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve,
after completing the R.O.T.C. program at the university, and was
called to active duty in April 1941 when the United States began
preparation for World War II. He remained in the service until
retiring in 1962 as a full Colonel.
During the war, Lieutenant Colonel Clark commanded the
253rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion which was attached to
General George S. Patton’s famous Third Army. This unit played a
key role in the relief of Bastogne in December 1944 which was a
major factor in transforming the Battle of the Bulge from defeat to
victory. Colonel Clark was almost continuously involved in combat
operations from August 1944 until the end of hostilities in Europe in
May 1945. His decorations included two Bronze Stars for valor.
Colonel Clark’s postwar career included assignments in
Alaska, Germany and Korea and three different tours of duty in
Washington, D.C. He served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the staff of the commanding general of the U.S. Army, Europe.
He was assigned to the Military District of Washington, D.C. from
1957 to 1961 and, because of his journalism background, often served
during this time as liaison with major national media on high-profile
public events associated with the military. These included state visits
by Queen Elizabeth II and Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev, the
interments of the Unknowns of World War II and Korea at Arlington
National Cemetery, and the state funerals of Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, General of the Army George Marshall, and Admiral of
the Fleet William Halsey. His duties on such occasions included
briefing the President of the United States and other very senior
administration and military leaders.
Colonel Clark married Betty Earle Welch on February 7, 1944. The couple had two children, Robert Dean Clark and William
Vaughn Clark. The family moved to Norman in 1962 after Colonel
Clark’s retirement from the Army. He was part of the statistical crew
in the press box at O.U. football games and a volunteer at Norman
Regional Hospital for many years. He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church for eighty years and served as a deacon.
The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to
Norman Regional Hospital Foundation, P. O. Box 1665, Norman,
Oklahoma 73070.
Pat Cook
Pat Cook, 69, died at 3:35 A.M. on Friday,
February 6, 2004 at home in Norman after
a lenghty battle with non-Hodgkins
Lymphomia. Funeral Services will be held
at 1:00 P.M., Monday, February 9, 2004 at
Berry Road Baptist Church with Bill Cook
and Reverend Mark Streetman officiating.
Interment
will follow at the Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery at 2301 E. Indian
Hills Road in Norman, Oklahoma.
Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman,
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Cook was born July 16, 1934
in Paoli, Oklahoma, to Charley and Minnie Pearl Jones. She
graduated from Paoli High School and attended East Central
University at Ada for a time. She married Bill Cook on October 5,
1956 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. They had three children, Dale,
Dawn Renee and DeAnna. Mrs. Cook was a longtime active member
at Berry Road Baptist Church where she served as a counselor and
sunday school teacher. After she and her husband raised their family,
she served as a chaplain volunteer at Norman Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Cook also enjoyed working with children at a day care facility
in Norman.
Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her parents; three
brothers, Dale, Joe and Charley, and a sister, Zypher. Survivors
include her husband, Bill of the home; son, Dale Cook of Tacoma,
WA; two daughters, Dawn Renee Knight of Wichita Falls and
DeAnna Tullis of Noble, OK; three brothers, Mickey Jones and Bob
Jones, both of Oklahoma City, OK and Gus Jones of Sherman, TX;
sister, Ann McCurley of Norman, OK; three grandsons, Nathan and
Brandon Elliot of Noble, OK and Aiden Cook of Tacoma, WA; three
granddaughters, Shauna and Baylee Knight of Wichita Falls and
Amanda Tullius of Noble,OK and a host of nieces and nephews.
"Tommie" Bannie Jo Heard
"Tommie" Bannie Jo Heard, age 93, passed
away February 15th, 2004 at Presbyterian
Hospital after a short illness. The family is
forever grateful for the wonderful caregivers who
made her life so much better during the last few
years. Tommie was born March 2nd, 1910 in
Corley, Oklahoma to Joseph Bannister & Martha
Altah Winn. She was one of eleven children.
She and nine of her siblings would become
public school teachers. She attended Horace
Mann High School in Ada and graduated from East Central College
in 1932 with a double major in English and Spanish. On April 18,
1942 she married William Wesley Heard in Norman, Oklahoma.
Tommie gave birth to twin daughters, Wanda Kay & Linda Sue, the
first twins to be born at Norman Hospital on March 18, 1943. Then
on March 25, 1946 she gave birth to Warren Edward in Lawton Ok.
Tommie had a servant’s heart and many friends enjoyed gifts of
cakes, canned jellies and other goodies. She also gave the gift of song
by teaching her children to sing three part harmony with a friend
when the twins were five years old. She would take the children to
sing for those who were home bound or in the hospital. Tommie was
also an accomplished seamstress. She learned of a latent gift for
painting when she was in her early seventies. She entered her first
painting at the Oklahoma State Fair and won a blue ribbon. She was
a dedicated Christian and was a member of the Western Hills Church
of Christ in Lawton, OK. She taught elementary school in Geronimo,
OK. She also taught elementary school at Sullivan Village, and Park
Lane in the Lawton School District. She was preceded in death by
her parents, nine of her brothers and sisters, husband William Wesley
Heard, and her son-In law James Robert Moore. She is survived by
her sister Jewell Jane Nelson, three children Linda Brumley and her
husband David of Hamilton Alabama, Wanda Moore of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Warren Heard and his wife Marilynn of Moore,
Oklahoma, her grandchildren, Kayrn Brumley, Murfreesboro, TN,
Dave Brumley and his wife Joy of Muscle Shoals, AL, Tammy Moore
Sellers and her husband Steve of Coatsville, IN, Chris Moore, April
Moore Stark and her husband David, Aaron Moore and his wife
Shannon, Heidi Moore Shockley and her husband Erich, all of
Colorado Springs, CO, Titus Heard of Los Angeles, CA, Matthew
Heard, Holly Heard Sangree and her husband Christian, Levi Heard,
Micah Heard, and Benjamin Heard, all of Oklahoma City. Tommie
is also survived by ten great grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday,
February 19, 2004 at Western Hills Church , 401 SW. 44th in Oklahoma City. Graveside Services will follow at 3:00 P.M.,
Thursday at the Flower Mound Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman, Oklahoma.
She would want us to include a footnote. "By hook or
by crook", she beat the whole lot of them regularly at canasta.
Forrest Herron, Jr.
Forrest Herron, Jr., 79, of Norman,
Oklahoma died Saturday, February 28,
2004, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at the
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel in
Norman, Oklahoma with Reverend Joe
Handcock officiating. Interment
will
follow at the Norman IOOF Cemetery in
Norman with full Military Honors.
Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman.
Mr. Herron was born August 6, 1924, to Forrest, Sr. and
Grethel Vanbibber Herron in Moon, Oklahoma and grew up in
Norman. He served in the Navy during WWII and was on active duty
in the South Pacific. After leaving the Navy, he enlisted in the
National Guard and later joined th Air Force, where he served in the
Korean Conflict. Forrest was stationed at Randolf A. F. B., Texas
when ordered to Vietnam in June of 1965, on Special Assignment,
where he served as supply Sergeant for Military Assistance Command
under General Westmorland. He was wounded in January of 1966,
when a terrorist bomb exploded in Saigon for which he received the
Purple Heart. He retired in 1973, as SMSGT from the Air Force.
Mr. Herron was preceded in death by his parents; and a
brother, Lewis Herron. He is survived by three sons, David Herron,
James Herron and Jon Herron; two brothers, Marcus Harron and wife,
Neva, of Oklahoma City, OK and Lawrence Harron and wife, Carole,
of Newton, KS; one sister, Ethel Milley, of Albuquerque, N.M.; a
double cousin, Zenora Drdman and husband, of Chandler AZ and
many nieces and nephews.
JANET YUKIKO SCHIVERS
Janet Yukiko Schivers, 73, of Wahiawa,
Hawaii, our beloved mother, passed from
this earth into the hands of the lord on
Thursday, February 12, 2004 in Norman,
Oklahoma. Memorial Services will be held
at 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 17, 2004 at
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel in
Norman, Oklahoma with Chaplain Susan
Beam officiating. Visitation will be held at
Havenbrook Funeral Home from Friday
through Tuesday morning.
Janet was born March 4, 1930 in Aiea, Hawaii. She married Bryant
Schivers June 2, 1951 while he was stationed with the U.S Army in
Wahiawa, Hi. His tours of duty took her and their children to
Massachusetts, overseas to Japan, Greece, France, Germany, Hawaii
again, and Okinawa. When her husband retired in 1971, they moved
back to Hawaii. Janet moved to Norman in December of 1979 to be
with her children. Janet’s greatest love was her family. She also
enjoyed reading, music, gardening, and her dog Pokey.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and one sister,
Marian Nishinaga. She is survived by two sisters, Gladys Inouye and
family of Wahiawa, Hawaii, Florence Suwa and family of Honolulu,
Hawaii, three daughters, Debbie Sellers and husband Gates of
Norman Oklahoma and their children, John, Daniel, and Nathan, Nori
Pruitt and husband Mike of Granbury, Texas, and their children,
Sean, Michelle Guerin, and Jennifer Pruitt, Sandy Atherton, of
Norman, Oklahoma and her children, Jessie Johnson, Aaron, and
Joey. One son Bryant Schivers, and wife Michele, of Gulfport,
Mississippi and their children, Matt, Josh, and Ashley. Three great
grandchildren, Macee Sellers, Adrienne Russell, and Ashtyn Johnson,
and a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Lucy Lillian Burt
Lucy Lillian Burt, 63, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Monday, February 10, 2003
in Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral Services
will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February
14, 2003 at Havenbrook Funeral Home
Chapel in Norman, Oklahoma with
Reverend Lester Vogler officiating.
Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Burt was born September 24, 1939 in Hartford, New
York, to Pete and Mary Bushey Bushee. Lucy was a caregiver
working at nursing homes and also providing in-home care for people
for over forty years. She moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1966 from
Bakersmills, New York. She married Edward Jason Burt Jr. on
August 6, 1994 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Burt was preceded in death by her parents, previous
husband, brothers, sisters, daughter, granddaughters. Survivors
include ten sons, William,Wallace, Clyde and Calvin Steves, all of
Norman, OK, Wesley Steves of Hudson Falls, NY, Victor Steves and
wife, Peggy of Glens Falls, NY, Clifford Steves Jr. and wife, Dana of
Noble, OK, Clinton Steves of Houston, TX, John Fahlmann of
Queensbury, NY and Edward Jason Burt III and wife, Candace of
South Glens Falls, NY; five daughters, Edith Miller and husband,
Richard Lowe of Houston, TX, Carol Ewing of Noble, OK, Christy
Williamson and husband, Kevin of Fort Hood, TX, Jean Marie Noble
and husband, Stan of Hartford, NY and Marlene Burt of Glens Falls,
NY; one sister, Helen Balfour of Glen Falls, NY; two sisters-in-law,
Betty Elizabeth Bushee of Norman, OK and Aggie Straight of
Bakersmills, NY; one brother-in-law, Cliff Burt and wife, Barb of
Kingman, AZ; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and
several cousins, nieces and nephews.
