{"id":23832,"date":"2023-11-08T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=23832"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:19:49","slug":"obituary-turpen-claudia-jean-mcbride","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=23832","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Turpen, Claudia Jean (McBride)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1956_Turpen_Claudia.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Jean (McBride) Turpen\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1956<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1956 Maroon Spotlight<img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1956_Turpen_Claudia_yearbook.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia McBride\" \/><br \/>Claudia McBride<\/h2>\n<p>Class Assembly 53-54, Library Staff 54-56.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1956 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n<p>Claudia McBride, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McBride, 1108 Grove street.  She was born Aug. 1, 1938, in Tulsa, and came to Perry with her parents in 1940.  She was a member of the Red Hots pep club in 1952-53, and took part in her class assembly program in 1953-54.  Favorite subjects are typing and home economics.  Sewing is her hobby.  Claudia plans to find a job after graduating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Claudia Jean (McBride) Turpen<\/h1>\n<h3>August 1, 1938 &#8211; October 31, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Claudia Jean (McBride) Turpen passed away peacefully at her home in Perry on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, with her daughter by her side. She was 85.<\/p>\n<p>Born August 1, 1938, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Cecil Eugene McBride and Thelma Louise (Arthur) McBride. As a small child, Claudia moved with her parents to Perry where she attended and graduated from Perry High School in 1956. At the young age of 14, she met her soon-to-be husband, Robert \u201cBob\u201d Marshall and in 1957 they were united in marriage at Christ Lutheran Church in Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after marriage, Claudia and Bob moved to Tulsa and made a home there for several years. Claudia worked as a retail clothing clerk for JC Penney in Tulsa for many years. After she and Bob divorced, Claudia moved back to Perry and transferred to JC Penney\u2019s in Stillwater where she remained until her retirement. Making a full circle, she always considered Perry home.<\/p>\n<p>Claudia loved to play bingo, Mexican dominoes with her friends, read, and attend church. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Perry.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her daughter Debra of the home, and numerous friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Thomas McBride.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 9, 2023, in the chapel of Dighton-Marler Funeral Home, Perry. Rev. Brett Nation will officiate.<\/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\/23832"}],"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=23832"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30064,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23832\/revisions\/30064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}