A2 - THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Jackie "Jack" Ray Delaney
1949-2013
Jackie "Jack" Ray Delaney,
63 of Stillwater, OK, followed
his beloved grandson Scotty
into the arms of
Jesus on Friday,
February 08,
2013. Services
were under the
direction of
Palmer Marler
Funeral Home of
Perry and were
held at 2 p.m.
on Wednesday,
February 13, 2013 at Perry
First Church of the Nazarene
in Perry, OK, with the Rever-
end Steve v. Smith officiating.
Interment was be at Grace Hill
Cemetery in Perry, OK.
Jack was born March 10,
1949 in Ponca City, OK, the
son of James Aaron Delaney
and Gladys Delone Kirchner
Delaney. Jack attended Ponca
City Public Schools and gradu-
ated from Ponca City High
School in 1967. Jack volun-
teered to join the United States
Army September 30, 1968. He
served his counlry as a Pioneer
and Atomic Demolition Expert;
he qualified as an M-14 Sharp-
shooter. Jack served during the
Viemam War and received the
National Defense Service
Medal. Following his service in
Germany, he transferred to the
United States Army Reserve.
Staff Sergeant Jack Delaney's
military career ended Septem-
ber 20, 1971 with an honorable
character of service.
Following his Army career,
Jack served as Deputy Sheriff
in Marland, OK. Jack was
a skilled brick mason. He
worked for Conoco in the lab
for a time. Jack was employed
with OG&E as an operator for
15 years and never missed a
day of work. He worked at
National.Standard for several
years where he was critically
injured in 2000. By the grace
of God and the strength He
gave, Jack survived.
Jack began a life-long com-
mitment to the love of his life,
Barbara Kay Delaney in 1977.
Together, they raised their
children Marci, Tracie, and
Mark Delaney. Having given
their lives to Christ, the couple
married March 16, 1984 at St.
Luke's Church of the Nazarene
in Ponca City.
Jack was an avid outdoor
sportsman and an expert marks-
man who enjoyed hunting and
fishing. A hard worker, Jack
enjoyed woodworking, remod-
cling, construction projects, and
gardening. The most important
interest of Jack's life was his
family; he cher-
ished time spent
with his wife,
three children,
l0 grandchil-
dren, and 6 great
grandchildren.
Jack is survived
by his wife,
Barbara, three
children, Marci
Delaney Bowman and husband
John of Perry, Tracie Delaney
Klingaman and husband Scott
of Perry, Mark Delaney and
wife Julie of Ponca City. Pa
Jack will be missed by grand-
children, Brittaney Davis Ward
and husband Frank of Perkins,
Amanda Bowman, John L.
Davis, J.R. Bowman, Alecia
Bowman, and Brendan Klin-
gaman of Perry, Mark Aaron
(Delaney) Champlin and Cody
Delaney of Ponca City, Abby
Jo Keltner of Tonkawa, and
great grandchildren, Kaylee
Riddle, Isabella Cooksey, and
Alva Cooksey of Perry, Faith
Ward of Perkins, Landon Pruett
and Madalynn Champlin of
Ponca City. In addition, Jack is
survived by his brothers Walter
Delaney and wife Carolyn of
Newkirk and Buddy Delaney
and wife Molly of Ponca City.
Jack will be greatly missed by
numerous nieces, nephews,
cousins, and friends.
Jack was preceded in death
by his parents, brothers Everett
Delaney and James A. Delaney,
sister Linda June Delaney and
his grandson Scott "Scotty"
Riddle.
Pallbearers are grandsons
Mark Aaron (Delaney)
Champlin, John L. Davis,
J.R. Bowman, Cody Delaney,
Brendon Klingaman, and Frank
Ward.
Honorary Pallbearers
are Walter Delaney, Bud
Delaney, Richard Delaney,
Ronnie Brown, Norm Resch,
Jim Kirkendall, Tommy Con-
nelly, Jeff"Rowdy" Meyer and
Nonnie Rowe.
The family will be at the
home of Scott and Tracie Klin-
gaman 316 2nd Street (2nd and
Delaware) #6, Perry, OK.
Memorial Contributions
may be made in care of the
Perry Church of the Nazarene
829 Jackson, Perry, OK 73077
to provide Bibles in Jack's
memory through Gideon
International.
Alan Rey Snyder
1952-2013
Alan Rey Snyder, 60, of
Stillwater, passed from this
life on February 11, 2013
in Edmond,
Okla. Services
have been
entrusted to the
care of Strode
Funeral Home
and will be held
February 14,
2013 at 10:30 at
Strode Funeral
Home Chapel
in Stillwater with Pastor
Reed James officiating.
Alan was born on June 17,
1952 in Alva, OK. He spent
the latter of his life working
at MPower, formally the
Sheltered Workshop for Payne
County doing various jobs. He
loved Dr. Pepper, going out to
eat, and going for car rides.
Alan was preceded in
death by his mother, Dorothy
Snyder, grandparents, Mr. &
Mrs. J.C. Hard-
ing, a brother,
Brett Snyder,
and his life-long
roommate, Zeke
Cable. He is
survived by
many friends
and coworkers.
Honorary
pall bearers are:
Blaine Bowers, Melinda
Wilson, Crystal Widener,
Sandi Wright, Mike Ndi-
rangu, Edward Manda, Tony
Manning, Minerba Cerda, and
Christi Hall,
Condolences may be emailed
to the family and an online
obituary may be viewed by
visiting www.strodefh.com.
Bessie Kathryn Bostian Everett
1917-2013
Bessie Kathryn Bosfian Ever-
ett, 95, passed away on Sunday,
February 10, 2013. Services
were held on
Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 13, 2013 at
2:00 p.m. at First
Baptist Church
in Perkins, Okla-
homa. Interment
followed at Elm
Grove Cemetery
in Perkins. Strode
Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Bessie was born on September
17, 1917, the first of seven chil-
dren, to Roy and Ida Bostian.
She was born at home on a
farm southwest of Stillwater.
Preceding her death were her
husband, Orville Everett, one
infant sister, and three broth-
ers, Lavem Bostian, Roy Bos-
fian Jr., and Wyman Bostian.
Surviving siblings are Danah
Cundiff and Pete Bostian.
Also surviving are two chil-
dren, Janice Fly and Wendell
Everett, and six grandchildren,
Denise, Michael, Jason, Gary,
Troy and Keri. There are 21
great grandchildren, and two
great-great grandchildren with
a third due any day.
Bessie married Orville Ever-
ettin 1939. They were married
nearly 59 years. Before retire-
ment, they lived in Tulsa where
Bessie was cafeteria manager at
Madison Junior High School.
They returned to
Sfillwater tD retire
and build their
dream home.
They enjoyed
many years on
their farm which
was located four
miles north of
where Bessie
was raised. For
the past two years, Bessie
has lived a very happy life
at Golden Oaks in StiUwater,
Oklahoma. She made many
dear friends in her time there.
Bessie was known as
"Mammaw" to all her grand-
children, great grandchildren,
great-great grandchildren, and
so many countless others she
adopted along the way. She
was deeply loved and appreci-
ated by all who knew her.
Memorial contributions can
be made to The Elm Grove
Cemetery Association at 1012
East 92nd St. Perkins, Okla-
homa 74059 or to Gideons
International at 324 S Hoppy
Road, Stillwater, Oklahoma
74075 in her honor.
Condolences may be sent
to the family and an online
obituary viewed by visiting
www.strodefh.com.
Martha Valk Harvey
1928-2013
Martha Valk Harvey, 84,
died Friday, February 8, 2013
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funeral
Services will be
held Friday, Feb-
rnary 15, 2013 at
11:00 am at the
Strode Funeral
Home Chapel in
Stillwater. Inter-
ment will follow
at Sunset Memo-
rial Gardens.
Reverend Kyle Anderson
will officiate. Strode Funeral
Home is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Martha was born on Octo-
ber 7, 1928 to David Carl
Valk and Lula Ann Willey
in Talala, Oklahoma. She
married John Elton Harvey
in Claremore, Oklahoma in
April 1949 and were together
until his death in 2005.
She was member of First
United Methodist Church in
Stillwater, the Social Order of
Beauceant, the Eastern Star,
the VFW Auxiliary, and the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Martha is preceded in death
by her husband, John; parents,
David and Lula Ann Valk;
brother, Earl Allen Valk;
and sisters, Fern
Lightle and
Sarah Renfroe.
She is survived
by her sisters,
Margie Melton
and her hus-
band, Bob, of
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, and
Joie Taylor and her husband,
Charles, of Willis, Texas; her
brother, Roger Valk, and his
wife, Margaret, of Oologah,
Oklahoma; brother-in-law,
James Renfroe, of Bartles-
ville, Oklahoma; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews and
grand-nieces and -nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests contribu-
tions to be made in Martha's
name to First United Meth-
odist Church, 400 W 7 th Ave,
Stillwater, OK 74074.
Condolences may be emailed
to the family and an online
obituary may be viewed by
visiting www.strodefh.com.
Rodman services Friday
Rose Marie (Walter) Rodman of Perkins died Tuesday,
Feb. 12, 2013, in Bartlesville, OK.
Her funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013,
at the Christian Church of Perkins with John Talley officiat-
ing. Interment will follow at the Perkins Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to be
made in Rose's name to the Perkins Community Foundation,
PO Box 667, Perkins, OK 74059 for the restoration of the Old
Church Center at the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza.
A full obituary will be published in next week's Journal.
Ronald Arthur Todd
1945-2013
Ronald Arthur Todd, 67,
of Piedmont, OK, passed
away on January 16, 2013.
Services were
held
January 19
Westside Chris-
tian Church,
Yukon. Burial
was at Chapel
Hill Memorial
Garden, Okla-
homa City.
Arrangements
were provided by Chapel
Hill Funeral Home, Okla-
homa City.
'Ron was born Febru-
ary 9, 1945, at home six
miles east of Perkins,
OK. He graduated from
Ripley High School.
Ron married Carolyn
Koelsch on December
12, 1975 in Tulsa, OK.
After graduation Ron
worked as a tile setter's
helper in Stillwater for 9
years. He then started his
own business, Ron's Tile
and Carpet in Cushing, OK
where he worked until 1983.
Ron and Carolyn moved to
Garber, OK, continuing his
tile business and assisting
Carolyn's father, Ed Novy,
in his farming operation.
Ron and Carolyn, since
2000, have traveled and
sold western wear at Vari-
Ous horse shows and events.
In 2008 they began selling
collegiate wear
at OSU football
games. Ron
enjoyed his
OSU cowboys,
collecting
antique cars
and trucks,
going to the
cabin at Lake
Eufaula, fish-
ing for sandbass and
his new horse Sadie.
Ron is survived by Caro-
lyn of the home, sons Doug
Todd; granddaughters Alex
and Olivia Todd; Donny
Todd; grandsons Colton
and Brody Todd; step-
children Shawn Koelsch;
grandson Mason Koelsch
and Amy Brown and hus-
band Craig; grandson Jack
Brown and granddaughter
Maggie Brown. Sisters,
Ladema Todd and Sherry
Clemens and husband
Jerry Clemens; his nieces
and nephews; and the rest
of his family and friends.
Ron is preceded in death
by his parents, Claud and
Eileen Todd; his sister
Lodene Chesmore Ball
and his brother-in-law Jim
Chesmore.
Buddy G. Johnson
Buddy G. Johnson, 85, of
Glencoe, passed from this
life peacefully on February
8, 2013 with his
family by his
side. Services
were entrusted
to the care of
Palmer Marler
Funeral Home
and were held
at 2:00pm on
Monday, Feb-
ruary 11, 2013
at Sunset Memorial Gardens
in Stillwater.
Buddy was born in Still-
water, OK to John and
Ann Johnson. He grew up
and attended school in the
Stillwater area, eventually
graduating from Stillwater
High School. He attended
Oklahoma State Univer-
sity before enlisting in the
United States Navy in 1952.
On March 14 1952, Buddy
married the love of his life,
LouAnn Greene. Buddy
was a veteran of the Korean
War, serving his country as
a Corpsman. Following his
honorable discharge from
the Navy, Buddy returned
to Stillwater and began a
family and a successful
career as a painting contrac-
tor. He joined his brother
Max Johnson and formed
Johnson Brothers Paint-
ing. After several years,
the brothers separated and
he began Buddy Johnson
Painting and served the
Stillwater community for
over 45 years.
Buddy was a member of
Believers Fellowship and
several other organizations
in the Stillwater area. He
was an avid
hunter and an
excellent golfer,
but his true love
was his wife of
60 years and
11 months,
LouAnn. Fol-
lowing his
retirement
in 2007, he
enjoyed reading and being
around his family. Buddy
Johnson was a perfectionist
when dealing with his trade.
Although his talent and ded-
ication will fade away, his
spirit will continue to guide
and impact the family and
friends he leaves behind.
Buddy is survived by his
dedicated wife LouAnn, of
the home. A daughter Don-
nell Patten and husband
Charles, of Glencoe, OK. A
son Kelly Johnson and wife
Debbie, of Oklahoma City,
OK. A son Kyle Johnson
and wife Kelly, of Stillwa-
ter, OK. A son Ken Johnson
and wife Rebecca, of Tulsa,
OK. 10 grandchildren, 9
great grandchildren, 3 neph-
ews, and 3 half brothers.
He preceded in death by
his parents, step father Joe
Stampley, a brother Max
Johnson, a grandson John
Bryan Johnson, and a grand-
daughter Emily Patten.
Condolences may be
sent to the family via
an online guestbook at
www.pmcfh.com
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