Larry Fry starred at running back for Tecumseh

Farewell to people with Oklahoma ties who enjoyed the game day experience:

•Larry Fry, 71, of Perry. He starred at running back for Tecumseh High School in the 1960s. Also a two-year starter on the basketball team. Fry attended East Central in Ada on a football scholarship and played for legendary coach Elvan George.

Fry went into coaching football after college, and made stops at Frederick, Checotah, Cushing, Okmulgee and Stillwater. He later went into administration, which included a 16-year stint as superintendent for Perry schools.

•John Craig, 78, of Santa Fe, N.M. He starred on the offensive and defensive lines at Tulsa Rogers High School, making the 1956 All-State team and playing in the Oil Bowl in 1957.

Craig received a football scholarship from Oklahoma, but after his freshman season he decided to transfer to Princeton because of its engineering physics program. He also played football for the Tigers.

•Gene Kehr, 93, of Tulsa. The former World War II pilot raced sail boats. He won several events in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas during a 40-year career in either the M-20 or M-16 classes.

•Dolores LaChance Beck, 86, of Oklahoma City. Beck grew up playing tennis and was a Missouri Valley champ. She spent many hours on courts with her daughters, teaching them how to play. Beck also loved the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A family obituary said, "Never having played basketball or even understanding the game, she became an expert and could stand her own with her grandsons during heated discussions after each game."

•Jackie Pruitt, 90, of Bethany. He played football for Lone Wolf High School's state championship football team in 1944.

Lone Wolf and its opponent were tied at the end of the Class C title game — but the gold ball went to the Coyotes because they had more first downs. Pruitt joined the Navy at age 17 and served in World War II.

•Levita Potter Bayless Anderson, 91, of Oklahoma City. She was on the cheer squad at Capitol Hill High School in the 1940s. Anderson became passionate about golf in the 1970s; she won the Greens Country Club championship and continued to play well into her 80s.

•Scott McClellan, 71, of Dallas. The Enid native was a scratch golfer. He had one ace during his life — and it came on the same course that his mother and father had a hole-inone.

•Bill Long, 84, of Yukon. Coached baseball at Putnam City High and swimming at Carl Albert High School. Taught history at both schools.

•Jan Lopez, 54, of Oklahoma City. She played women's league football for the old Oklahoma City Lightning.

•Brian Dean, 45, of Del City. He played baseball, beginning with T-ball at age 5. The Del City High graduate played competitive softball as an adult.

•Joan Hensley Hunter, 84, of Pauls Valley. A former cheerleader at Sulphur High School.

•George Heidelberger, 71, of Oklahoma City. The Scarsdale, N.Y., native moved to Oklahoma City after high school graduation. He wanted to attend Oklahoma City U. because he loved the basketball team. A family obituary said, "He loved Oklahoma so much he decided to make it his permanent home."

He owned an advertising company.

•Elizabeth Merrick Coe, 94, of Oklahoma City. She was the wife of Charlie Coe, one of the top amateur golfers in the country. Elizabeth traveled extensively with Charlie, which included 19 trips to The Masters.

•Tom Cheatwood, 82, of Edmond. Coached football and golf at Putnam City High School.

•Don Fitzgerald, 81, of Oklahoma City. He grew up playing baseball in Oklahoma City and Enid. Fitzgerald had fond memories of playing ball for teams sponsored by the Failing Co. in Enid. The businessman served as a director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

•Bubba Brown, 41, of Norman. Brown played baseball for Westmoore High School's state champion in 1994. He also played for an AAU national champion at age 17.

•Beulah Howard Jury, 98, of Moore. She was Moore High School's football homecoming queen in 1937.

•Jim Dougherty, 85, of Edmond. The dentist raised and raced homing pigeons.

•Larry Oliver, 82, of Tulsa. He attended Tulsa Central High School, before going to OU on a track scholarship. A former Tulsa police officer who went on to become an attorney.

•Anthony Harris, 18, of Tulsa. He played basketball for Tulsa McLain High School, which recently participated in the Class 4A state tournament. The forward averaged 4.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a reserve role this season.