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By Staff Reports
Published: 11/21/2009 2:20 AM
Last Modified: 11/21/2009 5:17 AM

TULSA

Barry, James Bryant, 98, retired accountant, died Wednesday. Visitation 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home; rosary 7 p.m. Sunday and funeral Mass 1 p.m. Monday, both at Holy Family Cathedral.

Bertalot, Charley William, 101, electrician, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Sandusky Avenue Christian Church.

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

Elkins, Esther Lorraine, 85, retired Tinker Air Force Base civil service worker, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Elston, Charles Ray, 66, car detailer, died Nov. 12. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home Chapel.

Everitt, Jane Mary (Carmichael), 71, University of Tulsa opera and voice professor, died Thursday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

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

Green, Arthur Odell, 51, welder, died Thursday. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, Northside Christ Gospel Church.

Lee, Patrick Michael, 53, Bama Pie Co. shipping and receiving supervisor, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Victory Christian Center. Keith D. Biglow.

Love, Liberty B., 92, educator, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Stanleys Funeral Home Chapel.

Mansur, Betty Jo, 91, died Nov. 16. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery.

Martin, Mark Lee, 46, died Monday. Private family services. Reynolds Rose Hill.

Mauldin, Nancy Lee, 63, retired from Sun Oil Co., died Thursday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel. AdamsCrest Cremation.

Roberts, Darell Roe, 77, chemical engineer, died Tuesday. Service 3 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Savolainen, John Paul, 66, oil and gas business consultant, died Thursday. Services pending. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.

Starks, Gordon B. 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 Member 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.

Suggs, Helen Ruth (Jeffries), 80, retired Oral Roberts University office administrator, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.

Weil, Concetta Louise, 81, educator, died Wednesday. Rosary 5 p.m. Sunday, Fitzgerald Ivy Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, St. Peter Catholic Church.

Winkert, George R., 91, machine operator, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Rosewood.

STATE/AREA

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

Adair — Gerald Turner, 71, construction worker, died Friday. No services planned. Stephens, Pryor.

Bartlesville — Ruby E. Miller, 68, retired Montgomery Ward salesclerk, died Thursday. Services pending. Stumpff.

— Janet L. "Jan" Porter, 62, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.

Bixby — Grady Davis, 71, died Friday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker.

Broken Arrow — John M. Goudelock, 81, Wonder Bread supervisor, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven.

— Billy Dee Sims, 83, the Enchanted Cottage owner, died Thursday. Memorial service 12:30 p.m. Monday, St. Patrick Episcopal Church. Floral Haven.

Chelsea — Gladys Maxine (Atkins) Reed, 78, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 1-6 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Chelsea Funeral Home.

Claremore — Patricia Delores (McCaw) Knapp, 81, retired businesswoman, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.

— Emma "Mae" Pillow, 82, greenhouse owner, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Rice Funeral Home Chapel.

— Emma Jean Shrader, 77, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Cleveland — Jack McSorley, 72, architect, died Thursday. Services pending. Chapman-Black.

Coweta — Naomi Bille (Chalakee) Baldridge, 76, retired Hillcrest Medical Center unit secretary, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Memory, Tulsa.

Cushing — Michael Ray Blake, 57, automotive technology educator, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Palmer Marler.

— Lloyd Ray Stollings, 79, retired from Oklahoma State University Veterinary Clinic, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Mount Hope Cemetery, Ripley. Davis.

Dow — H. Johnston, 78, oil-field services business owner, died Thursday. Visitation 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home, Hartshorne, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Christian Church, Haileyville.

Eufaula — Vivian Ann Knight, 70, librarian, died Friday. Services pending. Hunn Black & Merritt.

— Billy Jo Singleton, 79, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant civil service worker, died Thursday. Services pending. Hunn Black & Merritt.

Grove — Billy Joe McEldowney, 81, Joe's Muffler Shop owner, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Independent Baptist Church.

Hectorville — Willie Joe Mosquito, 84, landscaper, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Fox Cemetery. McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Okmulgee.

Henryetta — Bobby Joe Fronabarger, 78, automotive mechanic, died Thursday. Private family services. Parks Brothers, Stroud.

— Betty Ann Keller, 79, homemaker, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Henryetta Church of Christ. Integrity.

Independence, Kan. — Gary M. Johnson, 61, chiropractor, died Thursday. Visitation 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Barnes Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church.

Kiefer — Maxine Joy Ruyle, 81, Walmart greeter, died Oct. 15. Memorial service 10 a.m. Monday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa.

Locust Grove — Ray Vernon Pitman, 87, died Friday . Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home.

McAlester — John Patrick Carriger, 57, construction worker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Bishop.

Miami — Robert E. Swanson, 92, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College band director and instructor, died Monday. Services were held Friday. Paul Thomas.

— Joann Widby, 77, died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel.

Muskogee — Harrel E. Tollett II, 85, dentist, died Thursday. Services pending. Ragsdale.

Okmulgee — Ryan Laron Jones, 20, laborer, died Wednesday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Tuesday and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, both at Eastside Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.

Owasso — Gary Michael Gray, 56, 7-Eleven regional franchise sales manager, died Thursday. Services pending. Mowery.

Poteau — Sandra (Cobb) Huens, 65, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Ramona — Wilma Irene Nickl, 73, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.

Salina — Sheila Marie "Smoke" Bolin-King, 45, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove.

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.

— Vivian Lois Owen, 77, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mobley-Dodson.

— Lou Ann Webb, 51, Lou's Daycare owner, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Riverside.

Stilwell — Sue Ann Horn, 68, food service worker, died Friday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home.

Wagoner — Glen Victor Adams, 88, Glen's Restaurant owner, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Mallett Funeral Home Chapel.

Wetumka — James Aultman, 67, road grader, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home Chapel.

U.S.-WORLD

Irving Kriesberg , an American painter who combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements, died Nov. 11 in New York City. He was 90.

His son, Matthias, told The New York Times that his father died of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Kriesberg's works appear in major museums, including New York's Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington.

The Chicago-born artist also taught at Yale, Columbia and Pratt Institute.

In the 1940s, he applied for a job as lighting designer of the Times Square Wondersign billboard.

For his audition, he created an illuminated Frank Sinatra, and got the job.

David Olsen , a Marsh & McLennan Cos. board member, died Nov. 15 in New York. He was 71.

Olsen had served on the board of the insurance company since 1997.

He also was a member of the audit, compliance and corporate responsibility committees.

He joined Marsh & McLennan after it bought Johnson & Higgins in 1997. He had been CEO of Johnson & Higgins since 1990.

Huang Tingxin , the last Chinese veteran of the 1944 liberation of France died Nov. 11, state media reported Wednesday.

Huang was 91, the official Xinhua News Agency said. No cause of death was given, although earlier reports had said he suffered from Parkinson's disease.

Huang had been an officer aboard the British aircraft carrier HMA Searcher during the invasion of southern France known as Operation Dragoon.

The August landings near the city of Toulon were a follow-up to the June 6 D-Day invasion of Normandy.

Huang returned to China in 1948 and served for a decade in the Chinese navy after the founding of the communist state in 1949.

He later taught English and tended the library at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

In 2006, Huang received France's Legion d'Honneur in recognition of his wartime service, dedicating the award to his Chinese comrades.

A graduate of the Qingdao Naval Academy in eastern China, Huang was one of 24 Chinese officers sent to study in Britain in 1942 and who later served with the Allies.

After studying at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich outside London, Huang was assigned to the Searcher, a U.S.-built assault carrier that deployed as many as 25 fighter planes.

Although Nationalist China maintained close ties with Nazi Germany before the war, its forces fought on the side of the Allies against Japan, which had linked up with Germany and Italy.

Very few Chinese fought in the European theater.

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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