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Family: Johnnie Phillip GREGORY / Helen Irene BREZNY (F377)

m. 23 May 1948

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  • Johnnie Phillip GREGORY Male
    Johnnie Phillip GREGORY

    Birth  14 Sep 1925  Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  11 Aug 1995  Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Abt 14 Aug 1995  Prague Catholic Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  23 May 1948  [1, 2, 3 St. Wenceslaus Church/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA  [1, 2, 3Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Helen Irene BREZNY Female
    Helen Irene BREZNY

    Birth  18 May 1927  Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  19 Mar 2015  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  24 Mar 2015  Prague Catholic Cemetery/Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Karel Joseph BREZNY | F284 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rosie M. RUZICKA | F284 Group Sheet 

    Johnnie Phillip GREGORY, Jr. Male
    + Johnnie Phillip GREGORY, Jr.

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    Spouse  Sandra Kay SELLE | F420 
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    Kathleen Jeanette GREGORY Female
    + Kathleen Jeanette GREGORY

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    Mary Lynn GREGORY Female
    + Mary Lynn GREGORY

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    Spouse  Jerry Dean COLEMAN | F422 
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    Spouse  Donald CONNER | F421 
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    Thomas Joseph GREGORY Male
    + Thomas Joseph GREGORY

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    Spouse  Debra | F423 
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  • Documents
    GREGORY, Johnnie<br>
BREZNY, Helen
    GREGORY, Johnnie
    BREZNY, Helen

    Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995

    Histories
    BREZNY Family, The
    BREZNY Family, The
    By Jerry and Ann SUVA (From information compiled by Cecelia (POSPISIL) HULL)

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] CROSSON, Kathy, Email of 18 Mar 2000.
      My parents were married on May 23,1948 at St Wenceslaus Church here in Prague.

    2. [S919] Obituary of Helen Irene GREGORY, https://www.okcemeteries.net/lincoln/miscobit/gregoryhib.html.
      HELEN IRENE GREGORY
      1927 - 2015

      Helen Irene Brezny Gregory was born on May 18, 1927, in Prague, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 87.

      Helen, the daughter of Charles Joseph and Rose Mary Ruzicka Brezny, Sr., was a resident of Prague.

      She married Johnnie Phillip Gregory, Sr. on May 23, 1948, in Prague, and they remained married until his death in 1995.

      She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.

      Helen enjoyed reading, crocheting, doll making and baking Kolaches.

      Helen’s parents, husband and three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
      Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Johnnie and Sandra Gregory, Jr., of Choctaw and Tommy and Debra Gregory of Claremore; daughters and son-in-law, Kathy Crosson of Prague and Mary and Don Conner of Meeker; grandchildren, Jillian Michelle Gregory, Michael Joseph Gregory, Kyle Gregory, Kristy Birchfield, Jerry Orr, Jennifer Messer, Christopher Crosson, Erin Brown and Jeremy Coleman; great grandchildren, Zack Coleman, Zoie Coleman, Benjamin Brown, Dustin Orr, Gregory Orr, Dalton Messer, Kylie Messer and Paisley Crosson; great great grandchildren, Channin Orr and Grayson Orr; other family and friends.

      A wake service will be held on Monday, March 23, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Prague.

      Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Prague with Father Long Phan officiating.
      Interment will follow at the Catholic Cemetery in Prague.

      Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague.

    3. [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995.
      Name: Johnnie Phillip Gregory
      Sex: Male
      Age: 22
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1926
      Spouse's Name: Helen Irene Brezny
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Age: 21
      Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1927
      Marriage Date: 23 May 1948
      Marriage Place: Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
      Marriage Place (Original): Prague


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