Class of 1984
1984 Maroon Spotlight
Renee Dayton
Mat Maid (3), FHA, IMAVTS, Principal’s Honor Roll (3), FCA, FLA (3), FBLA IMAVTS Representative of Parliamentary Debate Club.
1984 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Lorna Renee Dayton is the daughter of David A. and Kay Lee McAnally, route 3, Perry and Lorn Dayton, Longmont, Colo. She was born July 20, 1966, in Perry. Renee received her secondary education in Perry. She was a matmaid in her junior and senior years and was on the softball team in her junior year. Renee was listed on the principal’s honor roll tenth through twelfth grades. She was a member of Future Business Leaders of America tenth through twelfth grades and was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Renee attended Indian Meridian Vocational Technical school her senior year enrolled in banking and savings and loan. She was an FBLA contestant at state and also an FBLA representative. Her favorite subject is accounting and her hobbies are hunting, fishing and motorcycles. Renee is a member of the Assembly of God church. She plans to seek full time employment after graduation.
Lorna Renee (Dayton) McMurtrie
July 20, 1966 – June 22, 2005
Lorna Renee Dayton McMurtrie, resident of Tonkawa, passed on June 22, 2005, at her home, she was 38.
Renee was born July 20, 1966, in Perry, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Lorn and Kay Dotts Dayton. She attended Perry Public Schools, graduating in 1984.
Renee and Justin S. McMurtrie were married January 25, 1992, in Perry, Oklahoma in the Grace Baptist Church. They moved to Tonkawa shortly thereafter. Renee worked at Buesing Pump before going to work for the Charles Machine Works (Ditch Witch) in August 1999. She enjoyed her work and the many friends she had in the CMW family.
Renee was baptized in the Grace Baptist Church in Perry and attended the First Christian Church of Tonkawa. Renee was a loving wife and dedicated mother. She enjoyed being with her children and supported them in all their activities. Renee was involved greatly in the FFA and 4H. She loved being around and raising cattle. The best times of her life were enjoying the outdoors, fishing, hunting and camping with her family.
She is survived by her husband, Justin McMurtrie, one son Justin R. McMurtrie and fiancé, Carrie Robinson of Stillwater, one daughter, Darion McMurtrie of the home in Tonkawa. She is also survived by her father Lorn A. Dayton, Longmont, Colorado and her mother Kay Lee McAnally of Perry, her paternal grandmother Floris Dayton of Perry; her mother and father-in-law, John and Cormaleta McMurtrie.
Renee was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Claude Dayton and her maternal grandparents R.C. (Bus) and Dorrit (Dutch) Dotts.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 10:00 AM at the First Christian Church in Tonkawa with Reverend Mike Marsters officiating, interment will be in the IOOF Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Faith Hospice Services, LLC, 114 S. Main Street, Blackwell, OK 74631.