Class of 1949
1949 Maroon Spotlight
Gloria Wills
Annual Follies ’47-’48; Student Council ’46-’48; Library Staff ’45-’47; Y-Teens ’46-’48; Band ’45’48; Home Room Secretary ’47,’48; Perryscope Staff ’48-’49.
1949 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Mrs. Gloria Wills Leatherock is a past worthy advisor and grand page of the Order of Rainbow for Girls. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. Wills, 1019 Grove street. She was born in Enid Jan. 15, 1931.
She is also a member of Y-Teens and Zeta Chi. Mrs. Leatherock reports that shorthand is her favorite subject in school. She received three years of her education in the Enid school system. She also took part in the annual follies of 1948.
After graduation, she plans to make her home in Oklahoma City with her husband, Wesley.
Gloria Dee (Wills) Leatherock
January 15, 1931 – November 18, 2014
Gloria Dee Leatherock, 83, long-time resident of The Village, died Nov. 18, 2014.
Born Jan. 15, 1931, in Enid, she moved with her parents to Perry, where she graduated from Perry High School in 1949. She attended the University of Oklahoma.
That same year she married Wesley A. Leatherock, also of Perry. They established their first home in Oklahoma City, where Wes was a reporter for The Oklahoman. Later they became owners and publishers of The Konawa Leader. They lived in Dallas, Austin and St. Louis before returning to Oklahoma City, where they have lived in The Village for more than 50 years. They celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary earlier this year.
Gloria was a member of Ladies Music Club, MacDowell Club of Allied Arts, Oklahoma City Town Hall, Women’s Dinner Club, La Petite Soeur , Criterion, En Ami, and Oak Leaf Book Clubs, and St. Luke’s School of Continuing Education. She was a Presbyterian. Survivors include her husband of the home, her son Jeff and wife Lisa, grandchildren Stephanie, Kyle, Zane, River and Araina and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son, Cyrus, parents, Emmett and Margaret (Dolan) Wills, and a brother, Bill Wills.
Services will be Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Smith & Kernke May Chapel with burial in the family plot at Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry.