Tulsa World: Deaths

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By Staff Reports
Published: 11/17/2009 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 11/17/2009 5:13 AM

TULSA

Adams, Lois M., 75, educator, died Thursday. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Boston Avenue United Methodist Church. Moore's Rosewood.

Anderson, Eugene August, 93, engineer, died Sunday. Services pending. Stanleys.

Anderson, Joyce, 77, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.

Buchner, Kelly Wayne, 72, inventor, died Saturday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Cartwright, Lloyd, 75, refrigeration engineer, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.

Chancey, Bobby S., 71, former Oklahoma Department of Transportation truck driver, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home Chapel.

Diley, Timothy James, 50, machinist, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's, Owasso.

Hale, Kenneth Leon, 59, aircraft mechanic, died Nov. 12. Memorial service 3 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Harrison, Cecil D., 87, retired APAC-Oklahoma mechanic, died Monday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.

Jones, Ray Jr., 53, died Monday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.

Klein, Colleen, 50, nurse's aide, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Law, Don W. "Lucky," 68, Sinclair Oil Co. operation lead technician, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Love, Liberty B., 92, educator, died Sunday. Services pending. Stanleys.

Main, Howard Dexter, 25, maintenance worker, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Marcum, Steven Ray, 53, wealth adviser, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.

Muhlberger, Eileen, 87, laboratory technician, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Quest, Kathleen "Kitty," 56, TLC Label Co. graphic artist, died Sunday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Reed, Lawrence Edward, 61, master carpenter, died Friday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Richards, Jack Huffman, 85, McDonnell Douglas technician, died Saturday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Sear, Iola Sarah (Womack), 89, retired from the State Department, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.

Tarwater, Martha Jane, 69, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Glenwood Baptist Church. Moore's Memory.

Turner, John, 53, died Nov. 10. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Tuesday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel, Okmulgee.

Wilson, Betsy L., 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.

STATE/AREA

Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.

Bartlesville — Dale Hinsdale, 76, died Monday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.

— Blake Vinsant, 92, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. business manager, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, East Cross United Methodist Church. Stumpff.

Blackwell — Cathy Bouska, 54, died Sunday. Services pending. Blackwell Funeral Home.

— Joseph "Joe" Craft, 99, formerly of Blackwell, died Friday in Cushing. Services pending. Blackwell Funeral Home.

Boley — Burnell Stevens, 97, medical receptionist, died Thursday in Okemah. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Amos Temple CME Church. Hyde Park.

Broken Arrow — Virginia L. Anderson, 75, Santa Fe Pipeline accounting employee, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home. Services pending.

— Robert "Bob" Stevenson, 61, Stevenson Plumbing Inc. owner, died Monday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Hayhurst Funeral Home. Services pending.

Claremore — Rose Mary Houston, 56, retired travel agent, died Saturday. Services pending. Shipman's, Pryor.

— Louise Mills, 76, retired from Claremore Regional Hospital, died Sunday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Ross Mayes Cemetery, Salina. Key, Pryor.

— Tom Lee Shelton, 94, retired mill worker, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Pryor, and graveside service 3 p.m. Thursday, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Altamont, Kan.

— Bonnie "Lorene" (Rhodes) Woods, 76, retired from Delux Laundry, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel.

Cleveland — Harry B. Turner Jr., 89, X-ray technician, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.

Coffeyville, Kan. — Jimmie Dale Logan, 74, retired pipefitter, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, Fairview Cemetery Veterans Memorial Patio.

Collinsville — Dana R. Parson, 82, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, South Bethel Cemetery Chapel, Braggs. Lescher-Millsap, Muskogee.

Copan — Max William Black, 56, carpenter, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Bible Baptist Church, Dewey, and graveside service 3 p.m. Wednesday, Prairie View Cemetery, Macomb. Stumpff, Bartlesville.

Cushing — Dennis Chestnut, 23, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oak Grove Baptist Church. Palmer Marler.

— Danny Hopkins, 66, died Saturday in Glencoe. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Osage Cemetery, Agra. Palmer Marler.

— Verna L. Newberry, 68, homemaker, died Friday. No services planned. Davis.

Dewar — Dixie J. Millican Froman, 75, G&H Decoys employee, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Trinity Baptist Church, Morris. Shurden, Henryetta.

Fairland — William H. Garner, 39, floor installation worker, died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Adcock.

Gore — Thelma Louise Anderson, 54, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Assembly of God, Checotah. Lescher-Millsap, Muskogee.

Grove — Stella Brown, 64, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Olympus Cemetery. Worley-Luginbuel.

— Calvin McMahan, age unavailable, laborer, died Monday. Services pending. Worley-Luginbuel.

— Reese Rowden, 93, firefighter, died Sunday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home; service 10 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church; and graveside service 2:30 p.m. Friday, Washington Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.

Haskell — Curtis Wright, 84, retired steel worker, died Thursday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Tuesday and service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, both at Granger-House of Winn Funeral Home, Muskogee.

Henryetta — Juanita Cox, 94, homemaker, died Sunday in Okmulgee. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church. Rogers.

Hitchita — Virgil Hiawatha Street, 85, retired steel worker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Grave Creek Baptist Church. Hampton, Checotah.

Jay — Leroy Noblin, 81, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Elm Cemetery, Leach. Key, Pryor.

Jennings — Doris Mae Blackford, 89, assembly line worker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa. Moore's Rosewood, Tulsa.

Langley — Lonnie Aaron Cordray, 82, retired from Sun Oil, died Saturday in Claremore. Service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, Pensacola. Collinsville Dolton, Collinsville.

McAlester — Thomas McIntosh, 52, died Monday. Services pending. Bishop.

Muldrow — Michael Lynn Odom, 49, Therma-Tru Corp. forklift driver, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Agent Funeral Home Chapel.

Muskogee — Kenneth E. Laningham, 81, firefighter training officer, died Saturday. Service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Muskogee Church of Christ. Hunn Black & Merritt, Eufaula.

— Randall Lucus Mullen, infant son of Lisa and Randy Mullen, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Warner Memorial Cemetery, Warner. Lescher-Millsap.

— David L. "Uncle Dave" Overby Jr., 73, missile tester, died Sunday. Services pending. Bradley.

Nowata — Ivan Wendell Morris, 86, died Monday. Services pending. Stumpff.

Oilton — Jimmie Wayne "Jim" Staley, 64, pipeline and welder's assistant, died Saturday. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Lawson Cemetery, Yale. Palmer Marler.

Okmulgee — John Paul Davis, 56, North Texas Municipal Water District operations and project manager, died Thursday in Dallas. Graveside service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Okmulgee Cemetery. McClendon-Winters.

— Kim Sloan, 53, Avis Rent-A-Car customer service employee, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Belvin Baptist Church. Shurden.

— Hazel Naomi Sorrels, 85, died Monday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.

Paden — O'Conita C. McClure, 80, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending. Schumacher, Okemah.

Pawnee — John Douglas Whiteshirt, 82, retired tilesetter and home construction worker, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Pawnee Fairgrounds Women's Building. Poteet.

Perry — Dottie Wallace, 70, bank manager, died Sunday. Services pending. Palmer Marler, Stillwater.

Pocola — William "Billy" Howard, 65, truck driver, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Christian Grove Free Will Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin, Spiro.

Ponca City — Raymond Lunsford, 77, retired Conoco engineer, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church. Trout.

— Winona Suttles, 85, retired respiratory therapist, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.

Porum — Harold R. Brown, 71, retired from law enforcement, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.

Poteau — F.L. Holton Jr., 90, Holton Shores and Holton Cattle Co. president and Central National Bank chairman, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church. Evans & Miller.

Prague — Doyle D. Russell, 91, retired police officer, died Saturday. Visitation 8-11 a.m. Tuesday, Parks Brothers Funeral Service, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Free Will Baptist Church.

Pryor — Robert Lee Garrett, 59, died Sunday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Graham Memorial Cemetery. Key.

— Erma Herrick, 88, retired nurse, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel.

Skiatook — Peggy Ann Campbell, 65, homemaker, died Sunday. Graveside service 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Osage Garden Cemetery. Peters-Stumpff.

— Roy William Elam, 65, dairy route salesman, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Peters-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.

Stilwell — Clyde Wayne White, 66, animal control officer, died Saturday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.

Vinita — Jimmy Dean Gray, 55, barber, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Burckhalter Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.

Welch — Doris E. Haws, age unavailable, died Sunday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Friday, Thomas Funeral Home. Private family services.

Welling — Watie Ray Thirsty Jr., 27, groundskeeper, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Stilwell.

Yale — Edward James Dennis, 85, farmer and boilermaker, died Wednesday in Enid. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Dennis Farm. Palmer Marler.

U.S.-WORLD

Edward Woodward , the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday in Cornwall, England. He was 79.

Woodward, who starred as "The Equalizer" on television, won an Emmy Award in 1990 for "Remembering World War II" and a Golden Globe in 1987 for "The Equalizer," which ran for 88 episodes from 1985 to 1989 on CBS.

Woodward's last film appearances were in "Hot Fuzz" in 2007 and "Congregation of Ghosts," now in post-production.

He also recorded several albums including "Love is the Key" in 1977 and "The Jewel that was Ours" in 1994.

Death notice policy

The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. daily. For information about news obituaries, call 581-8325.

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Circle of Life

In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD).

If your loved one was a donor, please inform the funeral director if you would like to have the "Circle of Life" logo placed in his or her listing.

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