{"id":15272,"date":"2019-10-23T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=15272"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:38:18","slug":"obituary-smith-dolores-ann-couch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=15272","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – Smith, Dolores Ann (Couch)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dolores<\/p>\n

Class of 1960<\/h2>\n

1960 Maroon Spotlight\"Delores
Delores Russell<\/h2>\n

Junior Play 58-59; Office Staff 58-59.<\/p>\n

1960 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n

A career as “full-time housewife” is awaiting Mrs. Dolores Russell following graduation from Perry high school. Her husband is Ronald Russell, 712 1\/2 Locust street, and her parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Couch, 637 Ivanhoe street. She was born Aug. 18, 1941, in Oklahoma City, and came to Perry in 1957. In addition to local schools, she has been a student at Shawnee and Cushing. At PHS her activities have included Red Hots, class play, office staff, English assembly and all-school revue. She enjoys reading good books and her favorite subject is Problems of American Democracy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dolores Ann (Couch) Smith<\/h1>\n

August 18, 1941 – September 8, 2019 <\/h3>\n

Dolores Smith, 78, passed from this life on September 08, 2019, in Enid, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Born August 18, 1941, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Bennie Albert and Lois Ethel (Harris) Couch. She grew up around the Cushing, OK area and attended sixth through twelfth grade at Perry High school, graduating in 1960. <\/p>\n

She married at sixteen and worked in the service industry in Enid, OK. In 1963 she began working for Metropolitan Life in Enid, OK. She worked in the clerical field before retiring in 1980. On August 16, 1980 she married Roy Smith in the Emmanuel Baptist Church. She ran her own businesses where she became the Northwest Regional President for Avon. She helped with Emmaus Women’s Church Group and was head of the Christian Women’s Fellowship group at Central Christian Church. She was a master at crocheting and at making jewelry. She loved arts and crafts, adding bright colors and “bling” to her creations. She was always known as a classically dressed lady. Most of all she loved spending time with her family.<\/p>\n

She is survived by her husband Roy Smith; children, Jay Russell and wife Stephanie, of Enid; John David Smith and wife Janette, of Enid; Janice Warfield and husband Scott, of Enid; sisters, Kay, Louis, Shirley; brother Bennie; and sister-in-law Louis; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Preceding her in death were her parents, and grandson, Braylin Russell.<\/p>\n

The Funeral services celebrating and honoring the life of will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday September 14, 2019 in the Central Christian Church with Pastor Tom Stanley officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials in her name may be made to the Christian Women’s Fellowship group of Enid.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31183,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15272\/revisions\/31183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}