JEFFREY SHRADER

June 15, 1983 - Dec 5, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY Jeffrey Jay Shrader was born in Oklahoma City, OK to Glenn J. "Jack" Shrader and Mary Shrader on June 15, 1983, and passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of December 5, 2013. Jeff was a natural athlete, who spent his youth playing sports and his adult years watching sports. He played soccer, football and basketball and was an avid Oklahoma City Thunder fan. He was a regular, along with his dad and brother, John, at the Thunder games. He also had an encyclopedic memory for even the most obscure sports trivia. Jeff was passionate about hair and had a gift and love for making people feel happy and special. He was well-known for teasing with clients and making them laugh. Anyone who ever had their hair shampooed by him insisted that no one could give a better shampoo. He studied at the Paul Mitchell School in Dallas and graduated from Duncan Brothers in Oklahoma City. He had worked at Tony and Guy's in Dallas; Schardein in Oklahoma City; and at the time of his death, at Loc Salon in Oklahoma City. His job at Loc Salon was the favorite job he had ever had, and some of his strongest relationships were with co-workers. He had a friendly and giving spirit and was experiencing a childlike excitement about this coming Christmas, focusing more on the gifts that he would give rather than what he wanted to receive. One of his favorite pastimes was to accompany his dad on Saturdays to pass out food and clothing to the homeless at Operation 363, run by Mayflower UCC Church. Jeff is survived by his mother, Mary Shrader, of Greenville, Ohio; his father and stepmom, Jack Shrader and Pat Lattimore, of Oklahoma City; his sister and nieces, Jennifer, Skylar, and Brittany Shrader, of Edmond; and his brother and sister-in-law, Glenn John Shrader III and Amanda Shrader, of Edmond. He is also survived by his step-siblings, Sarah and Adam Myrick, of Oklahoma City; Daniel and Meghan Bruner and Ben and Evie, of Denver; and Trevor Bruner, of Austin, Texas; plus a score of family and friends. A memorial service for Jeff will be held at Memorial UCC Church, 3901 NW 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, 73116, at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 12, 2013. Flowers are welcome, or a contribution may be made in Jeff's name to Operation 363 at Mayflower UCC Church.