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Creek County, Oklahoma

Oak Hill Cemetery

aka 44 Cemetery


Mary Ruth (Metzinger) & Richard Dean "Dick" Nunneley


© Stumpff Funeral Home
Submitted by: Ann Weber

Mary Ruth (Metzinger) Nunneley

Mary Ruth (Metzinger) Nunneley
August 20, 1931 ~ July 18, 2019

Mary Ruth Metzinger Nunneley passed away on July 18, 2019. Mary was born on August 20, 1931 in Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma, to Raymond Henry and Mabel Inez Mitchem Metzinger. She moved with her parents to Drumright, Oklahoma in 1931, where she was raised and graduated from Drumright High School, Class of 1950.

On August 29, 1952, she married Richard Dean Nunneley at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They had three children, Richard Dean Nunneley, Jr., Michael Ray Nunneley and Mary Kathleen Nunneley.

Mary retired from the Bartlesville Public Library in 1987. Her volunteer work after retiring was with the Bartlesville Area History Museum; LDS Family History Center Library; Bartlesville Public Library; and the Bartlesville White Rose Cemetery Board. Her interest in genealogy and local history led her to become a member of the Bartlesville Genealogical Society; Oklahoma Historical Society; Civil War Families of Ohio and a life member of the Washington County Historical Society and a life member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Bartlesville Chapter NSDAR. She also held memberships in several genealogical and historical societies in Ohio, West Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee.

She was predeceased by her son Dr. Richard Dean Nunneley Jr. (2010), her son Michael Ray Nunneley (2018), her parents, Ray and Mabel Metzinger, and her sisters, Nancy Ann Phillips, Eva Mae Slusser and Helen Jean Frazier.

Survivors include her husband, Richard of the home, her daughter Kathleen Godwin (Ron) of Riverside, Mo; her daughter-in-law Kathy of Mannford, OK, grandchildren Brad Nunneley (Kari), Kyle Nunneley (Heidi), Sarah John (Brian) and Benjamin Godwin (Charlsie), two step-grandchildren Ashley Algrim (Kirk) and Jordan Godwin, along with many great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, July 20 at 9:00am. Interment will be at Oakhill Cemetery in Drumright, Oklahoma next to her son and parents at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Bartlesville Public Library Local and Family History Department, 600 South Johnston, Bartlesville, OK may be made in her memory.


© Stumpff Funeral Home
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Richard Dean "Dick" Nunneley

Richard Dean "Dick" Nunneley
November 4, 1931 ~ May 14, 2021

Richard Dean “Dick” Nunneley was born on November 4, 1931 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Virgil Windfield and Ola Grace Henderson Nunneley. He passed away peacefully at The Journey Home on May 14, 2021. He was raised and attended schools in Tulsa, OK, graduating from Central High School with the class of 1950. He was named an Oklahoma All-State basketball player in 1950 and attended the University of Tulsa on a full basketball scholarship, graduating with the class of 1954.

Dick was honored by the University of Tulsa by being named to the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985. As the fourth player to be so named, his plaque read:

DICK NUNNELEY
“A three-time All Missouri Valley Conference selection as a guard. He led the Golden Hurricanes in scoring with a 17.3 average as a senior, 13.1 average as a junior and 15.8 average as a sophomore. As a superb outside shooter who ranked among the top scores in the Missouri Valley Conference for three years, averaging 15.6 points throughout his career. Selected by his teammates as Tulsa’s most valuable player for the 19 53–54 season.”

After graduation from TU, he began his employment with Phillips Petroleum Company in 1954 and retired in 1992, after 38 years with the company.

He married Mary Ruth Metzinger on August 29, 1952 at Holy Family Cathedral in Tulsa, OK. They had three children, Richard Dean Nunneley, Jr.; Michael Ray Nunneley; and Mary Kathleen Nunneley Godwin.

His interests were basketball, golfing, fishing and picking up pecans. He loved his grandchildren and all his little great grandchildren and loved receiving calls, pictures and hearing stories about them.

He was predeceased by his parents, Virgil Windfield and Ola Grace Nunneley; his wife, Mary Ruth Metzinger Nunneley; his sons, Richard Dean Nunneley, Jr. and Michael Ray “Mike” Nunneley; his special Aunt, Golda Josephine Nunneley; and his brother, Jerry Windfield Nunneley.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary Kathleen Godwin (Ron) of Bartlesville, OK; his daughter-in-law Kathy Nunneley of Harrah, OK; his brother, James K Nunneley (Muffie) of Willow Street, PA; Grandchildren Bradley Nunneley (Kari) of McLoud, OK, Kyle Nunneley (Heidi) of Newalla, OK, Sarah Godwin John (Brian) of Chanute, KS, Benjamin Godwin (Charlsie) of Big Spring, TX; step-grandchildren, Ashley Algrim (Kirk) of Oologah, OK and Jordan Godwin of Riverside, MO; along with great grandchildren Kylie & Barrett Nunneley, Kate & Ethan Nunneley, Sadie, Sam & Benjamin John and Oliver & Gwendolyn Godwin; step grandchildren Taylor Algrim, Madyson Most, Zoey Algrim and Ivy Godwin, and several special nieces nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the local Salvation Army, The Journey Home of Bartlesville or The University of Tulsa Athletic Dept.

Dick’s Celebration of Life will be held at the Chapel at Stumpff Funeral Home, officiated by his grandson, Lt. Benjamin Luke Godwin, 1600 SE Washington, Bartlesville, OK 74006 AM at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Arrangements and interment entrusted to the Stumpff Funeral Home of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with private family burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in Drumright, OK next to his wife, Mary.


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