Rogers Co. Obit for: Frances "Bernice" Chaney Bingham Peterson 
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Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
Date: 6/02/2002 by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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5/28/2002

Frances "Bernice" Chaney Bingham Peterson

Services for Frances "Bernice" Chaney Bingham Peterson will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 
First Assembly of God Church. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery under the direction of Rice 
Funeral Service. Friends may visit at the funeral home until 8 p.m. Tuesday. 

Bernice passed away at her home in Langley on Saturday, May 25, 2002. She was 64.

A native of Claremore, Bernice was born on Oct. 8, 1937 to Lerskove "Hoke" and Georgia Gouard 
Chaney. She graduated from Claremore High School and then married Walter Lee Bingham. Three 
children blessed this union and the couple lived in several Oklahoma communities, but much of that time 
was spent in Claremore.

Time spent in Tulsa and Bartlesville afforded Bernice the opportunity to manage and operate several retail 
stores and restaurants, one of which was Bingham Brothers Western Wear in Tulsa. She then worked for 
a time as assistant manager of the Dollar Store in Claremore with her Aunt Thelma. She also operated the 
Lucky's and Music Box Lounges. Bernice's next employment was overseeing bingo for the Rogers 
County Work Training Center at the Claremore Fair Grounds, which she did for nine years.

Following her retirement, Bernice moved to Langley. 

She and Raymond Peterson met and were married at Miami, Okla. on May 4, 1994. 

With all the employment opportunities that Bernice embraced, the most rewarding job she undertook was 
that of mother. This was a title she wore so well. The matriarch of her family, she was strong and 
understanding. Holidays and events that brought the family together were always special occasions for her. 
When life provided time for rest and relaxation, Bernice enjoyed playing bingo and cards with her sisters 
and fishing with her aunt Thelma. Birthdays were occasions when she and her sisters spent the day 
together with lunch and bingo.

Bernice's survivors for whom she was always there are her husband, Raymond of their home in Langley; 
children, Kit and wife Rea Bingham, also of Langley, Rhonda and husband Bob Jackson of Ketchum and 
Randy and wife Monica Bingham of Foyil; grandchildren, Aprill Mallory, Courtney Bingham, Ryan and 
Brent Burgess, Gerald, Bobbie, B.J., and Kristi Jackson, Randall Bingham and Mandy Smalley; nine 
great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, George and wife Roberta Chaney, Wonda Oard, Noland 
"Cotton" Chaney and wife Randi, and Willia Mae Jones; brother-in-law, Rex Peterson; and a host of 
other extended family members and friends.

Bernice loved and was much loved, as evidenced by a tribute from great-niece, Courtney Evans:

"Your Light and Your Love

Has Always Soared Through

The Sky up Above

So Beneath and Behind 

All The Tears and Sadness

There is The Beauty

Of your Life


Your Smiles and your Words

Somehow Makes One's Hopes

And Dreams Shine Through

This Is What Has Made 

You Such a Unique Person

Your Body May Be Gone

But For Us Your Spirit

Lives On


We Will Always Remember

You and All The things That

You Have Done

The Only Comfort That We Have Is

To Know That You Are Going To

A Better Place, We Are Going To 

Miss You Very Much, And You 

Will Continue To Be In Our Hearts

Forever And Always" 


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