Class of 1949
1949 Maroon Spotlight
Vaynne Roberts
Y-Teens ’46-’49; Band ’45-’49; Perryscope Staff ’48-’49; Student Council ’45-’48; Student Council Secretary; Football Queen Attendant ’46-’47; Wrestling Queen ’46’47; Office Staff ’45-’47; Home Room Secretary ’45-’46; Junior Play ’47-’48; Courtesy Guide ’48’49.
1949 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Shortly after graduation, Vaynee Roberts will marry Otto Cowell and launch her career as a housewife. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Roberts of 921 Elm street.
Born Feb. 2, 1932, in Perry, she has attended only local schools. She has been a twirler with the Maroon band and has won five ratings of superior in twirling contests. She was elected wrestling queen and was a football queen attendant. Last year she was in the junior play and was a member of the senior class play this year.
Vaynne, a member of Rainbow and Zeta Chi won a letter in the band, served on the student council, and was a member of the Perryscope staff. Her hobby is music and favorite subjects are home economics and band.
Frances Vaynne (Roberts) Cowell
February 2, 1932 – December 27, 2013
F. Vaynne Cowell, 81, was the daughter of Worth and Agnes Marshall Roberts. She was born on February 2, 1932, in Perry, Oklahoma, and died Friday, December 27, 2013, at Tuscany Village Living Center in Oklahoma City.
Vaynne grew up in Perry, Oklahoma, attending Perry High School where she was a twirler with the high school band and wrestling queen, graduating in 1949. She married her high school sweetheart Otto R. Cowell on June 4, 1949, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Perry, Oklahoma. They made their home in Perry for many years where she raised three children and was active in Christ Lutheran Church and the community. In 1965 the family moved to Kingfisher, Oklahoma where she actively supported her children and husband in many activities while attending Central State University now University of Central Oklahoma. She graduated magna cum laude in 1973 with a Bachelors Degree in Education. She received her Master of Education from Central State University in 1986.
After retirement, Vaynne and Otto wintered in Florida where she was very active in Christian education. She led bible study classes for many years, participated in mission trips, and was active in many areas of Christian outreach. She loved to paint, play the piano, and dance.
Vaynne is survived by three children, C. Scott Cowell of Edmond, Oklahoma, Rick L. Cowell and his wife, Annette, of Stillwater, Oklahoma and Kara Lynn Cowell Gill and her husband Keith of Montgomery, Texas three granddaughters, Anne Vaynne Cowell of Bloomington, Indiana, Kelsey Nicole White of Conway, Arkansas, and Mackenzie Jean White of San Antonio, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her husband Otto R. Cowell; parents, Worth and Agnes; granddaughter, Rebecca Katherine Cowell of Stillwater, Oklahoma; and sister Sharyn Roberts Lambert of Okarche, Oklahoma.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at BrownDugger Funeral Home Chapel in Perry, Oklahoma. Interment will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Christ Lutheran Church.