A2 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, February 7, 2019
Laveda "Sue" Garrett
1942-2019
Melissa Lewis
1960-2019
Theda Ruth Schutt
1933-2019
Theda Ruth Schutt, age
85, died January 29, 2019
at her home in Stillwater.
She was born
August 5, 1933
to Harold and
Daisy (Reaves)
Bechtel in
Glencoe, OK.
Daisy married
Frank "Swede"
Swalander
while Theda
was still a small child and
he raised her as if she were
his own.
She worked at OSU as
an administrative assis-
tant, first in Financial Aid
and later at the college of
Home Economics, retiring
in 1998.
Theda had a real pas-
sion for genealogy and she
traced the family history for
all branches of her imme-
diate family, as well as the
family histories for many
extended family members
and friends.
Theda is survived by
her son Bradley Schutt of
Littleton, Colorado; her
daughter Mar-
ianne (Randy)
McFarlin of
Ada; grand-
daughter
Sarah Kle-
packi of Choc-
taw, grandson
Kevin McFarlin
of Ada ,
great-granddaughters
Landry, Carter and Sutton,
of Choctaw; numerous
beloved cousins and many
dear friends. She also leaves
behind her special "girls"
Pixie, Penny and Hope, of
the home.
Memorial services will
be scheduled at a later date.
Dighton Marler Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Condolences may be sent
to the family via an online
guestbook at www.dighton-
marler.com.
John Marshall Jobe
John Marshall Jobe passed
away on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 30, 2019. A memorial
service will be
held at 2 p.m.
on February
8, 2019 at the
First Christian
Church in Still-
water, Okla-
homa. Strode
Funeral Home
and Cremation
is in charge of
the arrange-
ments.
He grew up in Ponca City
and graduated from Ponca
City High School in 1951.
He was selected as an All-
State basketball player and
attended Boys State.
Following high school,
John attended Tulsa Univer-
sity on a four-year basket-
ball scholarship and gradu-
ated from TU in 1955 with
a BS in mathematics. There
he met Caryl Aibin. They
were married in August
1954. Together they had six
children and were married
for almost 65 years.
After graduating from
TU, John taught math and
coached baseball/basketball
at Ponca City High School
for 7 years. In 1962, the
family moved to Stillwater,
Oklahoma where he began
graduate studies in mathe-
matics at Oklahoma State
University. He graduated
in 1966 with a PhD in math.
He was hired by OSU as a
math professor that same
year, earning full professor-
ship in 1979.
In 1977, he directed
and hosted a 45-minute
film/video rifled, "Henry P.
Iba". It is in the Oklahoma
Basketball Hall of Fame in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was a member of the
OSU Athletic Council for
two periods of time in the
1970's and 1980"s. John
served on the OSU Faculty
Council and was very active
in the OSU Mathematics
Graduate Program. John
innovated teaching by ut'tliz-
ing video tape (OSU's Edu-
cation Television Systems:
ETS) to visually demon-
strate how to
work through
math problems,
equations, and
theories. He
retired from
OSU in 1994.
During his
retirement he
wrote over
1,000 brief sto-
ries in rhyme.
Eleven books were self-pub-
lished, each of which con-
tained about 50 of his poems.
John was known as "The
Old Timer" and performed
songs and rhymes through-
out Arkansas, Colorado, and
Oklahoma.
In Stillwater, he coached
numerous little league bas-
ketball and baseball teams.
He was a member of the
First Christian Church and
was a volunteer at Our Daily
Bread. He was a member
of the Stillwater Antique
Classic Car Club through
which he enjoyed showing
off his 1930 Ford Model
A Roadster and 1930 Ford
Phaeton. His greatest pas-
tkne love was spending time
at their cabin in Pitkin, Col-
orado. Numerous summers
were spent with family and
friends hiking,jeeping, fish-
ing, and sitting by the fire.
He is survived by wife,
Caryl; children, Marcus
Jobe, Jody Jobe (Carol
Medo), Amy Nelson,Jenny
Farrar (Troy) and Hutch
Jobe (Trish); grandchildren
Rob, Jake, Rachael, Hutch,
Zach, Levi, Sam, Austin,
Shiloh, and Trace; great
grandchildren, D J, Piper,
Pierce, Preston, Davis,
Hazel, Jewel, Addison and
Sylvia.
John was dearly loved by
all family and friends and
will be greatly missed.
Condolences may be
emailed to the family and
on online obituary may be
viewed by visiting www.
strodefh.com
Laveda"Sue" Garrett, 76,
passed away peacefully at
her home Monday morn-
ing, February 4,
2019. A Memo-
rial service will
begin at 10 a.m.
Friday, Feb-
ruary 8, 2019
at Lost Creek
United Method-
ist Church, with
a family com-
mittal following
in Sunset Memorial Gar-
dens. Honorary Pallbearers
will be her grandsons.
Sue was born in Stillwater
on October 16, 1942 to Carl
and Laveda (Eaton) Miller.
She was a graduate of Still-
water High School, and was
a longtime Administrative
Assistant at PepsiCo. She
was also a member of Lost
Creek United Methodist
Church.
Members of her family
include her beloved hus-
band Wilson Garrett, whom
she married in 1970; her
children: Mark Bunch and
wife Jill, Bill Bunch and
wife Julie, Steven Bunch
and wife Marie, and Jami
Grantz and husband Arron;
her brother Bill Miller;
grandchildren Justin Bunch
and wife Andi, Cole Bunch
and wife Tiffany, Tara
Elliott and husband Tyler,
Kristin Brown and husband
Kyle, Brettney Graham
and husband
Austin, Grace
Heslep and
husband Jona-
than, Thomas
Bailey and wife
Hannah, Kate-
lyn, Taylor,
Chance,
Connor and
Joseph Bunch
and Garrett and Emma
Grantz; great-grandchil-
dren MaKyla, Aubri, Eli
and Gavin Bunch, Tenlee
and Teagan Elliott, Daphne
Brown, and Renee and
Riley Rumford; and numer-
ous other family members
and friends.
Sue is predeceased by her
mother, father, and step-fa-
ther, as well as her sisters
Donna and JoAnn, and her
son Gerald Brent Bunch.
Those wishing to honor
Sue's memory may do so
by contributing to the Lost
Creek United Methodist
Church Alaska Mission.
Strode Funeral Home and
Cremation is in charge of
the arrangements.
Online condolences may
be Offered and an obituary
may be viewed at www.
strodefh.com.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Weathers
Weathers, Lucas wed
Ryan Weathers, Coyle, and Tara Lucas, Blackwell, were
wed December 22 in the Blackwell Event Center. Parents of
the couple are Shane and Julie Weathers, Coyle, and Herb
and Tammie Lucas, Blackwell. Grandparents are George
Sexton, Blackwell; Donal Weathers, Hinton; and Harold and
Joy Flasch, Coyle.
The Rev. Terry Ballard of Tonkawa officiated at the wedding.
Maid of honor was Kristen Simunek, and bridesmaids were
Brooke Bergman, Brittany McBrain, Andrea Angle,Autumn
Lambert, and Katie Billings. Best man was Jared Weathers,
brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Brendon Weathers,
brother of the groom, Jordan Flasch, cousin of the groom,
and Cole Burchett, Dalton Graham, and Dalton Anderson.
Jax Lucas, nephew of the bride, was ring beater. Flower girls
and boy were Emily and Audrey Moeder, Kollins and Kobi
Gray, and Leighton and Carter Morgan, cousins of the bride
and groom. Anna and Luke Cory, cousins of the groom, kept
the guest book.
The bride is a graduate of Blackwell High School and holds an
Associate Degree from NOC, Tonkawa, where she and Ryan
represented the Association of Christian Athletes and she was
named Homecoming Queen. She is a graduate of the Meridian
Technology Center, Sfillwater, and is a certified radiologic
technologist. She is employed at Diagnostic Radiology in
Edmond and McBride's Orthopedic Hospital, Oklahoma City.
The groom is a graduate of Coyle High School, has an
Associate Degree from NOC, Tonkawa, and was graduated
in December from Oklahoma State University with a B S.
in physical education. He is employed by Coyle Schools as
mathematics instructor, head baseball coach, and assistant
coach for the boys' b,~ske~ team. The couple has established
a home in Coyle.
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Melissa Lewis, 58, died
January 29, 2019, at her
home in Pawnee. A ser-
vice will be
held at 2 p.m.
on Friday, Jan-
uary 8, 2019, at
the Lost Creek
United Method-
ist Church with
interment fol-
lowing at Sunset
Memorial Gar-
dens. Strode Funeral Home
and Cremation is in charge
of arrangements.
She was born in Wich-
ita Falls, Texas on July
22, 1960, to Frank Ross
and Jane Grimsley Ross.
Melissa and Curtis Lewis
were united in marriage
on October 13, 1979, in
Aberdeen,Washington. She
attended Oklahoma State
University earning an asso-
ciate degree in business
which led to her work as
a payroll clerk. The First
Methodist Church in Idabel,
Oklahoma, held her mem-
bership.
A die-hard OSU Cowboy
fangirl, shopping enthusiast,
and a lover of gardening,
Melissa was
first and foremost a dedi-
cated mother and wife. She
held her family close, and
treasured every
moment with them. She
especially loved
being Nana to
her grandchil-
dren. Hers ~vas
a full,
vibrant person-
ality, always
taking each day
and each person
as they wrre.
Animals, too, as
she'd always had a soft spot
for them. Her children used
to joke that in the next fife,
they wanted
to come back as one of her
pets. Whether it was her
family, her home, or her
work, she jumped
in and took care of everyone
and everything, and she
always tried to brighten
everyone's day
wherever she went.
She was preceded by par-
ents Frank and Jane. She
is survived by her husband,
Curtis and children Curtis
and Jessica atJd her grand-
children Gabriel, Ian and
Ariella, as well as, a brother
Marls.
Condolences maybe
emailed to the family at
www.strodefh.com.
Kimberly Gay Perkins
1960-2019
.I nberly "Kim" Gay Per-, heart was always shining
kins passed away Monday, through. For to not have
January 14, 2019 in Okla- had any children of her oWn,
h o m a C i t y, that "Motlier-
Oklahoma after ing"instinct was
a strong and' always present.
courageous fight On Decem-
with cancer, ber 10, 2007
She was 58. Kim and Steve
Services have Perkins were
been entrusted m a r r i e d,i n
to the care of Eureka Springs,
Dighton-Marler Arkansas. They
Funeral Home of enjoyed 1 1
Stillwater, Oklahoma. happy years together. She
A celebration of Kim's life loved him dearly and was
was held at 2 p.m. Friday, his caretaker while he battled
January 18, 2019 in the cancer himself. Her untimely
Chapel at Dighton-Marler passing has left a great void
Funeral "Home. Interment in many people's lives. She
followed at Oak Hill Cem- will be greatly missed.
etery in Drumright, Okla- Survivors include her hus-
homa. Pallbearers were band, Steve; Sister, Frannie
Roger Cannon, Tyler Sipes, Milacek and partner M arty
Caleb Stanley, Lil Joe Kyle, Robinson of Enid, Ok, la-
Marty Robinson, Bobby homa; special nieces, Ann
Butler. Honorary pallbear- Butler of Mannford, Olda-
ers were Hunter Gather, and homa, Alison Cannon' of
Kevin Gather. Atoka, Oklahoma, and Misty
KimwasbomJuly 12,1960 GatherofAntlers,Oklahoma;
in Drumright, Oklahoma other nieces and nephews,
to Floyd R. and Annabell Dusty, Joe, Josh, and Caleb;
(Nees) Stanley. She grew numerous other relatives and
up and attended school in friends. She was preced~ in
Drumright. She worked deathbyherparents;brother,
as a waitress all her adult Randy Stanley; three sisters,
life. Doing what she loved Prissy- McDaniel, Nancy
to do. Kim had a heart of Rowell, and Kathy Dillard;
gold. She loved people, nephew, HossRowell;niece,
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taking care of someone else. Condolences may he sent
Whether it was one of her to the family via an online
sisters, a niece, a nephew, or guestbook at www.digh '~n-
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