Calvin Eugene Gosney

Class of 1976

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Calvin Gosney

Calvin Eugene Gosney

March 11, 1958 – February 9, 2010

Calvin Eugene Gosney, 51, was born March 11, 1958 in Perry, Oklahoma, and February 9, 2010 the Lord called him home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Victory Christian Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma with Pastor Phyllis Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Calvin was the son of Connie and the late Clarence E. Gosney. He was a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe.

Calvin attended Perry schools, graduated from Perry High School in 1976, and attended Northern Oklahoma College, where he met Naomi Lantz, of Mott, North Dakota. They were married October 20, 1977, in Perry, Oklahoma.

Calvin worked at Newlin Electric, Mercury Marine, and Oberlin Color Press before he became disabled.

Calvin is survived by his wife, Naomi, of the home in Perkins, Oklahoma, and five sons: S. Sgt. Clarence D. and his wife, Ranae, grandchildren, Abigail, Clarence, and Phillip of Richlands, N.C.; John P. and his wife, Sherri, grandchildren, Kylee and Ryland, of Chandler, AZ; James W. and wife, Nicole, grandchildren, Noah, Jacob, and Jonah, of Stillwater, OK; Amnon Gosney, of Stillwater, OK; Chesil Gosney, of the home, Perkins, OK; mother, Connie Gosney, of Perkins, OK; brother, Clement E. Gosney, of Perkins, OK; two sisters, Rosetta Bauserman, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Grace Sine, of Stillwater, OK; eight brothers-in-law, seven sisters-in-law, and many friends and relatives.

Calvin was preceded in death by his father, Clarence E. Gosney; twin daughters, Elizabeth and Diana Gosney in infancy, and one son, Phillip Eugene, and father and mother-in-law, Kasper and Maggie Lantz, of Mott, ND.

Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Feed The Children, P.O. Box 36, Oklahoma City, OK 73101.