Deaths
BY Staff Reports
Thursday, April 19, 2012
4/19/12 at 2:34 AM
TULSA
Batchelor, Janada L., 74, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Southlawn.
Burden, Olive Belle, 91, retired Sears payroll clerk, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Donatucci, Paul Michael, 45, Borden Dairy Co. pasteurizer, died Sunday. Rosary noon Saturday and visitation 2 p.m. Saturday, both at Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home, and funeral Mass 7 p.m. Saturday, St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Elsloo, Betty Lou, 88, homemaker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Southminster Presbyterian Church. AdamsCrest Cremation.
Fitzmorris, Helen Thomas, 96, retired dry-cleaning service owner, died Saturday in San Diego. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday, Rose Hill Memorial Park. Moore's Eastlawn.
Holmes, Cecil, 69, accountant, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Johnson, Markis M. Jr., infant son of Tahnesha Moore and Markis Johnson Sr., died Monday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
Kelley, Mildred B., 98, retired, died Wednesday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Mavers, Carl J., 92, retired American Airlines mechanic, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.
McDonough, Arthur Charles, Jr., 87, chemist, died Tuesday. Funeral Mass 10 a.m. Friday, Church of the Madalene. Stanleys.
Pike-Newton, Rudie Ann, 49, Sew What? owner, died April 14. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Gethsemane Baptist Church. Butler-Stumpff.
Rives, Bernice Scott, 93, died April 16. Service 1 p.m. Monday, Barnard Memorial United Methodist Church, Holdenville. Hudson Phillips, Holdenville.
Ryan, Blanche Paula, 84, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel.
Schneider, Gerald "Jerry," 90, retired from civil service, died Monday. Memorial service 11 a.m. Monday, Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.
Thomas, Barbara J., 47, homemaker, died Monday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Kennedy-Midtown Funeral Home. Private family services.
Tomasko-Frampton, Kristen M., 42, Gatesway Foundation caregiver, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Fellowship Lutheran Church. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Tuter, Penalope Marie "Penny," 77, home health aide, died Wednesday. Services pending. Ninde Brookside.
Vaughn, Martha Celeste, 90, homemaker, died Friday. No local services planned. Westminster Mortuary, Westminster, Calif.
Wimer, Pearl, 83, died Wednesday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted.
Bartlesville - Robert Leroy Embrey, 68, retired lawn service owner, died Wednesday. Services pending. Stumpff.
- J.L. Parsons, 95, died Monday. Private family services. Stumpff.
- Carl Fred Tinker, 78, Graybar Electric purchasing agent, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday, Seventh-day Adventist Church. Stumpff.
- Tom White, 64, died Wednesday. Services pending. Walker-Brown.
Boynton - Larry Hearns, 77, Hillcrest Medical Center maintenance engineer, formerly of Boynton, died Wednesday in Lawrenceville, Ga. Services pending. Keith D. Biglow, Okmulgee.
Bristow - Patricia Griffith, 74, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services pending. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa.
Broken Arrow - Jack Roy Murphy, 70, retired U.S. Department of the Interior environmental scientist, died April 14. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Funeral Home Chapel.
- Ollie L. Spires, 82, retired from the Navy, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7:30 p.m. and service 12:30 p.m. Friday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home.
Claremore - Sheryl Lynn (Hardison) Chambers, 64, homemaker, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Graveside service 1 p.m. Monday, Washington Cemetery. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith.
- Ellen (White) Parker, 79, retired accountant, died Wednesday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. and service 11 a.m. Friday, both at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Home.
Cleveland - Dean Eddings, 63, pipeline inspector, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
- Dorothy E. Hodson-Monforte, retired Munsingwear seamstress, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel.
Commerce - Curtis Page, 82, farmer, died Wednesday in Miami, Okla. Services were held Wednesday. Adcock, Miami.
Cushing - Paul Willard Porter, 63, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Schaudt's, Glenpool.
Dustin - Jolly Gene Caldwell, 71, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Integrity, Henryetta.
Eucha - Waldo F. Bales, 89, former city of Tulsa attorney, died Monday in Claremore. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, South Grand Lake Christian Church, Langley, and graveside service 3 p.m. Saturday, Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow. Luginbuel, Langley.
Fairland - Claude Zelmar "Slugger" Trask Jr., 58, retired from the Army, died Tuesday. Celebration of life 10 a.m. Friday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home Chapel, Miami, Okla.
Fort Smith, Ark. - Samantha Ashley Moore, 21, Sykes employee, died April 11. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Community Free Will Baptist Church. Mallory-Martin, Spiro.
Glenpool - Willie Viola Clay, 76, nurse's aide, died April 12. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Hillcrest Cemetery, Ardmore. Serenity, Tulsa.
Grayson - Jo'Lan Darhelle Washington, infant son of Yolanda Clinkscale and JoRon Washington, died Saturday in Tulsa. Graveside service 11 a.m. Thursday, Grayson Cemetery. Keith D. Biglow, Okmulgee.
Grove - John Griffith, 45, Rockmond Youth Services youth counselor, died April 11. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, Grove High School Gymnasium. Ellis Family.
Haskell - Joyce J. Parker, 71, homemaker, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, First Free Will Baptist Church. Dowdy.
Independence, Kan. - John N. Lassley Jr., 83, retired Hackney & Sons delivery driver, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday and service 2 p.m. Friday, both at Penwell-Gabel Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home.
Kinta - Cora Mae (Weatherton) (Upton) Ulrich, 84, homemaker, formerly of Kinta, died April 9 in Fort Worth, Texas. Memorial service 10 a.m. Saturday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel, Stigler.
Mannford - Ronald A. Castillo, 54, Spirit AeroSystems employee, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Crossroads Community Bible Church. Mannford Funeral Home.
- Lisa A. Greenwood, 53, Mannford Public Schools bus driver, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Mannford Funeral Home.
- Ruby L. Hatch, 82, homemaker, died Friday. Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Oak Hill Cemetery. Mannford Funeral Home.
McAlester - James W. Cravins, 85, truck driver, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel.
- Ottilie "Ottie" DeLana, 83, factory worker, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel.
- Olive Ruth Murray, 98, homemaker, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel.
Miami - Russell Baker, 66, machinist, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Paul Thomas Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Southern Hills Baptist Church.
- Louis Joseph Calinda, 70, Souls Harbor Mission receptionist, died April 4. Services pending. Add'Vantage, Tulsa.
Muskogee - Harold Duane Clark, 65, truck driver, died Tuesday. Services pending. Reed-Culver, Tahlequah.
- Franklin D. Conner-Vaughn, 48, died Wednesday in Tulsa. Services pending. Ragsdale.
- Jewel Cannon Keys, 72, retired from the Air Force, formerly of Muskogee, died Friday in Aurora, Colo. Visitation 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Saturday, St. Mark Baptist Church.
- Howard W. Ladnier, 80, grocery store manager, died Tuesday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Foster-Petering.
- Lesly René Porter, 45, Jack C. Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center registered nurse, died Sunday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Monday, New Jerusalem Baptist Church.
- Ralph Joseph Zerwas, 87, retired accountant, died Saturday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Friday and rosary 7 p.m. Friday, both at Foster-Petering Funeral Home, and service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Okay - Dennis Kambrin, 17, student, died Tuesday. Services pending. Shipman, Wagoner.
Okmulgee - Jessie Marie Smith, 77, retired janitor, died Tuesday. Services pending. Shurden-Jackson.
Owasso - Geraldine "Jerry" Brown, 84, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church. Mowery.
Parkland - Gerald Keith Reedy, 76, farmer, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn. Palmer Marler, Cushing.
Perry - Randal Ray Khoury, 70, formerly of Perry, died Friday in Oklahoma City. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Brown-Dugger Funeral Home Chapel.
Pocola - Elane Hope, 76, died Saturday. Services pending. Grace, Poteau.
Poteau - James "Curley" Welch, 80, retired Oklahoma Department of Corrections officer, died Saturday in Pocola. Graveside service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oakland Cemetery. Grace Manor.
Pryor - Pascual Espinoza, 63, Hispanic Church of God minister, died Tuesday. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Stephens Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Monday, Pleasant View Baptist Church.
Ramona - William "Bill" Adcock, 70, field service superintendent, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
Sand Springs - Clyde Richard Durkee Jr., 82, retired from AT&T, died Tuesday. Graveside service noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Moore's Rosewood, Tulsa.
Sapulpa - Ron Martin, 76, died Wednesday. Services pending. Smith.
- Mary Joyce Sapulpa, 62, nurse, died Tuesday in Tulsa. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Smith Funeral Home Chapel.
Stigler - Wanda Tillman, 80, homemaker, died Tuesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel.
Stillwater - Marjorie Leona Black, 87, died Saturday Visitation noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Countryside Baptist Church.
- Donna Gaye Hickey, 71, retired chief accountant, died Monday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Palmer Marler Funeral Home Chapel.
Stilwell - Mary Martha "Egie" Bouyear, 65, caregiver, died Tuesday. Visitation 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Hart Funeral Home. Services pending.
- Wilma Mathews, 72, stocker, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Thursday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
- Margaret L. Vann, 72, died Tuesday. Service 10 a.m. Thursday, Roberts/Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel.
Tahlequah - Joan M. McClain, 76, died Monday in Anchorage. Graveside service 1 p.m. Saturday, Kellyville Cemetery, Kellyville. Smith, Sapulpa.
Wagoner - Alison Neal, 33, died Tuesday. Services pending. Shipman.
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