Tulsa World: Deaths

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By Staff Reports
Published: 11/19/2009 2:22 AM
Last Modified: 11/19/2009 5:12 AM

TULSA

Alexander, Wendell D. "Chiefy" Sr., 26, died Tuesday. Services pending. Dyer.

Barry, James, 98, retired accountant, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Memory.

Beal, Jerry D., 48, restaurant service worker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service Chapel.

Brown, Florence Chaney, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending. Jack's.

Buntin, Louise Ann, 77, retired State Farm Insurance claims secretary, died Tuesday. Services pending. Ninde Woodland.

Carr, Lonnie, 56, janitorial supervisor, died Tuesday. No services planned. Serenity.

Elston, Charles Ray, 66, car detailer, died Nov. 12. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday and service 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home.

Hartung, Mary Lou, 74, retired chaplain, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Dec. 2, Asbury United Methodist Church.

Johnson, A. Joyce, 90, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday in Celina, Texas. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Johnson, Virginia Ruth, 86, educator, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Parkview Baptist Church. Add'Vantage.

King, Thomas Archie, 53, musician, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.

Kitchens, Howard James Jr., 85, Postal Service letter carrier, died Tuesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Klein, Colleen, 60, nurse's aide, died Sunday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Knox, Roger D., 53, steel fabrication grinder, died Nov. 14. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, In the Spirit Christian Church. Add'Vantage.

Lee, Patrick Michael, 53, Bama Pie Co. shipping and receiving supervisor, died Tuesday. Visitation noon-7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Victory Christian Center.

Manuel, Joyce J., 63, homemaker, died Nov. 9. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Friday and service noon Saturday, both at Dyer Funeral Home.

Martin, Mark Lee, 46, died Monday. Services pending. Reynolds Rose Hill.

Reynolds, Helen Jane (Senf), 84, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Ninde Woodland Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Saturday, University United Methodist Church.

Rizzotti, Stephen E., 67, American Airlines quality-control supervisor, died Monday. Memorial service 4 p.m. Thursday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Add'Vantage.

Sear, Iola Sarah (Womack), 89, retired from the State Department, died Sunday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Ninde Brookside.

Thomas, H. Leonard, 62, Avis Rent-A-Car customer service representative, died Monday in Collinsville. Visitation 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Avis Budget Group. Midtown.

Treadwell, Robert Harlyn, 87, American Airlines safety and maintenance supervisor, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Tripp, Bettie Jean, 69, retired educator, died Tuesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside, Sand Springs.

Williams, D'Andre, 48, carpenter, died Wednesday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.

Wofford, Ralph G., 72, R&R Engineering Co. welder, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Moore's Eastlawn. Funeral Home Chapel.

Yates, Ruth, 97, school secretary, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Crosstown Church of Christ. Moore's Southlawn.

STATE/AREA

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

Agra — Mary M. Baker, 71, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Davis Funeral Home Chapel, Cushing.

Bartlesville — Gene Stanley Ayling, 80, died Tuesday. Private family services. Stumpff.

Broken Arrow — Mary Jane "Sissy" Lofton, 86, retired Broken Arrow Police Department dispatcher, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Christian-Gavlik Funeral Home.

Checotah — Houston Avery Herndon, 102, retired farmer and rancher, died Tuesday. Services pending. Hampton.

— Lilly Ross, 87, homemaker, died Sunday in Muskogee. Private family services. Garrett Family.

Claremore — Paul A. Ekstedt, 82, manufacturing sales representative, died Tuesday. Service 9 a.m. Friday, Memorial Heights Baptist Church. Rice.

— Kolt J. Hawkins, 24, trim carpenter, died Tuesday. Memorial service 4 p.m. Friday, Rice Funeral Service Chapel.

Clayton — Samual Mingee Stephens, 87, died Sunday in Hartshorne. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, A.L. Stephens Cemetery. Clayton Funeral Home.

Cushing — James E. Christian, 87, minister, died Wednesday. Services pending. Palmer Marler.

Dewey — Richard L. "Dan" Coffman, 72, heavy-equipment operator, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Assembly of God, Barnsdall. McCartney's Johnson, Pawhuska.

Holdenville — Jerry Wayne Miller, 65, mechanic, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel.

Independence, Kan. — Donna Jean Dugan, 77, homemaker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, Potts Funeral Home Chapel.

Jay — Peter Richard Holland, 63, truck driver, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Oak Chapel Church of God of Prophecy. Smith, Sapulpa.

Jenks — Violet Louise Taber, 92, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Kenwood — Jackson Nofire, 62, mechanic, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Kenwood School Gymnasium.

Mannford — Michael Dale Russell, 35, auto mechanic, died Sunday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Lakeview Christian Church. Smith, Sapulpa.

McAlester — Bennie Johnson, 61, longshoreman and shipping worker, died Nov. 1. Graveside service 11 a.m. Friday, Oak Hill Cemetery. Chaney-Harkins.

— Mike McIntosh, 52, manager, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Bishop Funeral Home Chapel, and service 11 a.m. Friday, Tannehill Cemetery Pavilion, Tannehill.

Miami — Clevern Kenneth Doty, 86, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of American employee, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday and service 10 a.m. Friday, both at Paul Thomas Funeral Home.

— John Thomas Miller, 83, farmer and mail carrier, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Friday, Cooper-Althouse Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, Immanuel Baptist Church.

Morris — E. Colleen Duncan, 81, educator, died Wednesday. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Liberty Baptist Church. Dowdy, Haskell.

Muldrow — Mohammed "Shawn" Qureshi, 49, Pat's Food Store owner, died Tuesday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Agent Funeral Home Chapel.

Muskogee — Viola C. Berryhill, 86, retired from Griffin Grocery, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Indian Baptist Church. Bradley.

— Dorothy Brown, 88, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Foster-Petering.

— Joyce Lavell (Stamper) Cox, 55, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.

— Carolyn Sue Reid, 67, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner.

— Ernest Eugene Webb, 88, retired Department of Veterans Affairs adjudication officer, died Wednesday. Services pending. Foster-Petering.

— Lula Mae Webb, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Ragsdale.

Oilton — Donald L. Casey, 62, oil-field maintenance worker, died Tuesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.

Okmulgee — Verda Clark, 71, police dispatcher, died Tuesday. No services planned. Shurden.

Paden — O'Conita Cleota "Oke" Barnett McClure, 91, retired civil service worker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church. Schumacher, Okemah.

Poteau — Ira Edward Hughey, 97, mechanic, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Evans & Miller.

Pryor — Ray Houchin, 85, general contractor, died Wednesday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Friday, Stephens Funeral Home Chapel.

Quapaw — Juanita L. Mashburn, 79, nurse's aide, died Monday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, GAR Cemetery, Miami, Okla. Cooper-Althouse, Miami.

Sallisaw — Sybil Maxine Nipp, 78, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.

— Jennifer Denise Taylor, 45, died Saturday. Private family services. Agent.

Stigler — J.B. Boren, 83, retired Whirlpool Corp. setup man, died Monday. Service 1 p.m. Thursday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.

Stroud — Lora Mae Johnson, 71, caregiver, died Wednesday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Stroud Cemetery. Parks Brothers.

Tahlequah — Maria B. Ramos-Vega, 37, Greenleaf Nursery employee, died Tuesday. Rosary 7 p.m. Friday, Hart Funeral Home Chapel, and funeral Mass noon Saturday, St. Brigid Catholic Church.

Wagoner — Cecil Orrin Brown, 87, Air Force pilot, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Services pending. Mallett.

Weleetka — Agnes Bowman, 71, died Wednesday. Services pending. Shurden, Henryetta.

Wilburton — Buddy Croslin, 73, game ranger, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Centerpoint Cemetery. Jones-Harkins.

U.S.-WORLD

James Armstrong , a Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier died Wednesday. He was 86.

Armstrong carried the American flag at the head of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights march and in 1957 initiated a class action lawsuit to integrate Birmingham schools after trying to enroll his two sons in the then all-white Graymont Elementary School.

He cut hair at Armstrong Barbershop in downtown Birmingham for more than 50 years. One of his clients was the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Armstrong was a board member and volunteer at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Jose Cisneros , an artist known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, died Saturday in El Paso, Texas.

Cisneros was honored with a 2001 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President George W. Bush in April 2002.

Cisneros, who was born in Durango, Mexico, was known for his historical pen-and-ink illustrations of magazines, books and newspapers. The University of Texas-El Paso library has more than 100 original drawings by Cisneros, according to its Web site.

Thomas Benton Hollyman , a leading magazine photographer who worked on the classic movie "Lord of the Flies," died Saturday in Austin Texas. He was 89.

The son of a Presbyterian pastor, Hollyman was a staff photographer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch before serving in the Air Force.

In 1963, as a travel photographer, he was hired to direct photography for British director Peter Brook's movie "Lord of the Flies."

Hollyman was president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers from 1969 to 1971.

Ken Ober , who hosted the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" and helped produce the shows "Mind of Mencia" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," was found dead Sunday in his Santa Monica, Calif., home. He was 52.

His agent, Lee Kernis, said Ober complained of headaches and flulike symptoms Saturday night but that the cause of his death wasn't clear.

Ober hosted five seasons of "Remote Control" beginning in 1987. Contestants in lounge chairs were asked pop-culture questions from categories such as "Dead or Canadian?"

The show featured early appearances by comedians Adam Sandler, Denis Leary and Colin Quinn.

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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