IN MEMORY
Hills Crime Prevention Committee. A tireless worker and at the same time a funloving free spirit, he was king of the Beaux Arts Ball in 1998, recognized by the Rotary Club of Oklahoma with the “Service Above Self” award, given the University of Oklahoma Regents Alumni Award Luther Thomas in 2005 and was honDulaney Jr. ored by the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation with the Wall of Fame Humanitarian of the Year Award. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Tom will be greatly missed by his loving wife, Candy, the three children of whom he was so proud, Luther T. Dulaney III of Truckee, Calif., Lisa Dobbs and husband Jimmy of Palm Beach, Fla., and Geoffrey P. Dulaney and wife Cassie of Charleston, S. C., and his three adoring grandchildren, E. Scott Fisher, Reid Dulaney Fisher and Baker Thomas Dulaney. He also is survived by his brother, Richard Piersol Dulaney of Oklahoma City, step-daughter Jennifer Willis of Norman and close friends, Dr. John R. Bozalis and wife Sharon and Bill Phillips and wife Judy, all of Oklahoma City. The family thanks caregivers Pepe Hernandez, Gerardo and Teresa Hernandez and Jay Willis and his beloved three Yorkies, who comforted Tom through the best and worst of times. Donations in Tom’s name may be made to: The Rotary Club 29 Foundation, 119 North Robinson, Ste. 360, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, St. Anthony Hospital Foundation, 826 Northwest 11th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73116, or The Dulaney-Browne Library at OCU, 2501 N. Blackwelder,
Oklahoma City, OK 73106. Services were held Feb. 6 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Dr. Jack Mackechnie Dr. Jack Mackechnie, of Duncan, 89, passed away Feb. 19 in his nursing home in Duncan while surrounded by his sons, granddaughter and caregiver, Jan Jackson. He was born Feb. 16, 1921 in Oklahoma City. His parents were J.R. and Ann Lewis Mackechnie. He graduated from Classen High School in 1939. He joined Oklahoma’s 45th Division of the U.S. Army in August 1940. He trained to fly at the Army Air Force flight schools at Ontario, Bakersfield and Santa Ana, Calif., at Luke Field, Ariz., and at St. Petersburg, Fla. He joined the 79th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force, at Newport News, Va., and then sailed to North Africa and crossed to Naples, Italy, in early 1944. Following the Allied invasion of Italy at Salerno and Anzio, his first mission was on his birthday, Feb. 16, 1944, when his squadron bombed and strafed the German-held abbey on the top of Monte Cassino in central Italy. He flew 89 missions in the P-40 Warhawk and the P-47 Thunderbolt from February to August 1944 from bases near Naples and on the islands of Corsica and Salerno. While training at Clovis, N.M., in 1945 for a second tour of duty, his P-39 Bell Airacobra caught fire in flight. He was injured but survived the crash. After recovering, he enrolled in 21 hours at Oklahoma City University in late 1945, determined to go to dental school. His enrollment was taken by his future father-in-law, Dr. Clinton M. Allen, dean of arts and sciences, whose daughter, Florence, would become Jack’s wife. In 1948, he graduated from OCU with a degree in chemisfOCUS
try, was married at Wesley Methodist Church, and began dental school at the University of Kansas City, graduating in 1952. His son, John, was born in Kansas City in 1950 and his son, Bill, in Enid in 1952. After practicing dentistry in Enid for two years, the family moved to Duncan in 1955 where he practiced until his retirement in 1992. He had hundreds of patients and wonderful nurses. He saw patients seven days a week. In addition to his general practice, he made dentures and used the back of the office as a photographic studio. He was an avid amateur photographer and was president of the Oklahoma Camera Club. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Mary Lea M. Terrill, and her husband, Martin; and his wife, Florence. He is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Ann, and her husband, Stanley Rice, Denver; and by his sons, John of Oklahoma City, Bill of Annapolis, Md., Bill’s wife, Anne, and their daughter, Elisabeth; and his caregiver, Jan Jackson, of Meridian. Services were held Feb. 24 at the Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan, with the Rev. Phil Ware officiating, followed by a graveside service at Rose Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com. Lester Metheny Lester W. Metheny passed away Nov. 10, 2009 at the age of 91. He was born in Warner, Okla. Feb. 10, 1918 and married the love of his life, Billie D. Metheny on Nov. 15, 1946. During nearly 53 years of marriage, Les and Billie were virtually inseparable. Metheney worked for 36 years at Oklahoma City University, coaching baseball and golf and serving as athletic director, chairman of health and 55