Class of 1965

1965 Maroon SpotlightLila Zavodny
Lila Zavodny

Red Hots 64-65, Cheerleader 64-65, Band 61-63, F. T. A. 64-65, Math Club 63-65, Student Council 63-64, Student Council Sec. 63-64, Junior Rotarian 64-65, Home Room Treas. 62-63, Home Ec. Assembly 63-64, Honor Society 62-65, Eng. Assembly 62-63, “Most Likely to Succeed” ’65-’65.

1965 Graduation Edition
Perry Daily Journal

Lila Kay Zavodny was basketball queen for 1964-65; president of the National Honor society, 1964-65; secretary of the student council, 1963-64; cheerleader, 64-65; and president of the Rose Hill 4-H club, 1964-65. She is the daughter of Mrs. Joe Zavodny, route one, Red Rock and was born April 10, 1947, in Perry. She was a member of the Maroon band, 1961-63; Red Hots, 1963-65; student council, 1963-64; honor society, 1962-65; FTA, 1964-65; Myu Alpha Theta, 1963-65; Maroon Banner staff, 1964-65; junior play student director; member of the cast of the senior play; FHA, 1964-65; 4-H club, 1957-65; and Christian Youth fellowship member, serving as president 1962-64. She was student guest of the Perry Rotary club in November, was named student of the month for November, and voted the senior girl most likely to succeed. Speech is her favorite subject and cooking is her hobby. She plans to enter the field of journalism and will enroll at Northern Oklahoma Junior college.

Lila Kay (Zavodny) Brand

April 10, 1947 – March 8, 2001

Lila Kay Brand, 53, New York, NY, formerly of Sand Springs, OK, was born April 10, 1947. Her parents were Joseph James and Katie Katherine (Mickish) Zavodny. She died Thursday, March 8, 2001 in Detroit, MI while on a business trip.

She was a 1965 graduate of Perry High School, Perry, OK and earned a Business Administration degree from Oklahoma State University at Stillwater, OK in 1969. On September 3, 1967, she and Raymond Keith Brand were married in the First Christian Church at Perry, OK. She was employed as a Loan Officer with the Small Business Administration.

Her husband, parents and one brother, Jimmie, preceded her in death.

Survivors are one son, Adam Anthony Brand, Raleigh, NC; one daughter, Amanda Beth Brand, New York, NY; three brothers and sisters-in-law, David and Nancy Zavodny, Perry, OK, Eugene and Laural Zavodny, Tulsa, OK, and Alfred Ted and Ester Zavodny, San Diego, CA; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Linda and Kenneth Bo Kesner, Cleveland, OK and Cheryl and Doug Butler, Arlington, VA; one brother-in-law, Ted Brand and his wife, Janet, Perry, OK; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at the First Christian Church in Perry, OK. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, OK. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association.