Class of 1953
1953 Maroon Spotlight
LeRoy Severe
Band 49-53, Basketball 49-50, Student Council 51-52, Perryscope Staff 52-53, Junior Play Stage Director 51-52.
1953 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
A member of the Perry high school band since 1948, LeRoy Severe hopes to enroll in college following graduation from high school. LeRoy is the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Severe, 1315 Elm street. He was born in Orlando May 27, 1935, and has attended grade school at Tulsa and Perry. He was a member of the student council one year and this year was a member of the Perryscope staff. LeRoy also played basketball one year.
LeRoy Dean Severe
May 27, 1935 – April 24, 1970
LeRoy D. Severe, 34, Stillwater, died at 5:15 a.m. Friday at the Medical Research center, Oklahoma City, following a lengthy illness.
Born near Orlando May 27, 1935, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Severe. He graduated from Perry high school in 1953 and married Gail Echols on Nov. 21, 1962, in Tulsa.
Severe received his bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering in management from Oklahoma State university in 1963. He served in the Navy for three years.
He has resided in Stillwater since 1962 except for one year at Mr. Vernon, Ohio. He became head of personnel processing at Oklahoma State university in 1964 and later was director of administrative systems development, a position held at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Data Processing Management association, the American Management association, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, St. Francis Xavier Catholic church, the evening Lions club, and was a licensed pilot.
Survivors include his parents of Perry; his wife of the home: four children, Chris, Ammie, Stephen and Tom, all of the home; two brothers, John of Perry, and Don of Russell, Kan.; and one sister, Mrs. Russell (Norma Jean Severe) Vanbiber, Midland, Texas.
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in Stillwater. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Stillwater. Memorial donations may be sent to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, for cancer research.