Obit of Perryman, Gladys M. McKeeman (p655) - Grant County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 11 Dec 2004 Return to Grant County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grant/grant.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Perryman, McKeeman, Johnson, Mikles, Jones, Gage, Peckham Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5764 Gladys M. Perryman was born December 7, 1922 in Grant County, Oklahoma to George and Kittural Grace McKeeman and passed away August 31, 2004 at the age of 81 years, 8 months and 24 days. Gladys endured a long and difficult battle with cancer and will be greatly missed by all family and friends, Gladys grew up on her fanily's farm in Grant County and graduated from Medford High School. She continued her education receiving a bachelor's degree from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma and went on to earn her Master's Degree at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. While at college in Edmond, Gladys met the love of her life and on July 4, 1944 she married K.C. Perryman whom she cherished for 53 wonderful years together. After college graduation, she and K.C, moved to Clinton, Oklahoma where K.C. practicied law. While living in Clinton, Gladys and K.C. started their family with the birth of their only child. Gladys, K.C. and Kent went on to move to Cheyenne, Oklahoma where they owned and operated the Cheyenne Abstract Company for about 30 years. Gladys was a loyal and supportive wife to everything K.C. chose to explore, including moving to many different farms they owned such as the empsey community west of Cheyenne, then the Red Rock Ranch north of Elk City and the Spring Creek Ranch south of Sayre, Gladys always enjoyed reading and was a strong believer in continous education. Gladys is survived by her daughter-in-law, Nancy Johnson and her husband, Donnie, of Elk City, Oklahoma; 2 granddaughters Angela Miklles and her husband, Rodney, of Sayre, Tamara Jones and her husband, Joe, of Elk City, Oklahoma; 4 great grandchildren, Shyanne and Jakoby Mikles of Sayre, Oklahoma and Keyton and Matti Jones of Elk City, Oklahoma; 1 sister-in- law, LaDoyce Gage of Delaware; 1 brother-in-law, Don Peckham of Bixby, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her pasrents, husband in 1997, and her son, Kent, in 1982 and 2 sisters. Funeral Services were held Thursday, September 2, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sayre First United Methodist Church with Del Watkins officiating. Interment will follow in the Dempsey Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 9-Sep-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grant County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grant/grant.html