Class of 1950
1950 Maroon Spotlight
Collette Williams
Perryscope Staff 49-50, Y—Teens 47-48, Band 48-49, Office Staff 47-48, Class Secretary 48-49, Home Room Secretary 46-48, Football Queen Attendant 48-49, Junior Play 48-49, Student Council 47-48.
1950 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Collette Williams is planning a career in music and plans to enroll in college next year, majoring in piano. She received some music education while a member of the Maroon band in 1948-49. Miss Williams was born in Lubbock, Texas, and attended schools in Seminole and Edmond before coming to Perry. Collette is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Williams, 601 Twelfth street. During her high school years she has served on the student council, Teen Town council, Perryscope staff, office staff, and been a member of the Y-Teens, girls glee club, junior and senior plays, and served as football and basketball queen attendants. She recently won a scholarship to Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha.
Collette Dean (Williams) Swearingen
September 14, 1932 – November 12, 2005
Collette Dean Swearingen, 73, Stillwater, died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, in her home.
Swearingen was born Sept. 14, 1932, in San Angelo, Texas, to Roy and Margaret (Jones) Williams. She received her early education in Perry and graduated from Perry High School.
She attended Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha and graduated with a bachelor’s of music degree in piano. After graduation, she returned to Perry to live with her parents and opened a teaching studio in the original First National Bank Building.
She married Dean Swearingen on Aug. 17, 1956, in Perry. They lived in Perry and commuted to Stillwater while he pursued a career in the oil business. They also lived in Ada, and she worked as a secretary in the family owned DES Engineering Company. After her husband died in 1994, she moved to Stillwater to be near her two children. She was a member of Stillwater Woman’s Club and A.A.R.P.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her parents and one brother, Robert E. Williams. Survivors include one son and his wife, K of Stillwater; one daughter and her husband of Stillwater; one brother and his wife of Denver, Colo.; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Palmer Marler Carberry Funeral Home Chapel in Stillwater. Pastor Paul Anderson will officiate. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. in Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry.