SEPTEMBER 2024 | 109 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL passion for dogs, which included both loving and rescuing dogs. Memorial contributions may be made to Fetch Fido A Flight. Larry G. Cassil of Oklahoma City died May 27. He was born Dec. 15, 1932, in Oklahoma City. Mr. Cassil graduated from Classen High School in 1951 and put himself through Cameron Junior College by earning athletic scholarships in football and boxing. He earned an associate’s degree in 1953, then transferred to OSU, where he joined Sigma Nu and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1956. He worked full-time while attending the night school program at the OCU School of Law and graduated in 1964. Mr. Cassil shortly worked for other attorneys before opening an office in downtown Oklahoma City. He became the municipal judge of Warr Acres, where he proudly served the community for more than 55 years. Memorial contributions may be made to the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner Foundation. Delorus Irene Crawford of Tulsa died Nov. 25, 2023. She was born Aug. 27, 1967, in Kansas City, Kansas. She worked at UPC and the Maynard Ungerman Law Firm, juggling several jobs while putting herself through school. Ms. Crawford graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science in 2000 and received her J.D. from the TU College of Law in 2003. She devoted her career to advocating for children who could not represent or speak for themselves. Daniel Paul Dooley of Oklahoma City died Oct. 2, 2023. He was born Dec. 27, 1948, in Austin, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in electromechanical engineering in 1972. Upon graduation, he worked as an engineer. While working, he gradu- ated with an MBA in finance, summa cum laude, at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1976. Mr. Dooley was a merit scholar and received his J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 1999, then his LL.M. in intellectual property from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law in 2000. He became a director at the law firm of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens in Oklahoma City and eventually left to become a shareholder at Hall Estill in Oklahoma City. He also worked with video game controller companies Gamevice and Wikipad as an intellectual property attorney and an inventor (listed as an inventor on over 20 U.S. patents). He ended his career as the corporate counsel and member of the Board of Managers at game controller manufacturer T2M. Troy Harlan Ellis of Rock Island, Illinois, died March 9. He was born April 26, 1969. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in finance and political science in 1991. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and was recognized academically on the dean’s list, the president’s list and the honor society. Mr. Ellis received his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law in 1994. During law school, he was a member of the UMKC Law Review and the Order of the Bench and Robe, a recipient of the Trans World Airlines Scholarship and in the top 5% of his graduating class. Mr. Ellis served as an attorney for Polsinelli White in Kansas City, Missouri, and Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, counsel for Koch Materials and INVISTA and general counsel for Road Science LLC in Tulsa. He continued in this role in Lakeland, Florida, before moving to work as a contract officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was also a member of the bar associations in Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rock Island Parks & Recreation Foundation and Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation to help fund improvements to the Highlands Spring Golf Course and establish a scholarship for the Rock Island High School golf team in his honor. James Richard Fletcher of Guymon died March 24. He was born March 9, 1946, in Webbers Falls. He graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1964, earned his bachelor's degree from OSU and received his J.D. from the OU College of Law in 1975. Mr. Fletcher served in the U.S. Army. He practiced law in Guymon. Memorial contributions may be made to Caring Hearts & Hands. Preston Gilbert Gaddis II of Oklahoma City died May 23. He was born Sept. 20, 1938, in Tulsa. He graduated from OU, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, with a bachelor’s degree in 1960. Mr. Gaddis was a member of the Oklahoma Law Review
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