Deaths
 
By Staff Reports
Published: 11/20/2009  2:19 AM
Last Modified: 11/20/2009  10:21 AM

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Correction
This story originally contained an incorrect date for a Sand Springs resident's memorial service. The story has been corrected.

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TULSA

Banning, Gene, 71, died Nov. 12. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel, Ozark, Ark.

Bengston, Tillie, 101, school cook, died Thursday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.

Bertalot, Charley William, 101, electrician, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Brandon, William, 57, home security company employee, formerly of Tulsa, died Wednesday in Springdale, Ark. Graveside service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery. Moore's Southlawn.

Carothers, Charles Mart, 62, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Clark, Terence Dale "Pork," 53, Spirit AeroSystems supervisor, died Sunday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Friday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Rentie Grove Baptist Church. Ragsdale, Muskogee.

Cleghorn, Ronald A., 59, Muscogee (Creek) National Council representative, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Many Springs Baptist Church, Holdenville. Fisher, Holdenville.

Garbacz, Robert S., 86, retired oil-field industry consultant, died Thursday in Wichita Falls, Texas. Visitation 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 1 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery.

Higgs, Delpha Mae, 75, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.

Holmes, Fogg Jr., 61, janitor, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Church of the True Vine, Mounds. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.

Jackson, Emma C., 100, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Jack's.

Jackson, Phyllis Jean, 69, died Wednesday. Services pending. Jack's.

Johnson, A. Joyce, 90, homemaker, formerly of Tulsa, died Tuesday in Celina, Texas. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery.

Jones, Ray Jr., 53, laborer, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Living Sanctuary Evangelistic Ministries. Bishop's Northside.

Kitchens, Howard James Jr., 85, Postal Service letter carrier, died Tuesday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Mansur, Betty Jo, 91, died Nov. 16. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery.

Robinson, Charles, 75, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.

Ryan, Barney Joe, 74, retired college professor, died Wednesday. No services planned. Cremation Society.

Spak, Wanda Bilski, 89, retired homemaker, died Wednesday. No local services planned. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.

Starks, Gordon Bond Sr., 79, retired printing press operator, died Tuesday. Service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Steed, John L. Jr., 72, retired United Members Federal Credit Union vice president, died Wednesday. Service 3 p.m. Sunday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow, and graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow.

Weil, Concetta Louise, 81, educator, died Wednesday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Ivy.

Williams, Matthew "Preacher," 74, retired minister, died Thursday. Services pending. Dyer.

Wilson, Betsy L., 83, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Bible Church. 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.

Agra — Mary M. Baker, 71, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Davis Funeral Home Chapel, Cushing.

Bartlesville — Janet L. "Jan" Porter, 62, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.

Bixby — Donna Lynn (Ward) Goff, 65, home health technician, died Wednesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home Chapel, Pauls Valley.

Bokoshe — Lorene Martin, 83, factory worker, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home, Poteau, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Assembly of God, Panama.

Broken Arrow — Larry Glen Teel, 62, real estate broker, died Nov. 12. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa. Shipman, Wagoner.

Chelsea — Kenneth H. Speir, 80, retired electrician, died Sunday. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Church of Christ. Chelsea Funeral Home.

Claremore — Colleen Marie (Mullen) Ward, 33, 1st Bank Oklahoma assistant branch manager, died Monday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, Finis Ward Memorial Gymnasium, Foyil.

Coffeyville, Kan. — William Taft "Bill" Woods, 80, sheet metal worker and Secret Service employee, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Penwell-Gabel Ford-Wulf-Bruns Funeral Home Chapel, and graveside service 12:30 p.m. Monday, Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan.

Cushing — James E. Christian, 87, retired minister, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Palmer Marler.

— Bob J. Farrell, 71, entrepreneur, died Wednesday. Services pending. Davis.

— Lloyd Ray Stollings, 79, retired from Oklahoma State University veterinary clinic, died Thursday. Services pending. Davis.

Fort Coffee — Deloise S. McKesson, 69, homemaker, died Nov. 12. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Triumph Missionary Baptist Church, Spiro. Mallory-Martin, Spiro.

Grove — Robert Post, 79, McElroy sales manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Key, Pryor.

Krebs — David Lawson, 37, died Wednesday. Services pending. Bishop, McAlester.

McAlester — Mark Brent Sherrill, 45, stockyards owner, died Thursday. Visitation 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, Bishop Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church.

Muskogee — Helen Louise Orman, 76, homemaker, died Tuesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Greenhill Cemetery. Muskogee Cremation.

— Eugene Ernest Webb, 88, retired Veterans Affairs adjudication officer, died Wednesday. Visitation 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Foster-Petering Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Boulevard Christian Church.

Ponca City — James Alexander, 85, died Wednesday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Odd Fellows Cemetery. Trout.

— Melvin Crisp Jr., 56, contractor, died Monday in Kimberling City, Mo. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church. Trout.

— Larry Harvey, 70, retired from Conoco, died Tuesday in Wichita, Kan. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Trout Funeral Home Chapel.

— Fern Lingau, 101, died Nov. 11. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church. Trout.

Porum — Joe Charles Mooney, 75, retired from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Free Will Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin, Stigler.

Poteau — Benna Lucretia Campbell, 62, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Pryor — Edna Dennis, 82, died Monday. Services pending. Key.

Sand Springs — Randall James Clutter, 57, construction worker, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Nov. 28, Tulsa Christian Fellowship, Tulsa. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

— Donald Swartz, 85, retired veterinarian, died Thursday in Claremore. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.

Tahlequah — Loyd Robert Dickerson, 92, retired truck driver, died Wednesday. Services pending. Hart.

— William Nave Lowrey Sr., 67, butcher, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.

— Wesley Sutton, 64, roll operator, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Service 1 p.m. Friday, Rocky Ford Church. Reed-Culver.

Vian — Wanda Gail Nikitas, 61, office manager, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, Tahlequah.

Wagoner — Glen Victor Adams, 88, Glen's Restaurant owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mallett.

— Cecil Orrin Brown, 87, Air Force pilot, died Tuesday in Muskogee. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Sunday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Mallett Funeral Home Chapel.

— Dorothy Foster, 84, died Thursday. Services pending. Hersman-Nichols.

Weleetka — Agnes Bowman, 71, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Shurden Funeral Home Chapel, Henryetta.

Wetumka — James Aultman, age unavailable, died Thursday. Services pending. Williamson-Spradlin.

— Madie Marie Harzog, 79, nurse, died Wednesday. Graveside service 3 p.m. Thursday, Wetumka Cemetery. Williamson-Spradlin.

Wewoka — Martha Shields, 81, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Indian Presbyterian Church. Stout-Phillips.

U.S.-WORLD

Jeanne-Claude , an artist who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm. She was 74.

"The Gates" festooned 23 miles of Central Park's footpaths with thousands of saffron drapes hung from specially designed frames.

Christo — the more famous of the duo — was saddened, the family statement said, but remains "committed to honor the promise they made to each other many years ago: that the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude would continue." That includes completing their current installation, "Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado" and "The Mastaba" a project in the United Arab Emirates.

Their other projects include wrapping the Reichstag in Germany, the Pont Neuf in Paris, the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland and a Roman wall in Italy.

A 1991 project involved thousands of bright yellow and blue umbrellas positioned across miles of inland valleys in Japan and California.

The Mastaba envisions a pyramid-like structure made of 410,000 brightly colored oil barrels stacked horizontally and rising 492 feet high and 984 feet wide.

The couple was looking at five possible sites for the project at the time of Jeanne-Claude's death, their office said.

The two artists met in Paris in 1958 and had been collaborating for 51 years on temporary public arts projects. They made their home in Manhattan, where they had lived for 45 years.

Stefanie Spielman , the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

Stefanie Spielman died at the family's home in Upper Arlington, Ohio, surrounded by her family, said WBNS radio in Columbus, where Chris Spielman co-hosts a show.

"Stefanie has gone home to be with the Lord," Chris Spielman said in a statement released by the station.

Stefanie Spielman was 30 years old and three months pregnant in 1998 when she detected a lump in her breast. She later miscarried and discovered she had cancer. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth recurrence in March.

Chris Spielman was playing linebacker with the Buffalo Bills when he decided to give up football for a year to stay home with his wife and children. When his wife lost her hair because of chemotherapy treatments, he shaved his head.

"People say, 'It's a great thing that you're doing,' " Chris Spielman said at the time. "I always say it would be a terrible thing if I didn't."

The Spielmans raised more than $6 million for breast cancer research at Ohio State through the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research.

She helped form a support group for young women with breast cancer, hosted an annual event that honored cancer survivors and created a fund to help breast cancer patients and their families who struggled financially. She was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 2002 for her work.

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