This is a cenotaph. Her burial memorial is at
Rose Hill Burial Park
Victim of the Oklahoma City bombing
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Victim of the Oklahoma city bombing. She was working on the ninth floor of the Alfred Murrah buildign for the Drug Enforcment Administration. Mrs. Chafey graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma City Community College and Rose State College. She had been employed by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office since December 1992 and a member of the DEA Task Force since January 1993. She was described by her bosses as trustworthy and self-motivated and someone to turn to for inspiration. Mrs. Chafey is survived by her husband, Raymond Chafey and her daughter, Misty, and son, Nicholas.
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Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Rona L. Chafey, 35, of OKC, wife of Raymond Chafey; mother of Misty and Nickolas; daughter of Fred and Retta Kuehner of Bethany; sister of Benny Kuehner of OKC, and Jenny Bechtold of Ponca City; Cleveland County Sheriff's Department, special task force, Drug Enforcement Administration.
Before Rona Chafey was assigned to the DEA, she was a dispatcher and 911 operator for the Cleveland County Sheriff's Dept; before that, she worked in the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center. At home, she monitored her own police scanner. "She was always kind of an excitement junkie," said husband Ray Chafey.
When Sheriff DeWayne Beggs needed someone for the DEA post, he immediately thought of Rona, telling her, "This job calls for confidentiality, someone who is very trustworthy, a self-motivated person, and someone who gets along well with other people." The description fit Rona. "She was the one you went to when you needed a little bit of a pickup," said Beggs. "You never caught her in a bad mood," agreed her husband.
She was just as fun-loving as a mother, said her mother-in-law Becky Chafey, rollerblading with her 15 year old daughter Misty, while her 4 year old peddled his 3-wheeler nearby. Rona sewed Raggedy Anna and Andy dolls, choir cresses, and Halloween costumes for her family. One Sunday nights, the Chafey clan liked to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos."
Ray and Rona were high school sweethearts who married 6 months after graduating from Bethany High School. Rona later attended OKC Community College and Rose State College. She always loved long hair (for special occasions her mother would French braid it) and macaroni with tomatoes (her name actually came from her mother, who also loved macaroni, jokingly saying, "Let's name her 'Roni' after 'macaroni'" - mom and dad compromised on 'Rona').
Rose Hill Burial Park
Victim of the Oklahoma City bombing
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Victim of the Oklahoma city bombing. She was working on the ninth floor of the Alfred Murrah buildign for the Drug Enforcment Administration. Mrs. Chafey graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma City Community College and Rose State College. She had been employed by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office since December 1992 and a member of the DEA Task Force since January 1993. She was described by her bosses as trustworthy and self-motivated and someone to turn to for inspiration. Mrs. Chafey is survived by her husband, Raymond Chafey and her daughter, Misty, and son, Nicholas.
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Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Rona L. Chafey, 35, of OKC, wife of Raymond Chafey; mother of Misty and Nickolas; daughter of Fred and Retta Kuehner of Bethany; sister of Benny Kuehner of OKC, and Jenny Bechtold of Ponca City; Cleveland County Sheriff's Department, special task force, Drug Enforcement Administration.
Before Rona Chafey was assigned to the DEA, she was a dispatcher and 911 operator for the Cleveland County Sheriff's Dept; before that, she worked in the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center. At home, she monitored her own police scanner. "She was always kind of an excitement junkie," said husband Ray Chafey.
When Sheriff DeWayne Beggs needed someone for the DEA post, he immediately thought of Rona, telling her, "This job calls for confidentiality, someone who is very trustworthy, a self-motivated person, and someone who gets along well with other people." The description fit Rona. "She was the one you went to when you needed a little bit of a pickup," said Beggs. "You never caught her in a bad mood," agreed her husband.
She was just as fun-loving as a mother, said her mother-in-law Becky Chafey, rollerblading with her 15 year old daughter Misty, while her 4 year old peddled his 3-wheeler nearby. Rona sewed Raggedy Anna and Andy dolls, choir cresses, and Halloween costumes for her family. One Sunday nights, the Chafey clan liked to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos."
Ray and Rona were high school sweethearts who married 6 months after graduating from Bethany High School. Rona later attended OKC Community College and Rose State College. She always loved long hair (for special occasions her mother would French braid it) and macaroni with tomatoes (her name actually came from her mother, who also loved macaroni, jokingly saying, "Let's name her 'Roni' after 'macaroni'" - mom and dad compromised on 'Rona').
This is a cenotaph. Her burial memorial is at
Rose Hill Burial Park
Victim of the Oklahoma City bombing
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Victim of the Oklahoma city bombing. She was working on the ninth floor of the Alfred Murrah buildign for the Drug Enforcment Administration. Mrs. Chafey graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma City Community College and Rose State College. She had been employed by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office since December 1992 and a member of the DEA Task Force since January 1993. She was described by her bosses as trustworthy and self-motivated and someone to turn to for inspiration. Mrs. Chafey is survived by her husband, Raymond Chafey and her daughter, Misty, and son, Nicholas.
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Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Rona L. Chafey, 35, of OKC, wife of Raymond Chafey; mother of Misty and Nickolas; daughter of Fred and Retta Kuehner of Bethany; sister of Benny Kuehner of OKC, and Jenny Bechtold of Ponca City; Cleveland County Sheriff's Department, special task force, Drug Enforcement Administration.
Before Rona Chafey was assigned to the DEA, she was a dispatcher and 911 operator for the Cleveland County Sheriff's Dept; before that, she worked in the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center. At home, she monitored her own police scanner. "She was always kind of an excitement junkie," said husband Ray Chafey.
When Sheriff DeWayne Beggs needed someone for the DEA post, he immediately thought of Rona, telling her, "This job calls for confidentiality, someone who is very trustworthy, a self-motivated person, and someone who gets along well with other people." The description fit Rona. "She was the one you went to when you needed a little bit of a pickup," said Beggs. "You never caught her in a bad mood," agreed her husband.
She was just as fun-loving as a mother, said her mother-in-law Becky Chafey, rollerblading with her 15 year old daughter Misty, while her 4 year old peddled his 3-wheeler nearby. Rona sewed Raggedy Anna and Andy dolls, choir cresses, and Halloween costumes for her family. One Sunday nights, the Chafey clan liked to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos."
Ray and Rona were high school sweethearts who married 6 months after graduating from Bethany High School. Rona later attended OKC Community College and Rose State College. She always loved long hair (for special occasions her mother would French braid it) and macaroni with tomatoes (her name actually came from her mother, who also loved macaroni, jokingly saying, "Let's name her 'Roni' after 'macaroni'" - mom and dad compromised on 'Rona').
Rose Hill Burial Park
Victim of the Oklahoma City bombing
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Victim of the Oklahoma city bombing. She was working on the ninth floor of the Alfred Murrah buildign for the Drug Enforcment Administration. Mrs. Chafey graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, and attended Oklahoma City Community College and Rose State College. She had been employed by the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office since December 1992 and a member of the DEA Task Force since January 1993. She was described by her bosses as trustworthy and self-motivated and someone to turn to for inspiration. Mrs. Chafey is survived by her husband, Raymond Chafey and her daughter, Misty, and son, Nicholas.
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Published in the Oklahoma Today magazine, Winter 1996 issue:
Rona L. Chafey, 35, of OKC, wife of Raymond Chafey; mother of Misty and Nickolas; daughter of Fred and Retta Kuehner of Bethany; sister of Benny Kuehner of OKC, and Jenny Bechtold of Ponca City; Cleveland County Sheriff's Department, special task force, Drug Enforcement Administration.
Before Rona Chafey was assigned to the DEA, she was a dispatcher and 911 operator for the Cleveland County Sheriff's Dept; before that, she worked in the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center. At home, she monitored her own police scanner. "She was always kind of an excitement junkie," said husband Ray Chafey.
When Sheriff DeWayne Beggs needed someone for the DEA post, he immediately thought of Rona, telling her, "This job calls for confidentiality, someone who is very trustworthy, a self-motivated person, and someone who gets along well with other people." The description fit Rona. "She was the one you went to when you needed a little bit of a pickup," said Beggs. "You never caught her in a bad mood," agreed her husband.
She was just as fun-loving as a mother, said her mother-in-law Becky Chafey, rollerblading with her 15 year old daughter Misty, while her 4 year old peddled his 3-wheeler nearby. Rona sewed Raggedy Anna and Andy dolls, choir cresses, and Halloween costumes for her family. One Sunday nights, the Chafey clan liked to watch "America's Funniest Home Videos."
Ray and Rona were high school sweethearts who married 6 months after graduating from Bethany High School. Rona later attended OKC Community College and Rose State College. She always loved long hair (for special occasions her mother would French braid it) and macaroni with tomatoes (her name actually came from her mother, who also loved macaroni, jokingly saying, "Let's name her 'Roni' after 'macaroni'" - mom and dad compromised on 'Rona').
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