Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Monday, February 20, 2012
2/20/12 at 2:56 AM
TULSA
Bach, Thomas J., 88, control panel specialist, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, John Calvin Presbyterian Church. Stanleys.
Bell, Carolyn Garrett, 48, died Sunday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Blackmore, Martha E. (Taylor), 90, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Chase, Harold, 85, died Sunday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Elliott, Marjorie A., 86, homemaker, died Tuesday in Haltom City, Texas. Service 3 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
Fleske, Alma Beth, 90, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Glenn, Maxine S., 91, retired senior accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Eastside Christian Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Hauser, Wilfred L., 88, died Saturday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Hoffman, Harland L., 83, retired University of Nebraska-Kearney professor, died Saturday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Moman, Wesley "Ricky," 59, laborer, died Saturday. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Moore, Maxine, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday in Owasso. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Belview Baptist Church. Butler-Stumpff.
Neal, Edward E., 68, Tulsa Public Schools building and site supervisor, died Saturday. Services pending. Add'Vantage.
Peel, Nicholas, 22, freelance programmer, died Saturday in Houston. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Reed, Virgel Lee Jr., 60, laborer, died Feb. 7. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee.
Sanders, Laverne "Gayle," 73, former Gayle's Women's Boutique owner, formerly of Tulsa, died Thursday in Cuero, Texas. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Freund Funeral Home Chapel, Cuero.
Sartin, Garry L., 53, truck driver, died Saturday. Memorial service 7 p.m. Monday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Sand Springs. Add'Vantage.
Summers, Juanita, 83, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 1-8 p.m. Monday and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, both at Schaudt's Funeral Home, Glenpool.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Velma Ruth (Wright) Gavin, 90, retail sales employee, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
- John Paul Hogan, 92, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. employee, died Sunday. Services pending. Stumpff.
Bixby - Sandra Madewell, 67, Tulsa Public Schools bus driver, died Friday. Private family services. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Checotah - Eileen Andrews, 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Services pending. Garrett.
Claremore - Mary Perry, 83, died Feb. 13 in Tulsa. Graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Kellyville Cemetery. Smith, Sapulpa.
Grove - Brenda O'Brien, 71, McDonald's employee, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Delaware Baptist Church.
Muskogee - William Murray, 71, died Saturday in Tahlequah. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
- Helen Marie Strauther, 67, homemaker, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow.
Okmulgee - Septer Smith, 73, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Macedonia Baptist Church. Keith D. Biglow.
Pryor - Eugenia "Jeanie" Kerr, 79, nurse practitioner, died Sunday. Services pending. Key.
- Harold L. Morgan, 50, chef, died Sunday. Services pending. Stephens.
- Leonard Smith, 76, heavy-equipment operator, died Saturday in Broken Arrow. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Church of God. Stephens.
Ralston - Velma Elizabeth (Bowen) Rainey, 92, homemaker, died Saturday in Fairfax. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Poteet Funeral Home Chapel, Pawnee.
Sapulpa - Lee M. Agee Jr., 74, plumber, died Sunday. Service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
- Ronald Pickering, 55, iron worker, died Feb. 11 in Tulsa. Prayer service 7 p.m. Tuesday and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, both at Smith Funeral Home.
Spavinaw - Kathy Sue Wolfenkoehler, 57, homemaker, died Saturday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Stephens Funeral Home, Pryor, and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Pentecostal Church of God, Pryor.
Sperry - Henry Alexander Martens, 84, retired United Pentecostal minister, died Sunday in Indianapolis. Services pending. Johnson.
Stilwell - J.W. Fatherree, 82, heavy-equipment operator, died Friday in Talihina. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Green Country, Tahlequah.
Tahlequah - Ronnie F. Elliott, 69, telephone systems installer, died Saturday. Services pending. Green Country.
- Virginia Newsom, 80, missionary, died Sunday. Services pending. Green Country.
Talala - Paul Preston Powell Jr., 67, retired from the Air National Guard, died Saturday in Tulsa. Services pending. Oologah Dolton, Oologah.
Talihina - Dorothy Curtis, 85, registered nurse, died Saturday in Fort Smith, Ark. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Talihina First Baptist Church. Talihina Funeral Home.
Weleetka - Charles E. Borchardt, 79, died Saturday in Henryetta. Services pending. Integrity, Henryetta.
- Charles Guthrie, 65, died Sunday. Services pending. Integrity, Henryetta.
Whitesboro - Dale Keith, 78, died Saturday in Muskogee. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Talihina Funeral Home Chapel, Talihina.
Wilburton - Robert "Bob" Wilks, 69, died Friday in McAlester. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Waldrop Funeral Home Chapel.
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.
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
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