Class of 1953
1953 Maroon Spotlight
Donna Kennedy
Band 49-53, Class Assemblies 49-51, Home Room Secretary 50-51, Junior Class Secretary 51-52, Junior Play 51-52, Home Room Treasurer 52-53, Student Council 52-53, Perryscope Staff 52-53.
1953 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Getting a job is the next major goal of Donna Kennedy, 18, after completing Perry high school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kennedy, 815 Tenth street, and was born April 12, 1935, in Perry. She has been a member of the band, 1949-53; student council secretary, 1952-53; Perryscope staff, 1952-53; junior class play; junior class secretary; homeroom secretary 1950-51; homeroom treasurer 1952-53; Horizon club secretary 1952-53; and Horizon club vice president, 1950-51.
Donna Faith (Kennedy) Golliver
April 12, 1935 – July 6, 2019
Donna Faith Kennedy Golliver went home to be with the Lord on July 6, 2019. She was 84 years young.
Born on April 12, 1935, in Perry, she was the daughter of local musicians, Ivan Lynn Kennedy and Hazel Elizabeth (Eby) Kennedy. She was educated in Perry Schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. She graduated from Perry High School in 1953 and then attended college at Oklahoma A & M one year.
She only loved one man and that was Kenneth Leon Golliver. The couple were joined in marriage in Perry on July 22, 1955. This month they would have been married for 64 years. She devoted her life to serving her husband, children, family and God.
Donna enjoyed sewing and even made the wedding dress for her daughter Kim. She cooked, played piano and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Enid, Oklahoma, where she was a member of a women’s group at church.
She worked as the secretary to the Wing Commander at Vance Air Force Base. She worked for civil service for 42 years and retired in 2004. Donna loved spending time with her family and grandchildren more than anything else.
Donna was reunited in heaven with her parents, and husband Kenneth. She was preceded in death by her siblings: Warrene Harris, Carol Plessinger, June Jerome, Robert Kennedy, and Margie Talbot.
She leaves behind her daughter Kim and husband Mark Andrus of Edmond, daughter Tamara and her husband Stephen Patterson of Yukon, granddaughter Kayla and her husband Derek Brewer, grandson Matthew and his wife Meagan Andrus, granddaughter Stephanie Patterson, and grandson Michael Patterson, great granddaughters Madison Brewer and Merritt Andrus, one sister Elizabeth (Betty) Anderson as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church of Perry, Oklahoma. Ministers April Coates and nephew, Kenny Jerome will officiate. Burial will follow at Grace Hill Cemetery also in Perry. Memorials may be given to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.