Published: October 05, 2009 12:19 pm      

Archived Obituaries, 10-5-09

CATHERINE McCLURE

ADA — Services for Catherine Louise Youngblood McClure, 55, Ada, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at High Hill Baptist Church. The Rev. Jeff Frazier will officiate. Burial will follow at High Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. McClure died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at a local hospital. She was born May 29, 1954 at Bakersfield, Calif. to Alford Landon and Mary Earleen FrancisYoungblood. She attended Bakersfield, Calif. schools and moved to Ada about 1979 from Bakersfield, Calif.

She married Duane Barrington McClure on Nov. 7, 1970 in Lamont, California. Mrs. McClure was a wife, mother, and grandmother and a member of High Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Duane Barrington McClure, of the home; a daughter, Cynthia Lynn Claborn and husband Kenneth, Ada; a son, Douglas Edward McClure and wife Jennifer, Ada; grandchildren, James Duane Claborn, Tailley Dawn Claborn, Hunter Wayne Claborn, Austin Wayne Claborn, Casey Lynn McClure, Jacob Dakota McClure, Kelton Shy Anne McClure, Autumn Jones, Hunter Jones and Sarah McClure, and three brothers, Terry Michael Youngblood and wife Cheryl, Oklahoma City, Henry “Leroy” Youngblood and wife Lilli, Ada, and Alford “Lynn” Youngblood and wife Linda, Ada; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and grandparents, Earl and Nina Francis and Carl and Bessie Youngblood.

Bearers will be J. D. Claborn, Keith Youngblood, Allyn Youngblood, Rusty Youngblood, John Cannady and David Long. Honorary bearers will be Harold Coffee, Kevin Atkenson, Jeremy Youngblood, and Shawn Futischa.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



LORETTA SMITH

LEXINGTON —Services for Loretta Jean Smith, 56, Lexington are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pernell Church of Christ. David Frost will officiate.

Ms. Smith died Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 at Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 2, 1953 at Lindsay to Aaron W. and Colleen Shortneck Smith. She lived in Oklahoma City. Ms. Smith was a homemaker.

Survivors include three daughters, Kelly Long, Corpus Christi, Texas, Christina Coots, Calif. and Serena Yarborough, Calif.; and siblings, Carol Coltz, Ada, Francine Peach, Tulsa, Thelma Tartsah, Anadarko, Pam Young, Meeker, Phoebe Redbird, Chickasha, Edwin Smith, Lexington, Audrey Connelly, Foster, Nadine Spencer, Texas, Dean Smith, Okla., Martha Wilson, Texas, Aaron Smith, Jr., Norman, Maggie Smith, Ninnekah, Donna Pohawpatchoko, Hardin, Mont., and DeAnn Smith, Pierre, S.D.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Larry Coltz and a sister, Sandra Hall.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



FRANK RODORIGO

ADA — Services for Francis Samuel “Frank” Rodorigo, 69, Ada, are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Union Valley Baptist Church. The Rev. Randall Christy will officiate.

Mr. Rodorigo died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1940 at Chicago, Ill. to Loreto and Anna Loguzzo Rodorigo. He graduated from De LaSalle High School in Chicago and moved to Ada in 1998 from Phoenix, Ariz.

He married Linda Chambers on Jan. 10, 2004. Mr. Rodorigo was a supervisor for the water works department for the city of Chicago, retiring in 1995 after 18 years of service and later a journeyman electrician. He was a member of the Union Valley Baptist Church. He served in the United States Army.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Rodorigo, of the home; his mother, Anna Rodorigo, Chicago, Ill; a son, Frank Rodorigo, California; two daughters, Sandra Bollacker and husband Ray, Chicago, Ill and Annette Kilpatrick and husband Rick, St. Charles, Ill.; two step-daughters, Kimberly Ward and husband Jeff, Stonewall and Kristy Sagebiel and husband Marc, Llano, Texas; two sisters, JoAnne Buscemi and husband Paul, Las Vegas, Nev. and Jeanette Scudieri, Chicago, Ill.; his grandchildren, Daniel Rodorigo, Lindsey and Eric Bollacker, and Nicole, Jacob and Hannah Kilpatrick; his step-grandchildren, Amber and Chris Ortega, Tarra and Haylee Ward, Amanda and Brad Denton, and Alexis and Torri Sagebiel; and three step great-grandchildren, Abygaile and Callee Ortega and Gracie Denton.

He was preceded in death by his father and a twin brother.

Bearers will be Ken Rhoads, Bill Johnson, Mike Beller, Glen Herrin, Jim Rice and Jerry Snow. Honorary bearers will be Bob Daggs, M. L. Lashbrook, and his brothers-in-law, Jerry Gentry, Marvin Byers, Richard Huddleston, Dwight Hart and Hershell Hampton.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



SHARON HANCOCK

SULPHUR — Memorial Services for Sharon Sue Hancock, 69, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Kingdom hall of Jehovahs Witnesses in Ardmore. Ms. Hancock died Sept. 30, 2009 at Mill Creek.

DeArman's Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur