Obituaries

Jim D. Smith, D.D.S., 68, Edmond, longtime resident of Kingfisher, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Service. A full obituary can be found in our Dec. 9 edition.

Paola Forman passed away Nov. 21, 2020. She was born on March 6, 1990, to William and Monica Chunga and attended Putnam City North High School. She married Eric Forman on Aug. 6, 2016, and they had three beautiful children.

Owen H. Major was guided by the angels to his new home Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. A true gentleman to the core who loved the Lord and his family, he will be missed but his legacy will live on. We rejoice in his life, his love and strength that he showed to others.

The world lost a great man. A wonderful husband, father, son and friend who loved his family more than anything else, Joel Hamby Frisby III, died peacefully on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Oklahoma City. If he wasn’t at home with his family, Joe could be found on the road traveling for work.

Delbert Warren Yarbrough was born Oct. 26, 1957, in Kingfisher to Willy and Zetha Yarbrough. He passed away Nov. 27, 2020, at the age of 63. Delbert was raised in Kingfisher until his teen years.

Roger Wayne Phillips, 82, Kingfisher, passed away Dec. 2, 2020, in Kingfisher. Roger was July 13, 1938, in Miller, S.D., to Claude and Bertha Phillips, the 14th of 16 children. He married Sandra Kay Estes on Feb. 3, 1963, in Miller, S.D.

Joe Frisby, 58, member of the Okarche Board of Trustees, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Services are pending with Sanders Funeral Service.

Jason Scott Mese, 63, died Nov. 29, 2020. Graveside services are pending with Sanders Funeral Service.

Owen Major, 86, Edmond, formerly of Kingfisher, passed away Nov. 29, 2020. Services are pending with Wilson Funeral HomeKingfisher.

Funeral services for Robert William “Bob” Duffy will be 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at Ladusau-Evans Chapel in Enid. Burial will be for the immediate family at the cemetery. The family asks that masks be worn during the service and practice social distancing.