Tulsa World: Deaths

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By Staff Reports
Published: 11/22/2009 2:20 AM
Last Modified: 11/22/2009 4:57 AM

TULSA

Anderson, Joyce E., 77, homemaker, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Moore's Memory Funeral Home Chapel.

Ashlock, Lillian Ruth, 69, steel company machine operator, died Thursday. Visitation 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.

Bray, Betty J., 86, retired Whitney Junior High School cafeteria worker, died Saturday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.

Buntin, Louise Ann, 77, retired State Farm Insurance claims secretary, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Ninde Woodland.

Busby, Lois Marvene, 85, retired seamstress, died Friday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.

Edwards, Euel Ray, 73, welder, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.

Elkins, Esther Lorraine, 85, retired Tinker Air Force Base civil servant, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hope Worship Center, and graveside service 3 p.m. Tuesday, Moore City Cemetery, Moore. Moore's Southlawn.

Everitt, Jane Mary Carmichael, 71, University of Tulsa opera and voice instruction professor, died Thursday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Tuesday, University Village Chapel.

McCoy, Billy Martin "Marty," 55, landscaper, died Friday. Private family services. AdamsCrest Cremation.

McKenzie, Dale Lee, 77, retired from the U.S. Postal Service, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.

McSorley, Jack, 72, McSorley Architects owner, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Woodland Cemetery Chapel, Cleveland, Okla. Chapman-Black, Cleveland.

Nix, William T. "Bill," 77, retired Eli Lilly pharmaceutical representative, died Saturday. Services pending. Freeman Harris.

Savolainen, John Paul, 66, oil and gas business consultant, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home Chapel.

Seifried, Jerome E. "Jerry" Jr., 74, auto mechanic, died Friday. Memorial service 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Pius X Catholic Church. Cremation Society.

Stemmons, Stephanie Lee, 55, retired social worker, died Nov. 12. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

Stone, Katherine Koehne, 96, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.

Toma, Claire H., 84, homemaker, died Friday. Private family services. Moore's Southlawn.

Turner, Helen L., 78, quality controller, died Friday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation.

Williams, Matthew "Preacher," 74, retired minister, died Thursday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday, Dyer Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Greenwood Christian Center.

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. Memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, Turner residence. Stephens, Pryor.

Bartlesville — Ruby E. Miller, 68, retired Montgomery Ward saleswoman, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rose Hill Community Baptist Church, Dewey. Stumpff.

Big Cabin — Ronald Alvin Fuller Sr., 67, retired Tulsa Public Schools electrician, died Friday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Chelsea Funeral Home, Chelsea, and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Big Cabin Baptist Church.

Bixby — Tommy Burr, 50, died Saturday. Services pending. Leonard & Marker.

— Grady Davis, 71, Holliday Sand & Gravel superintendent, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Downtown Church of Christ.

— Davey L. Stephens, 54, university communications professor, formerly of Bixby, died Sept. 24 in Houston. Memorial services 1 p.m. Friday, Grace Chapel, Henryetta.

Blackwell — Richard Glenn McCurry, 83, retired mail carrier, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church. Roberts & Son.

— Patricia Ann McQueen, 55, convenience store manager, died Saturday. Services pending. Tonkawa Funeral Home, Tonkawa.

Broken Arrow — Elizabeth C. Belcher, 62, homemaker, died Friday. No local services planned. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.

— John Milton Goudelock, 81, Wonder Bread supervisor, died Nov. 18. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home.

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

— Ronald Floyd Trout, 78, Hershey's operations manager, died Friday. No local services planned. Floral Haven.

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

Chouteau — Floyd D. Robinson, 96, retired from Sun Oil Co., died Saturday. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove.

Claremore — Bernice M. Green, 86, died Saturday. Services pending. Rice.

— Patricia Delores Mccaw Knapp, 81, retired businesswoman, died Friday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel.

— Emma Jean Shrader, 77, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

Coweta — Billie Naomi Baldridge, 76, Hillcrest Medical Center unit secretary, died Friday. Service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Cedar Creek Baptist Church. Moore's Memory, Tulsa.

Dewey — Thomas Laverne Snow, 73, retired aircraft industry engineer, died Saturday in Phoenix. Services pending. Stumpff, Bartlesville.

Eufaula — Vivian Knight, 70, librarian, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel.

— Billy Jo Singleton, 79, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant civil service worker, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home Chapel.

— Willa Mae Williams, 79, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Sunday, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home, and memorial service 9 a.m. Monday, Hilltop Church of Christ.

Heavener — Estle Hairrell, 81, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Dowden.

Henryetta — Thelma Poulton, 94, died Saturday. Services pending. Shurden.

— Alta MacIntosh Bearman, 92, retired Navy radio operator and retired music teacher, formerly of Henryetta, died Nov. 7 in Beverly Hills, Calif. No local services planned.

Inola — Henry L. Sanders, 70, died Saturday. Services pending. Inola Funeral Home.

Ketchum — Robert Ray Pillow, 60, carpenter, died Thursday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service, Tulsa, and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa.

Locust Grove — Ray Vernon Pitman, 87, retired auto mechanic, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Cornerstone Outreach. Locust Grove Funeral Home.

Mannford — Johnny Lee Andrews, 63, retired auto salesman, died Saturday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Add'Vantage Funeral Service Chapel, Tulsa.

McAlester — John Patrick Carriger, 57, construction worker, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Sunday and service 10 a.m. Monday, both at Bishop Funeral Service; and graveside 11 a.m. Monday, North McAlester Cemetery.

— Carl Naile, 76, died Thursday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Lakewood Christian Church. Brumley-Mills.

Miami — Robert Votaw, 73, college professor, died Friday in Garland, Texas. Services pending. Garrett Family, Checotah.

Nowata — Todd Dawson Samuel Badillo, infant, died Friday. Services pending. Stumpff.

Okmulgee — Charles Edward Pollard, 48, died Friday. Services pending. McClendon-Winters.

— Ernest W. Tracy, 85, city of Portland, Ore., heavy-equipment operator, died Saturday. Services pending. AdamsCrest Cremation, Tulsa.

Owasso — Gary Michael Gray, 56, 7-Eleven regional franchise sales manager, died Thursday. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mowery Funeral Service Chapel.

— Daisy Marie Hart, 83, Phillips Petroleum Co. accountant, died Thursday. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.

— Donald F. Swartz, 85, retired veterinarian, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Mobley-Dodson, Sand Springs.

Park Hill — Candice Matthews, 60, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Hart, Tahlequah.

Porter — Charles L. Brackett, 77, chiropractor and Church of Christ minister and evangelist, died Wednesday. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Porter Church of Christ. Agent, Sallisaw.

Ramona — Wilma Irene Nickl, 73, retired from Prudential Insurance Co., died Friday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel, Tulsa.

Salina — Shelia Marie "Smoke" Bolin-King, 45, homemaker, died Thursday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Jack Ribbon Cemetery, Spavinaw. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove.

Sallisaw — Marie Long Medley, 65, homemaker, died Saturday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Buffington Cemetery. Agent.

Sand Springs — Lois Owen, 77, homemaker, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service Chapel.

— Lou Ann Webb, 51, Lou's Day Care owner, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Broadway Baptist Church. Mark Griffith-Riverside.

Sapulpa — Mary Jordan, 73, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Smith Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Glenwood Assembly of God.

— Jimmie McCullough, 78, service station owner, died Saturday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.

Skiatook — Deborah Ann Stroud, 47, certified nursing assistant, died Nov. 16. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, First Assembly of God. Sien-Shelton.

Sperry — Oren Doerr, 68, died Saturday. Services pending. Johnson.

— Virginia Fern Goff, 73, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook.

Stilwell — Robert "Bob" Youngman, 64, mechanic and custodian, died Saturday. Services pending. Roberts/Reed-Culver.

Tahlequah — Joyce M. Stevenson, 91, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Hart.

Tonkawa — Vera Veach, 86, retired store clerk, died Saturday. Services pending. Anderson.

Tyro, Kan. — Willis Sanford Orcutt, 85, retired American Rockwell International tool and die maker, died Friday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Monday, Potts Funeral Home, Caney, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Tyro Methodist Church.

Wagoner — Dorothy Foster, 84, Western Hills Lodge employee, died Thursday. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Church of Christ. Hersman-Nichols.

U.S.-WORLD

Waldo Hunt , a Los Angeles entrepreneur who ushered in the modern renaissance in pop-up books when he revived the art form in the U.S. in the 1960s, has died. He was 88.

Hunt, who was a major collector of pop-up books, died Nov. 6 of congestive heart failure at a hospital in Porterville, Calif., said Kimberly Hunt, one of his three daughters.

"He was such an important publisher of pop-up books who really advanced them technically. The pop-up designers who worked for him were amazing creative engineers," said Cynthia Burlingham, director of the University of California, Los Angeles, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum

David Zeidberg, director of the library at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., recalled that Hunt was fascinated and motivated by the intricate engineering that went into books that can go from flat to 3-D structures with the turn of a page.

"Pull a tab ... in any of Wally's books, and Disneyland appears," Zeidberg said.

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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