April 19 Remembrance Ceremony to honor those lost in 1995
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A crowd gathered for a remembrance ceremony at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum Friday morning.
On April 19, 1995, a terrorist bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Downtown Oklahoma City, destroying it and damaging hundreds of building surrounding. During the bombing, 168 lives were lost.
29 years later, the memory is still fresh for many in the community.
On Friday, April 19, 2024, a crowd gathered for the 29th anniversary of the dreadful day and to remember those who died.
During the ceremony, the names of all who died were read aloud and there was 168 seconds of silence as the community remembered those affected by the destruction.
Friday, April 26, 2024, starts Memorial Marathon weekend in Oklahoma City with the Run to Remember.
As the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon approaches, 168 banners are now on display to honor those killed in the 1995 bombing. The banners were installed along the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon course to inspire runners on race day.
The Memorial Marathon began in 2001 and now hosts multiple races including a marathon, half marathon, 5K, 5-person relay, kids marathon and senior marathon. A whole weekend devoted to remembering that day and those lost.
NINTH FLOOR
Drug Enforcement Administration
- Shelly D. Bland, 25, of Tuttle
- Carrol June "Chip" Fields, 48, Guthrie
- Rona Linn Kuehner-Chafey, 35, Oklahoma City
- Carrie Ann Lenz, 26, Choctaw
- Kenneth Glenn McCullough, 36, Edmond
U.S. Secret Service
- Cynthia L. Brown, 26, Oklahoma City
- Donald Ray Leonard, 50, Edmond
- Mickey B. Maroney, 50, Oklahoma City
- Linda G. McKinney, 47, Oklahoma City
- Kathy Lynn Seidl, 39, Bethel
- Alan G. Whicher, 40, Edmond
EIGHTH FLOOR
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Ted L. Allen, 48, Norman
- Peter R. Avillanoza, 56, Oklahoma City
- David Neil Burkett, 47, Oklahoma City
- Donald Earl Burns, Sr., 63, Oklahoma City
- Kimberly Kay Clark, 39, Oklahoma City
- Susan Jane Ferrell, 37, Oklahoma City
- Dr. George Michael Howard, 45, Vallejo, Calif.
- Antonio "Tony" C. Reyes, 55, Edmond
- Lanny Lee David Scroggins, 46, Yukon
- Leora Lee Sells, 57, Oklahoma City
- Jules A. Valdez, 51, Edmond
- David Jack Walker, 54, Edmond
- Michael D. Weaver, 54, Edmond
- Frances "Fran" Ann Williams, 48, Oklahoma City
- Clarence Eugene Wilson, Sr. 49, Oklahoma
SEVENTH FLOOR
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Diane E. (Hollingsworth) Althouse, 45, Edmond
- Andrea Yvette Blanton, 33, Oklahoma City
- Kim R. Cousins, 33, Midwest City
- Diana Lynne Day, 38, Oklahoma City
- Castine Brooks Hearn Deveroux, 49, Oklahoma City
- Judy J. (Froh) Fisher, 45, Oklahoma City
- Linda Louise Florence, 43, Oklahoma City
- J. Colleen Guiles, 59, Oklahoma City
- Thompson Eugene "Gene" Hodges, Jr., 54, Norman
- Ann Kreymborg, 57, Oklahoma City
- Teresa Lea Taylor Lauderdale, 41, Shawnee
- Mary Leasure-Rentie, 39, Bethany
- James A. McCarthy II, 53, Edmond
- Betsy J. (Beebe) McGonnell, 47, Norman
- Patricia Ann Nix, 47, Edmond
- Terry Smith Rees, 41, Midwest City
- John Thomas Stewart, 51, Oklahoma City
- John Karl Van Ess III, 67, Chickasha
- Jo Ann Whittenberg, 35, Oklahoma City
SIXTH FLOOR
U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting
- Sgt. Benjamin LaRanzo Davis, USMC, 29, Edmond
- Capt. Randolph A. Guzman, USMC, 28, Castro Valley, Calif.
FIFTH FLOOR
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Olen Burl Bloomer, 61, Moore
- James E. Boles, 50, Oklahoma City
- Dr. Margaret L. "Peggy" Clark, 42, Chickasha
- Richard "Dick" Cummins, 55, Mustang
- Doris "Adele" Higginbottom, 44, Oklahoma City
- Carole Sue Khalil, 50, Oklahoma City
- Rheta Bender Long, 60, Oklahoma City
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Paul Gregory Beatty Broxterman, 42, Edmond
U.S. Customs Office
- Paul D. Ice, 42, Midwest City
- Claude Authur Medearis, S.S.A., 41, Norman
FOURTH FLOOR
U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway
- Lucio Aleman, Jr., 33, Oklahoma City
- Mark Allen Bolte, 28, Oklahoma City
- Michael Carrillo, 44, Oklahoma City
- Larry James Jones, 46. Yukon
- James K. Martin, 34, Oklahoma City
- Ronota Ann Newberry-Woodbridge, 31, Edmond
- Jerry Lee Parker, 45, Norman
- Michelle A. Reeder, 33, Oklahoma City
- Rick L. Tomlin, 46, Piedmont
- Johnny Allen Wade, 42, Edmond
- John A. Youngblood, 52, Yukon
U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion
- Sgt. 1st Class Lola Bolden, U.S. Army, 40, Birmingham, Ala.
- Karen Gist Carr, 32, Midwest City
- Peggy Louise Holland, 37, Oklahoma City
- John C. Moss III., 50, Oklahoma City
- Victoria (Vickey) L. Sohn, 36, Moore
- Dolores (Dee) Stratton, 51, Moore
- Kayla Marie Titsworth, 3.50, Lawton
- Wanda Lee Watkins, 49, Oklahoma City
THIRD FLOOR
Defense Security Service
- Harley Richard Cottingham, 46, Oklahoma City
- Peter L. DeMaster, 44, Oklahoma City
- Norma "Jean" Johnson, 62, Oklahoma City
- Larry L. Turner, 42, Oklahoma City
- Robert G. Westberry, 57, Oklahoma City
Federal Employees Credit Union
- Woodrow Clifford "Woody" Brady, 41, Oklahoma City
- Kimberly Ruth Burgess, 29, Oklahoma City
- Kathy A. Finley, 44, Yukon
- Jamie (Fialkowski) Genzer, 32, Wellston
- Sheila R. Gigger-Driver, 28, Oklahoma City
- Linda Coleen Housley, 53, Oklahoma City
- Robbin Ann Huff, 37, Bethany
- Christi Yolanda Jenkins, 32, Edmond
- Alvin J. Justes, 54, Oklahoma City
- Valerie Jo Koelsch, 33, Oklahoma City
- Kathy Cagle Leinen, 47, Oklahoma City
- Claudette (Duke) Meek, 43, Oklahoma City
- Frankie Ann Merrell, 23, Oklahoma City
- Jill Diane Randolph, 27, Oklahoma City
- Claudine Ritter, 48, Oklahoma City
- Christy Rosas, 22, Moore
- Sonja Lynn Sanders, 27, Moore
- Karan Howell Shepherd, 27, Moore
- Victoria Jeanette Texter, 37, Oklahoma City
- Virginia M. Thompson, 56, El Reno
- Tresia Jo "Mathes" Worton, 28, Oklahoma City
SECOND FLOOR
America's Kids Child Development Center
- Baylee Almon, 1, Oklahoma City
- Danielle Nicole Bell, 15 months, Oklahoma City
- Zachary Taylor Chavez, 3, Oklahoma City
- Dana LeAnne Cooper, 24, Moore
- Anthony Christopher Cooper II, 2, Moore
- Antonio Ansara Cooper Jr., 6 months, Midwest City
- Aaron M. Coverdale, 5.50, Oklahoma City
- Elijah S. Coverdale, 2.50, Oklahoma City
- Jaci Rae Coyne, 14 months, Moore
- Brenda Faye Daniels, 42, Oklahoma City
- Taylor Santoi Eaves, 8 months, Midwest City
- Tevin D'Aundrae Garrett, 16 months, Midwest City
- Kevin "Lee" Gottshall II, 6 months, Norman
- Wanda Lee Howell, 34, Spencer
- Blake Ryan Kennedy, 1.50, Amber
- Dominique Ravae (Johnson)-London, 2, Oklahoma City
- Chase Dalton Smith, 3, Oklahoma City
- Colton Wade Smith, 2, Oklahoma City
VISITOR
- Scott D. Williams, 24, Tuttle
FIRST FLOOR
Social Security Administration
- Teresa Antionette Alexander, 33, Oklahoma City
- Richard A. Allen, 46, Oklahoma City
- Pamela Cleveland Argo, 36, Oklahoma City
- Saundra G. (Sandy) Avery, 34, Midwest City
- Calvin Battle, 62, Oklahoma City
- Peola Battle, 56, Oklahoma City
- Oleta C. Biddy, 54, Tuttle
- Casandra Kay Booker, 25, Oklahoma City
- Carol Louise Bowers, 53, Yukon
- Peachlyn Bradley, 3, Oklahoma City
- Gabreon D.L. Bruce, 3 months, Oklahoma City
- Katherine Louise Cregan, 60, Oklahoma City
- Ashley Megan Eckles, 4, Guthrie
- Don Fritzler, 64, Oklahoma City
- Mary Anne Fritzler, 57, Oklahoma City
- Laura Jane Garrison, 61, Oklahoma City
- Margaret Betterton Goodson, 54, Oklahoma City
- Ethel L. Griffin, 55, Edmond
- Cheryl E. Hammon, 44, Oklahoma City
- Ronald Vernon Harding, Sr., 55, Oklahoma City
- Thomas Lynn Hawthorne, Sr., 52, Choctaw
- Dr. Charles E. Hurlburt, 73, Oklahoma City
- Jean Nutting Hurlburt, 67, Oklahoma City
- Raymond "Lee" Johnson, 59, Oklahoma City
- LaKesha Richardson Levy, 21, Midwest City
- Aurelia Donna Luster, 43, Guthrie
- Robert Lee Luster, Jr., 45, Guthrie
- Rev. Gilbert X. Martinez, 35, Oklahoma City
- Cartney J. McRaven, 19, Midwest City
- Derwin W. Miller, 27, Oklahoma City
- Eula Leigh Mitchell, 64, Oklahoma City
- Emilio Tapia, 50, Oklahoma City
- Charlotte Andrea Lewis Thomas, 43, Oklahoma City
- Michael George Thompson, 47, Yukon
- LaRue A. Treanor, 55, Guthrie
- Luther H. Treanor, 61, Guthrie
- Robert N. Walker, Jr., 52, Oklahoma City
- Julie Marie Welch, 23, Oklahoma City
- W. Stephen Williams, 42, Cashion
- Sharon Louise Wood-Chesnut, 47, Oklahoma City
General Services Administration
- Steven Douglas Curry, 44, Norman
- Michael L. Loudenslager, 48, Harrah
THOSE KILLED IN SURROUNDING AREA
Rescue Worker
- Rebecca Needham Anderson, 37, Midwest City
Athenian Building (Job Corps)
- Anita Christine Hightower, 27, Oklahoma City
- Kathryn Elizabeth Ridley, 24, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Water Resources Board Building
- Robert N. Chipman, 51, Edmond
- Trudy Jean Rigney, 31, Midwest City
We come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever. May all who leave here know the impact of violence. May this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope and serenity.
Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum
To learn more about April 19, 1995, or the National Memorial Museum, visit memorialmuseum.com.