Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Dennis Clifton

Peeples, 93, passed

away on April 21, 2025

in Oklahoma City. Born

August 20, 1932 in

Seminole, Oklahoma to

JV and Martha Peeples,

Dennis was the first

born of five children. His

dad worked as a butcher

making $10 a week, and

later had a chance to

better his family and be-

came an insurance

agent which moved

them to Stillwater, Ok-

lahoma in 1943. He was

11 that year. Dennis at-

tended Oklahoma A&M

and married his first

wife, Donna Jeannine

Peeples, in 1952. That

same year he began

working for Cities Ser-

vice Oil Company where

he would work for 37

years in the exploration

department doing field

work and drafting. Den-

nis and Jeannine had

two children together;

Michael Ray and Paul

Allen. His first wife,

Jeannine, died in Jan-

uary 1997. In 1998, one

year after the death of

his first wife, Dennis

married Rae Lynne

Aphetone, a fellow wid-

ower who also lost her

spouse to cancer.

Dennis is preceded in

death by his parents, his

wife Donna Jeannine,

his son Paul Allen, his

son Michael Ray, and

wife Rae Lynne. Dennis

is survived in death by

grandson Clifton Eu-

gene Peeples (son of

Paul) and wife Gabby;

two great grandchildren,

Sarah and Nicholas;

grandson Joseph

Michael Peeples (son of

Michael) his wife Kelly

Peeples; two great

grandchildren, Avery

Rose and Oliver; grand-

daughter Anna (Peeples)

Elder (daughter of

Michael) her husband

Matthew Elder; three

great grand children,

Owen Elder, Evan El-

der, and Penelope Elder;

and first and second

wives of son Michael

Ray, Kathy Graziano of

Oklahoma City and

Mary Peeples of Ferris,

Texas. Dennis also

leaves behind a brother,

Richard Joe Peeples of

Houston, Texas, Sister,

Ruby Mae Wilson of

Pleasanton, Kansas, and

widowed brother in law,

James Rodney Brown of

Zena, Oklahoma, as well

as his second wife's chil-

dren Andrew, Lance, Ja-

mi, Jon, Jerae and their

families.