Class of 1961
1961 Maroon Spotlight
Gary Aigner
Band ’57-’61; All School Revue ’57-’61; Drum Major ’60-”61; Band Queen Attendant Escort ’59-’60.
1961 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Drum major of the Perry high school band is Gary Dean Aigner, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Paul Aigner, route 3, Perry. He was born April 20, 1943, in Stillwater, but has spent most of his life in Noble county. Gary has been in the band since 1957, and has been band manager two years. He has taken part in several all-school reviews. Aigner plans to attend Central State college. His favorite subject is English, and hobbies are cars and woodworking.
Gary Dean Aigner
April 20, 1943 – January 1, 1963
Gary Dean Aigner, 19, and his sister, Mrs. Janice Beverly Aigner Huddleston, 22, died from injuries received in a tragic motorcycle accident Tuesday 7.4 miles east of Perry on U.S. highway 64.
He was born in Stillwater, April 20, 1943, but had spent most of his life on the family farm at the southeast edge of Perry. He was a 1961 graduate of Perry high school and a member of Christ Lutheran church.
Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Aigner of the home southeast of the city, and his grandfather, George Loveless of Perry.
A double funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Christ Lutheran church. The services will be in charge of Rev. E. F. Lange, pastor of Christ Lutheran church, assisted by Rev. Wilkins of Edmond. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.